Karole P.B. Vail

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The director of the Peggy Guggenheim Collection and granddaughter of Peggy Guggenheim, Karole P.B. Vail, has spent the past decade living in Venice. After more than twenty years as a curator at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York, she now cares for one of the city’s most important collections.

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Peggy Guggenheim Collection

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A trip to Venice is not truly complete without a visit to the Peggy Guggenheim Collection, located in the former home of heiress and art collector Peggy Guggenheim at the Palazzo Venier dei Leoni. A museum devoted to modern art, the well curated collection showcases works by up to 200 artists, including her ex-husband Max Ernst and of many rumoured lovers. Read the book about Peggy before your visit, it is sure to entertain!

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