Peggy guggenheim

In celebration Peggy Guggenheim's birthday, we decode the fabulous wardrobe of the woman who changed modern art

During the Interwar years South Devon enjoyed the patronage of two American heiresses: Dorothy Elmhirst (née Whitney) and Peggy Guggenheim. The historic estates they inhabited became sites of experimentation, creativity and subversion. The larger and famous project was Dartington Hall. Less well-known is activity that took place over two consecutive summers at Hayford Hall on Dartmoor. Dorothy Whitney Dorothy Payne Whitney Straight Elmhirst (1887–1968) was born in Washington DC and at 17…

Peggy Guggenheim wearing Elsa Schiaparelli, c. late 1930s

Almost four decades after her death, Peggy Guggenheim is the central figure in a continuing art-world imbroglio: the seemingly endless legal battle by some of her descendants over her superlative 20th-century art collection—and the Venetian palazzo housing it—she left to her uncle’s foundation. Have Guggenheim’s wishes been ignored and her legacy desecrated?

With ornate eyewear, Dolce & Gabbana channeled Peggy Guggenheim. We pay homage here, to the art collector and 17 more women whose eyewear has become iconic.

Peggy Guggenheim at her home, the Palazzo Venier dei Leoni in Venice, 1960s

A woman wearing extravagant sunglasses. She sits on a gondola in a Venetian canal. She’s surrounded by dogs. She looks straight at the camer...

Saxon Henry is in Venice reading the biography of Peggy Guggenheim and exploring her story as she lived in her famed palazzo in town.

Farah Rahim Ismail on Instagram: ““I look back on my life with great joy. I think it was a very successful life. I always did what I wanted and never cared what anyone

Your serving of Art History this week: the playful wire sculpture Silver Bedhead 1946 by Alexander Calder (known for his mobiles, jewelry and cirque de calder) commissioned by Peggy Guggenheim, a woman whose art addiction and Venice collection influenced Modern Art. Marcel Duchamp exposed her to art