More than 90 paintings and sculptures from art collector Peggy Guggenheim’s collection are currently on display at her former home, Palazzo Venier dei Leoni, in Venice.
Postwar Era: A Recent History. Homages to Jack Tworkov and Claire Falkenstein, which runs until April 4, offers a fresh look at postwar American and European art through 1979, the year of Guggenheim’s death.
Works from both her collection and donations to the Peggy Guggenheim Foundation’s Venice museum, some rarely exhibited, are displayed according to theme, style, affinity, designed to offer insight into the work of two artists in the foundation’s collections: Jack Tworkov (1900–82) and Claire Falkenstein (1908–97). Falkenstein is celebrated for her entrance gates to the museum, commissioned in 1960 by Guggenheim for her home. Tworkov, a Polish-born American artist, painted female portraits in the stylistic and formal key of Abstract Expressionism. In addition, the exhibition shines a spotlight on a little-known selection from Guggenheim’s collection, works by British sculptors and painters of third quarter of the 20th century.
For more information, visit the Guggenheim’s website.
