A short biography of Peggy Guggenheim.

"To live in Venice or even to visit it means that you fall in love with the city itself. There is nothing left over in your heart for anyone else." (Peggy Guggenheim)

Art of This Century is inseparable from Peggy Guggenheim’s claim to a place in the history of twentieth century art.

In 1943 Peggy Guggenheim commissioned Jackson Pollock a painting, which was to be the largest Pollock ever made.

In 1948 Peggy Guggenheim exhibited her collection in the Greek Pavilion, then ravaged by the civil war.

Those who knew Peggy Guggenheim share anecdotes and personal memories of the life and personality of the American patron.