Touched by Clay: From Lucio Fontana to Contemporary Practice
January–February 2026
A four-part lecture series in which Sharon Hecker traces the connections between Lucio Fontana’s ceramic work and broader developments in contemporary clay practice.
Inside Form: Hepworth, Giacometti, Calder
November 10, 17, 24, 2025
A series of three lectures organized by Giovanna Brambilla analyzes the writings of Barbara Hepworth, Alberto Giacometti, and Alexander Calder—three key figures of twentieth-century sculpture fascinated by volume, verticality, and lightness.
Now You See It, Now You Don’t
October 2024–April 2025
Six workshops for Family Card members to explore visual perception and put their eyes to the test.
Ariadne’s Thread: Weaving Stories in Contemporary Art
February 2025
A four-part lecture series with art historian Alessandra Montalbetti explores how artists such as Giacomo Balla, Alighiero Boetti, Fortunato Depero, Maria Lai, and many others used thread to express their visions of the world.
Visual Vertigo: Four Must-Read Books for Passionate Art Lovers
November–December 2024
Four online lectures with Giovanna Brambilla.
Icons, Symbols, and Signs
January–February 2024
Online course with art historian Alessandra Montalbetti.
Art on Stage
October 2023–April 2024
Workshop series for Family Card members, on various aspects of the world of stage art, from set design to behind the scenes, and the various professions that animate the theater, through some of the most important artists of the twentieth century.
Art Effect
January–February 2023
Four online lectures will examine how artists and their works of art engage with issues such as climate change, peace, justice, reducing inequalities, and sustainable development.
Meeting Place: Conversations about Art
March–December 2023
Three online lectures with art historians and curators exploring Peggy Guggenheim’s collection and the history of the artistic avant-garde.
Art and Regeneration
January–February 2022
Four art historians explore the permanent collection.
Guggenheim Art Classes
October – November 2021
An online art history course, consisting of 6 classes.
By Alessandra Montalbetti, Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan.
Myths, Muses and Models
May 10, 17, 24, 2021
A three-session online course in English.
Under the Microscope
March 10, 17 ; April 14, 28, 2021
Giovanni Boldini, Vasily Kandinsky, Giovanni Segantini and Pablo Picasso: Artists’ Artifices and Techniques. Conservation of Masterpieces by Four 19th- and 20th-century artists.
Guggenheim Art Classes
November 2020 – February 2021
An online art history course, consisting of two cycles of 4 classes each.
By Alessandra Montalbetti, Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan.
The Art of Collecting Contemporary Art
October – November 2020
A course led by Ludovico Pratesi, art critic, curator, director of the Guastalla Foundation for contemporary art in Rome, professor of contemporary art history at the Accademia di Belle Arti of Urbino.
Online Lectures
May 2020
An online art history lecture series.
By Alessandra Montalbetti, Pinacoteca di Brera.