Venue:
Galleria Gottardo, Lugano.

Curators:
Karole P. B. Vail and Luca Patocchi.

Exhibition description:
This exhibition illustrated Peggy Guggenheim’s life through photographs, memorabilia and works of art, paying homage to her collection. Indeed, Peggy’s collection is exceptional for its expression of an epoch, a milieu in which she thrived. The show illustrated the outcome of her personal talents and determination as a collector. The show built upon the 1998 exhibition Peggy Guggenheim: A Centennial Celebration, curated by Karole P. B. Vail. Nearly sixty photographs made up the principal body of the exhibition, some of them taken by well-known photographers of the twentieth century, such as Berenice Abbott, Gisèle Freund, André Kertész and Man Ray. The title of the exhibition “Il ritrovo degli artisti" derived from the Ristorante All'Angelo in Venice, frequented by Peggy and known as “the meeting place for the artists."

Partnerships:
This was the first of a series of exhibitions that were to be displayed jointly by the Galleria Gottardo and the Guggenheim Foundation over the following years.

Catalogue:
Patocchi, Luca, Rylands, Philip and Karole Vail. Il ritrovo degli artisti. Breve storia in immagini della Collezione Peggy Guggenheim. A brief history in images of Peggy Guggenheim’s Collection. Lugano: Galleria Gottardo, 2001.

Bilingual catalogue, in English and Italian. Includes preface by Thomas Krens (Director, Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation), introduction by Luca Patocchi (Director, Galleria Gottardo), catalogue entries by Karole Vail and Philip Rylands, and an essay by Philip Rylands.

Library location: GUGG PGC 2001 . 05, GUGG PGC 2001 .04, UFFICIO 25 0001.