Venues:
Venice, Peggy Guggenheim Collection.

Artist:
David Budd and Ruggero Savinio.

Exhibition description:
The Peggy Guggenheim Award 1986, jointly sponsored by Arnoldo Mondadori Editore and the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, was assigned on 7th November 1986 at the Peggy Guggeheim Collection, Venice. The award was biannual and alternated between music, poetry and the visual arts. Through such alternating honors to creative individuals, Arnoldo Mondadori Editore and The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation aimed to further significant cultural exchanges in the field of contemporary art. In 1986, the award was given to one American (David Budd) and one Italian artist (Ruggero Savinio) who were honoured for their accomplishment in the field of painting.

Catalogue:
Peggy Guggenheim Award 1986/ Premio Peggy Guggenheim 1986. Mondadori, 1986.

Bilingual catalogue, in English and Italian. Includes an introduction, text by David Budd and Ruggero Savinio, and artist biographies.