Venue:
Peggy Guggenheim Collection.

Curator:
Philip Rylands.

Artist:
Nino Migliori.

Exhibition description:
In 1958, Peggy Guggenheim was photographed by celebrated Italian photographer Nino Migliori (b. 1929) in her Venetian home, Palazzo Venier dei Leoni, now the Peggy Guggenheim Collection, which celebrated its 30th anniversary in 2010. Led by his intellectual curiosity, Nino Migliori spent time in Venice in the late 1950s. He frequented artists such as Emilio Vedova, Tancredi Parmeggiani, Giuseppe Santomaso, Virgilio Guidi and occasionally even Peggy Guggenheim, who was a focal point for Italian abstract painters in post-war years, particularly Vedova and Tancredi. Peggy in Venice offered a selection of large-format photographs never before shown in public, donated by Giovanni and Anna Rosa Cotroneo.

Catalogue:
Maggiori, Roberto. Peggy in Venice. Photographed by Nino Migliori. Bologna: Quinlan, 2010.

Bilingual catalogue, in English and Italian. Includes texts by Philip Rylands (Director, Peggy Guggenheim Collection) and Nino Migliori, and an essay by Roberto Maggiori. Catalogue also contains exhibition plates, a biographical note and a list of selected exhibitions.

Library location: GUGG PGC 2010.02, UFFICIO 24 0007.