PEGGY GUGGENHEIM @ #MIFF2015

Continuing my passion for amazing women, the doco on Peggy Guggenheim @ MIFF was a beautifully nuanced picture of an iconoclastic art patron.   I love her museum in Venice - not only for the quality of the works but also the intimacy of the spaces. It was fascinating to see how she struggled against entrenched conservatism and mysogny to create a world beating 20th century art collection.  In Vichy France the Louvre didn't think her collection was worth saving - but 30 years on they metaphorically ate their words and invited her back to show before she died in 1979...

 

Caecilia