Pilgrimage to Peggy Guggenheim, in Glorious Venice

Photographs and Article by Leanne Trivett S. ©

In December, we wandered Venice, Italy  the slow way, down quiet passages, over small and graceful bridges - until the city gently revealed the Peggy Guggenheim Collection, a luminous gem resting along the Grand Canal.  Once Peggy Guggenheim’s personal home, the palazzo still feels intimate and alive, shaped by her audacious spirit and unwavering belief in modern art.  She was a collector, a patron, a provocateur - someone who trusted her eye before the world caught up.

For years, this place lived in my imagination, and arriving there felt like stepping into a long-held dream.  Inside, I moved slowly from room to room, standing face to face with works by Kandinsky, Picasso, Duchamp, Chagall, and Klee - feeling their boldness, their experimentation, their quiet defiance.  Light filtered in from the canal, blurring the line between inside and out, art and life.  To experience this moment alongside dear friends made it even richer, a shared pause in time - a reminder that art, like travel, is not only about seeing, but about being fully present, together.

It is in moments like this that I find inspiration and passion and a loving to make art.

It is a must see for any art lover visiting the glorious city of Venice.

Pictured  Above:  The Studio (L'Atelier) by Pablo Picasso 1927 - 1929
Below (and one of my favorites):  Upward (also known as Empor or Up) by Wassily Kandinsky 

In Image Above:   Glazed Sculptures titled Pagliacci (Clowns) by Lucio Fontana 1951
Image Below: Self Portrait (Know Thyself) by Rita Kernn-Larsen 1937
Second Image Below:  Forma Organic by Graham Sutherland 1962 - 1968

Photographs and Article by Leanne Trivett S. ©