• Peggy Guggenheim and London installation view, Photography by Andrew Smart

  • Peggy Guggenheim and London installation view, Photography by Andrew Smart

  • Peggy Guggenheim and London installation view, Photography by Andrew Smart

  • Peggy Guggenheim and London installation view, Photography by Andrew Smart

  • Peggy Guggenheim and London installation view, Photography by Andrew Smart

  • Peggy Guggenheim and London installation view, Photography by Andrew Smart

  • Peggy Guggenheim and London installation view, Photography by Andrew Smart

  • Peggy Guggenheim and London installation view, Photography by Andrew Smart

Peggy Guggenheim and London

24 September – 14 December 2019

Gallery Hours:
Tue-Fri: 10:00-18:00
Sat: 11:00-15:00


Peggy Guggenheim needs little introduction for her contributions to twentieth-century art. Yet her formative years as a gallerist and her London gallery, Guggenheim Jeune, that she opened at the age of forty, have been relatively overlooked. Situated in a former pawnbroker’s shop at 30 Cork Street, Guggenheim Jeune operated for eighteen months between January 1938 and June 1939. While its lifespan may have been brief its influence was considerable, both on the art world at the time and on Guggenheim herself; by the time Guggenheim Jeune closed she was a self-confessed art addict. Peggy Guggenheim and London, on display from 24 September until 14 December 2019, is intended as an anniversary celebration of Guggenheim as one of the first female gallerists in London and will showcase her parallel collecting interests in Abstraction and Surrealism through a display of works by Jean (Hans) Arp and Yves Tanguy. The accompanying catalogue includes an essay from Susan Davidson, curator and art historian, with previously unpublished material that came to light as a result of research undertaken for this exhibition; copies of a number of key documents will be illustrated, including unseen floor plans of the gallery space.

Catalogue

Peggy Guggenheim and London

26 x 21 cm (10 4/16 x 8 4/16 in);

80 pages; fully illustrated in colour

Designed by Sinéad Madden, London

ISBN 978–1–9996681–5–0

£35.00


PURCHASE CATALOGUE

Press Release

Press Articles

The World of Interiors
Avant-Garde Adventurer

Financial Times (Collecting)
Surrealism in a cold climate

Financial Times (Life&Arts)
Critics' Choice, Peggy Guggenheim and London

The Art Newspaper
London's lost galleries

The Art Newspaper
In Person - Pilar Ordovas

The Art Newspaper
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The Spectator
Exhibitions

Catalogue
Young Guggenheim: Gallerist Pilar Ordovas

Harper's Bazaar
Mayfair Modernism

GQ
The best art exhibitions to see in London right now

Widewalls
When Peggy Guggenheim Opened a Gallery in London

Apollo
London Art Week

Antiques Trade Gazette
London Art Week - Exhibitions Line Up

Gallery Girl
Peggy Guggenheim at Ordovas

Art is Alive
Peggy Guggenheim and London at Ordovas

Artdaily
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Peggy Guggenheim and London

FAD Magazine
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Diplomat
London Art Week Winter 2019

Culture Whisperer
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Artfix Daily
Among the Treasures in London Art Week

Art Daily
London Art Week Winter 2019: Female pioneers among discoveries and highlights

Diary of a Londoness
A Guide to London Art Week 2019

London Art Week
Highlights

Galleries Now
The Weekender

A Quick One
A Quick One To See: Peggy Guggenheim and London

La Repubblica
Peggy Guggenheim da Venezia a Londra

Il Sole 24 Ore
Quando Peggy Guggenheim preferiva Londra

La Notizia
Peggy Guggenheim: da Londra a Venezia

Artribune
Peggy Guggenheim and London, in mostra a Londra la storia della prima galleria della mecenate

Antiquariato
La Settimana dell'Arte

Il Circolo
Peggy Guggenheim: da Londra a Venezia

Tendencias
Miscelánea - London Art Week