Therefore, to avoid becoming overwhelmed and/or missing out on your own visit, we’d recommend prioritising the following:
The Peggy Guggenheim Collection | One of the most important museums of twentieth century European and American art, it is also the only museum (we imagine), with its curator and her pets’ ashes buried inside. Peggy Guggenheim moved and settled in Venice in 1949, bringing with her an already impressive collection of pieces she had purchased – and continuing her incredibly colourful approach to life. Set within an 18th century palace in Dorsoduro, the gallery focusses principally on surrealism, expressionism, and cubism, with major works by Kandinsky, Pollock, Rothko, and Miró.
It’s also incredibly popular, not just for its arts but for its setting; we’d suggest at least two hours, more if you can spare the time.
Entry is €15 for adults, €9 for students under 26 years, and free for childen under 10. The gallery is open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m (closed on Tuesdays), and last entrance is one hour before close. As this is one of the more popular attractions in Venice, it is highly recommended that you book online in advance – you can do so here.
The Francois Pinault Collection | Oh to be a billionaire looking for somewhere to house our art collection…Rebuffed by Parisian politics, Pinault (who owns Gucci, Yves Saint Laurent, and Alexander McQueen amongst many other things), settled upon splitting his collections with evolving temporary exhibitions between two incredible sites in Venice.
The first, Palazzo Grassi, launched in 2006 in an 18th century places which opens out onto the Grand Canal. Punta della Dogana is set in a restored old Sea Customs house on tip of the triangle in Dorodurso, just round the corner from Basilica di Santa Maria della Salute. The building had actually been empty for decades (more common than one assumes in Venice) and its bare red brick environment, rather than a white cube, adds a different dimension to many other contemporary galleries. It opened in 2009.
The galleries are on different islands on Venice, but can be visited with a combined €18 ticket (free for children under 11). Both galleries are open from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. (closed on Tuesdays), with last admission is at 6 p.m. Buy tickets, or find out more, here.
To reach either, take the line 1 vaporetto to Sant’Angelo (for Grassi) or Salute (for Dogana)
Art lovers will also want to keep an eye out for the Venice Bienalle, the presitigous long-running…
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