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Peggy Guggenheim: Modern Art and Collecting in New York, London, and Venice with Dr. Jennie Hirsh
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Jennie Hirsh (Ph.D., Bryn Mawr College) is a Professor of Modern and Contemporary Art at the Maryland Institute College of Art. She has held postdoctoral fellowships at Princeton and Columbia Universities, as well as pre-doctoral fellowships from the Mrs. Giles Whiting Foundation, the U.S. Fulbright Commission, the Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation, and the Wolfsonian FIU. Hirsh has authored essays on artists including Giorgio de Chirico, Giorgio Morandi, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Yinka Shonibare, and Regina Silveira, and is co-editor, with Isabelle Wallace, of Contemporary Art and Classical Myth (Ashgate 2011).
This conversation is suitable for all ages.
90 minutes, including a 30 minute Q&A.
Once again Dr hurst did an amazing job.
Knowledgeable program on Peggy Guggenheim, her work as a collector and promoter of modern art and artists and her significance in establishing American modern art prominence.
As always, another great seminar presented by Jennie Hirsch. This one ended up being much more interesting than I expected it to be. I had only heard of Peggy Guggenheim but didn’t know much about her. She really lived a full and unusual life and it was great to learn about how she influenced modern art and art collecting.
I've been to the Guggenheim Museum in Venice, but my experience there would be enhanced 200% if I had known all the background about Peggy G, that Dr. Hirsh talked about in her seminar.
Dr. Hirsh’s presentation was vey interesting and helped the listener understand Peggy Guggenheim’s significant contributions to promoting 20th century abstract and surrealist art.