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A review by sophronisba
Art Lover: A Biography of Peggy Guggenheim by Anton Gill
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
4.0
I always enjoy reading about the art scene in 1920s and 1930s Europe so this was exactly my jam. Guggenheim's life was fascinating, although you get the sense she was _a lot_, and Gill respects her eye for art and passion for collecting even as he documents some of her more sordid exploits. As Lawrence Salander said of Guggenheim: "Don't dismiss her as a rich fool just because she wasn't too sure of herself and lived a flamboyant life in defiance of her straitlaced upbringing. . . . If I achieved half as much I'd consider my life nourishingly creative."