UNFINISHED PALAZZO

Commissioned in 1750, the Palazzo Venier was planned as a testimony to the power and wealth of a great Venetian family, but the fort unes of the Veniers waned midconstruction and the project was abandoned. Empty, unfinished, and decaying, the building was considere d an eyesore until the early twentieth century when it attracted and inspired three women at key moments in their lives: Luisa Casat i, Doris Castlerosse, and Peggy Guggenheim.Luisa Casati turned her home into an aesthetes fantasy where she hosted parties as extra vagant an...[Leer más]