Peggy Guggenheim is like water: changeable, tenacious, ready to overflow when the banks become too much like an enclosure.

The works of art she collected over forty years and made accessible to all speak of a life that found its deepest meaning in the continuous pursuit of beauty. But Guggenheim was much more than that. She was a woman who anticipated the future—extraordinarily modern, relatable, and free.

This podcast, created for the Peggy Guggenheim Collection, is dedicated to Guggenheim’s life and her love for art.

CREDITS

‘I WANTED TO BE FREE’ is a podcast created and produced by Chora Media, in collaboration with the Peggy Guggenheim Collection.

Written by Silvia Nucini and translated by Alex Valente

Editorial supervision by Sara Poma

Edited by Francesca Abruzzese

Sound and music supervision by Luca Micheli

Post production and sound design by: Emanuele Moscatelli

Project manager: Monia Donati,

Senior producer: Ilaria Celeghin

Postproduction coordinator: Matteo Scelsa

Sound engineer: Luca Possi

Recording engineer: Giacomo Zilio

With thanks to CATERINA SFORZA for playing the role of the main voice.

With thanks to ROSITA MARTIN for reading the excerpts from Peggy Guggenheim’s autobiography, Out of This Century: Confessions of an Art Addict (London: Andre Deutsch, 1979), and Michelangelo Muraro’s Invitation to Venice (London: Paul Hamlyn, 1963)

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