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Gražina Subelytė

Gražina Subelytė

Associate Curator at the Peggy Guggenheim Collection in Venice, specializing in Surrealism and 20th-century art.

Aug 6, 2026

8:04
So how important were figures such as Marcelle Duchamp in shaping her artistic vision?
8:11
Oh, they were fundamental to her.
8:13
You know, Peggy Coogan quite famously admitted herself that she couldn't distinguish one thing from another in the art world back then, you know, when she was still learning.
8:23
And so Marcel Duchamp was someone that really introduced her to that difference between abstraction and surrealism.
8:30
And throughout her life, she came to collect and show works dedicated to both of these tendencies.
8:36
You know, Marcel Duchamp also suggested a number of artists for the exhibitions at Guggenheim, Jeanne for Gallery in London, and forged friendships with them, you know, established connections with them.
8:48
And at the same time, we talk about people like Samuel Beckett, the Irish playwright.

9 MINS LATER

18:06
Listen, back now instead to the permanent collection, to work in the museum full-time and so on, did any letter, photograph, or cover documents change your understanding from when you started working on her heart?

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