A Closer Look: Episode 24 - Gino Severini’s Sea = Dancer
Peggy Guggenheim is well known as a collector of great international modern art, but what’s less known is how she personally championed developing Italian art movements. The Futurist painter Gino Severini was one of her favourite artists. Peggy even had his abstract painting Sea=Dancer hanging in her living room in her Venetian palazzo.
In this episode, Limelight’s Dr Nick Gordon speaks with Freya Middleton, a specialist art guide who interned at The Peggy Guggenheim Collection in Venice, about why this painting is so important to her – and why it’s one she’d steal for her own home.
You can admire the artwork on The Guggenheim Collection's website here.
FREYA MIDDLETON
Freya Middleton is a specialist art guide who has been based in Florence, Italy for close to twenty years. She has postgraduate qualifications in Italian Renaissance Studies from Warwick University, an acknowledged leader in the field, and is known for her passionate communication of all things related to Italy.
nick gordon
Nick is a historian and artist who has led tours to Italy, Europe, China, South Korea, Japan and Australasia for more than fifteen years. Nick is a director of Limelight Arts Travel.