Jewish Women’s Voices Seminar: Vera Fine-Grodzinski, "Peggy Guggenheim: American Heiress, Feminist, and Champion of Modernist Art"
Registration closes at 10:30 on 14 October
In this seminar, historian and curator Vera Fine-Grodzinski discusses the life of the groundbreaking art patron, Peggy Guggenheim.
Through an exploration of Guggenheim’s Jewish roots and pioneering promotion of women artists, Vera demonstrate that Guggenheim was far more than a wealthy heiress. Guggenheim’s patronage of twentieth-century women’s art culminated in the Peggy Guggenheim Collection, one of Venice’s most loved art institutions.

Open to all. Registration recommended (required for online attendance).
Date: 14 October 2025, 14:00
Venue: Wolfson College, Linton Road OX2 6UD
Venue Details: The Buttery, and online via Zoom
Speaker: Vera Fine-Grodzinski (UCL)
Organiser contact email address: eleri.watson@ell.ox.ac.uk
Part of: Oxford Centre for Life-Writing
Booking required?: Recommended
Booking url: https://oclw.web.ox.ac.uk/event/jewish-womens-voices-seminar-vera-fine-grodzinski-peggy-guggenheim-american-heiress-feminist-a
Audience: Members of the University only
Editor: Belinda Clark