Peggy Guggenheim Collection Mounts Vieira da Silva Retrospective in Venice

The Peggy Guggenheim Collection in Venice has opened 'Vieira, Multiple et Une', a major retrospective of Portuguese-born painter Maria Helena Vieira da Silva (1908–1992), curated by Flavia Frigeri. Titled 'Anatomia di uno spazio', the exhibition traces the artist's seven-decade career, from her academic training in Lisbon and Paris to her wartime exile in Brazil and postwar international acclaim. Vieira da Silva's work oscillates between figuration and abstraction, fragmenting space and anatomy into kaleidoscopic grids. Highlights include early works like 'Il gioco delle carte' (1937) and 'La Scala o Gli occhi' (1937), as well as wartime pieces such as 'Gli annegati' (1938), 'L'incendio I and II' (1944), and 'Il disastro' (1943). The show also features a 'retrospective within a retrospective'—a room of white-toned works spanning different periods. After Venice, the exhibition travels to the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao in autumn 2025.