One Hundred Years of Cahiers d’Art

At Peggy Guggenheim Collection, a focused installation marks the centenary of Cahiers d’Art, the influential journal founded by Christian Zervos in 1926. Presented within the galleries of Palazzo Venier dei Leoni, the display brings a selection of historic issues into dialogue with works from the museum’s permanent collection.

Spanning the 1920s to the 1950s, the ten issues on view trace the publication’s role as a critical platform for the development of modernism. Featuring artists such as Pablo Picasso, Marcel Duchamp, and Henri Matisse, alongside writers including Samuel Beckett and Georges Bataille, Cahiers d’Art functioned as a ‘portable museum,’ shaping the visual and theoretical language of the avant-garde as it emerged. The presentation also highlights the close relationship between the journal and Peggy Guggenheim herself, whose collection is reflected in its pages and whose 1955 essay on Constantin Brancusi underscores her active role within this international network.