To say that Peggy Guggenheim was ahead of her time is an understatement. She helped to define her time. A woman of extraordinary tastes and appetites, Peggy Guggenheim was was an heiress to her family fortune who became a central figure in the modern art movement. She smuggled canvases out of Nazi-occupied Paris. As she moved through the cultural upheaval of the 20th century, she collected not only art, but artists.
On Sunday, May 5th at the Buskirk-Chumley Theater we are screening 3 films about women who rebelled against the status quo, followed their passions and made a difference. PEGGY GUGGENHEIM: ART ADDICT (2pm) To say that Peggy Guggenheim was ahead of her time is an understatement. She helped to define her time. A woman of extraordinary tastes and appetites, she
Single Tickets $6 Semester Passes $35 Where Are Films Shown? Where Can I Park for free on Campus? Rike--40, a doctor from Europe--embodies a typical Western model of happiness and success. She is educated, confident, determined and committed. We see Rike's everyday life, as an emergency doctor, before she fulfills a long-held dream and sails out
