Arts.21 | Bringing Contemporary Art to Venice

Born in Berlin in 1928,Fred Licht made his name as an art historian and as the curator of the Peggy Guggenheim Collection - the man who brought contemporary art to Venice. As the son of Jewish parents,Licht had to flee Germany as a child. Now,at the age of 80,he has just written his first novel. We meet up with Fred Licht in Venice,where he shows us his favorite artworks - and tells the story of how the art revolution swept into this grand old Italian city.

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Entertainment

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• Deutsche-Welle
• Germany
• Deutschland
• DW-TV
• Information
• Culture
• Art
• 21
• Arts
• Fine
• Fred
• Licht
• Guggenheim
• collection
• venice
• novel

[chandru1103]

ah! radiohead at the end!