Author talk with Judith Mackrell – The Unfinished Palazzo

Join us at 7pm on
Thursday 11th October

as author

Judith Mackrell
discusses her latest book

The Unfinished Palazzo.

Abandoned unfinished on Venice’s Grand Canal, ‘il pallazo non finito’ was once an unloved guest among its opulent neighbours. Yet in the 20th century it played host to three unconventional women who would take the city by storm.

The staggeringly wealthy Marchesa Luisa Casati made her new home a belle epoque fantasy and herself a living work of art; notorious British socialite Doris Castlerosse welcomed film stars and royalty to glittering parties; and American heiress Peggy Guggenheim amassed a collection of modern art that draws visitors from around the world.

Individually sensational and collectively remarkable these tales of modern Venice tell us much about how women chose to live in the 20th century.

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