jun 4, 1938 - Guggenheim opened a gallery (Guggenheim Jeune) for modern art in London

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In January 1938, Guggenheim opened a gallery for modern art in London featuring Jean Cocteau drawings in its first show, and she began to collect works of art. Guggenheim often purchased at least one object from each of her exhibitions at the gallery.

When in 1938 Peggy opened an art gallery in London, called Guggenheim Jeune, at the age of thirty-nine she was beginning a career which would significantly affect the course of postwar art.

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