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What was Peggy Guggenheim collecting?
In 1938, Guggenheim opened modern art gallery in London featuring Jean Cocteau in its first show, and began to collect works of art, often purchasing objects from each exhibition.
Why was Peggy Guggenheim collecting art?
While visiting a foundry with Jean Arp, Peggy Guggenheim held his small bronze Head and Shell in her hand, and was moved to collect her first piece of art.
What else is notable about Peggy Guggenheim's collection besides often purchasing at least one object from each of her exhibitions at the modern art gallery in London she opened in 1938?
After World War II's outbreak, Peggy Guggenheim purchased as much abstract and Surrealist art as possible.
Were there any other Peggy Guggenheim exhibitions besides The Jean Cocteau exhibition at the modern art gallery in London she opened in 1938?
The Cocteau exhibition was followed by exhibitions on Wassily Kandinsky, Yves Tanguy, Wolfgang Paalen and several other well-known and some lesser-known artists.
What else did Peggy Guggenheim do with exhibitions besides exhibiting Jean Cocteau, Wassily Kandinsky, Yves Tanguy, Wolfgang Paalen and several other well-known and some less-known artists?
Peggy Guggenheim held group exhibitions of sculpture and collage, with the participation of the now classic moderns Antoine Pevsner, Henry Moore, Henri Laurens, Alexander Calder, Raymond Duchamp-Villon.

Question: What else is significant about this time?
Self-contained rewrite: What else is significant about Peggy Guggenheim's time of collecting before World War II?