“1000 Masterpieces from the Great Museums of the World” is one of the most successful TV series about art. The original, with improved image quality, takes us on a fascinating journey through the history of art. Comprehensively illustrated and compellingly presented – the well-known authors of five short art surveys provide a deeper insight into the masterpieces of painting. One of the greatest 20th-century art collections can be found in Venice, at the Palazzo Venier dei Leoni on the Grand Canal. In 1949, the legendary Peggy Guggenheim acquired the unfinished 18th-century Palazzo for use as a residence. Right from the start, she began exhibiting her world-class collection of Cubist, Abstract and Surrealist works – among them Duchamp’s “Sad young man on a train”. Giacomo Balla: Abstract speed plus noise (1913-14), Marcel Duchamp: Sad young man on a train (1911-12), Jean Metzinger: At the cycle-race track (1914), Francis Picabia: Very rare picture of the world (1915), Emilio Vedova: Picture of the age - barrier (1951)