A French appeals court on Wednesday dismissed a lawsuit by the descendants of the art collector Peggy Guggenheim, who had sought to gain more control over how her Venice museum is managed by the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation in New York.
It was the third attempt by relatives of the philanthropist to challenge the display of the collection amassed by Ms. Guggenheim who died 36 years ago at the age of 81.
The Guggenheim foundation reacted to the court decision with a statement saying it is “proud to have faithfully carried out the wishes of Peggy Guggenheim for more than 30 years by preserving her collection intact in the Palazzo, restoring and maintaining the Palazzo as a public museum.”
The dispute dates back to 1991 and was revived again in 2013 when family members came upon the name of new donors displayed in large letters by Ms. Guggenheim’s name on a wall outside the museum.
They argued that she wanted her collection maintained as she left it and not mixed with more recent artworks.