What to see
There are 230 participating entities that this year are offering over 250 events spread across Venice, Murano and Mestre to celebrate the creativity of artistic glass, also at an international level. We highlight some in particular:
• Tony Cragg. Le Forme Del Vetro, Negozio Olivetti, Piazza San Marco 101, Venice
The exhibition curated by Cristina Beltrami and Jean Blanchaert with Marta Spanevello presents a selection of over twenty glass sculptures, all made in Murano, from the artist's personal collection, to which is added an unpublished work, made in 2024, as a tribute to Carlo Scarpa.
• Meeting “Music Without Sound. Masters of Murano”
September 20, 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm, Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Lo Squero Auditorium, Isola di San Giorgio Maggiore - 30124 Venice
The event is organized by Fondazione Cologni dei Mestieri d'Arte in collaboration with Marsilio Editori & Fondazione Giorgio Cini. On the occasion of the publication of the book "Music without sound. Masters of Murano" (Marsilio Editori), Jean Blanchaert, author and curator, expert in art glass, discusses the theme of Murano glass, its history and its contemporary creators with some of the most authoritative experts and historians in the sector: Rosa Barovier Mentasti, David Landau, Chiara Squarcina.
• Federica Marangoni On The Road 1970-2024. Not Only Glass, Museo Correr, San Marco 52 - 30124 Venice, until November 24
The exhibition organized by Fondazione Musei Civici di Venezia and curated by Chiara Squarcina and Federica Marangoni retraces the long career of the Venetian artist and designer, focusing on her special relationship with glass and Murano, from her early works to today. Marangoni has experimented with different materials and technological media, ranging in an eclectic and interdisciplinary way towards all sectors of communication and combining her career as a sculptor with her activity as a designer.
• Murano Honey Garden Picnic, Giorgio Giuman Glass Factory, Sacca Serenella 14 - 30141 Murano – Venice, September 21st 12-16
Organized by Judi Harvest in collaboration with Giorgio Giuman Glass Factory, the 12th annual Honey Garden Picnic celebrates the oasis that Judi Harvest created in 2013 on a forgotten field behind the Giorgio Giuman glass factory in Sacca Serenella, as part of her exhibition “DENATURED: Honeybees + Murano”. The exhibition introduced two colonies of honeybees - in danger of extinction - and the Glass Masters of Murano. The once forgotten field is now an oasis.
• Le Stanze del Vetro, Isola di San Giorgio Maggiore 8 - 30124 Venice
The exhibition 1912-1930 Murano Glass and the Venice Biennale, curated by Marino Barovier, is dedicated to the presence of Murano glass at the Venetian event and examines the years between 1912 and 1930 (that is, from the 10th to the 17th edition of the Biennale) through a careful selection of 135 works, many of which are extremely rare and come from important museum institutions and private collections.
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