Reinventing Glass Art & Design in Europe
At Istanbul’s Pera Museum, Swedish artist Åsa Jungnelius presents A Verse Written with Earth, Fire, Water, and Air, an exhibition curated by Elif Kamişli. Known for her boundary-pushing glass works and feminist approach to craft, Jungnelius invites visitors to experience matter as both medium and message — where glass breathes, marble listens, and obsidian remembers.
Lameice Abu Aker is a designer living between Jerusalem and Milan. She studied furniture design at the Politecnico in Milan, but a chance encounter with a generations-old family glass workshop in the village of Jaba, Palestine, inspired her to create Ornamental by Lameice, a wildly creative collection of glassware and tableware. TLmag spoke with Abu Aker about her creative practice, her fascination with the alchemy of glass and the history of glass-making in Palestine.
The Swedish Institute in Paris presents “Blazing Grace” a group exhibition of five leading glass artists whose work is reframing the legacy Swedish Grace movement and blazing a new future in Swedish glass. The exhibition is on view between September 3-September 21, 2025.
Glas: The Museum of Glass Art in Ebeltoft, Denmark presents Glassy Eyes, a solo exhibition by Tove Storch that showcases the visual artist’s first works in glass. The exhibition is on view through March 9th, 2025.
Spazio Nobile presents work by Märta Thisner & Åsa Jungnelius, including a special book signing with the artists for the launch of their collaborative book, Mussels, on September 15th.
Laura Laine, presents “Naure Morte”, a solo show of glass works at Suomen Lasimuseo, the Finnish Glass Museum. This is Laine’s largest exhibition to-date, featuring glass works made over the past decade, since she began working in this medium. The exhibition is on view through September 29th.
Lise Coirier spoke with Swedish glass artist Åsa Jungnelius ahead of her solo exhibition, Desire, Utensil, Container, at Spazio Nobile Gallery.
Curated by Fondazione Lino Tagliapietra together with Fondazione Musei Civici di Venezia, Lino Tagliapietra: The Origins of a Journey is a comprehensive exhibition of work by the Italian glass artist, now on view at the Ca’ Rezzonico, Museo del Settecento Veneziano in Venice.
During NYC x Design week in May, Diego Olivero presented his latest project, Kaanch, a series of handmade glass vessels made in collaboration with Indian artisans based in Delhi.
The multidisciplinary architecture and design studio T Sakhi present a series of fifteen new sculptural vases made with metal waste and Murano glass.
Le Stanze del Vetro presents Venini: Light 1921-1985, an exhibition curated by Marino Barovier that explores the field of lighting, from small scale domestic use to large scale installations, produced by this iconic glass company.
“The dream of water”, a new exhibition of glass sculptures and site-specific installations by French artist, Jean Michel Othoniel, is currently on view at the Postman Cheval’s Ideal Palace as part of the institution’s 110-year anniversary.
