Reinventing Glass Art & Design in Europe
Le Stanze del Vetro presents FontanaArte: House of Glass, a retrospective exhibition curated by Christian Larsen, which examines the contributions of the famous Milanese company in the years between 1932-1996. The exhibition is on view through July 31, 2022.
As part of their installation, Earth, Glass, Fire, at Collectible 2022, Spazio Nobile presented a selection of new glass vessels by contemporary Czech artist, Josef Divin. His distinctive process of hand blowing and hand cutting glass creates enigmatic and captivating works of art.
As part of the United Nations ‘Year of Glass 2022’ initiative, the Henry Moore Institute in Leeds, UK, presents an exploratory exhibition about glassmaking in all its states of matter. Exhibition curator, Clare O’Dowd, spoke with TLmag about what makes this medium so unique.
For contemporary artist Pernille Braun, the process of glassmaking and the material itself, holds a sense of wonder and freedom, which allows her to create her distinctive sculptures. She presents a selection of new work at Puls Gallery through March 12, 2022.
Contemporary Czech artist and architect, Michal Motyčka, presents a series of new sculptural glass and mirrored work at Galerie Kuzebauch through February 3, 2022.
On November 19th, Spazio Nobile Gallery opened an exhibition of new glassworks by François Azambourg made while in residence at CIAV Miesenthal in the spring of 2021. Lise Coirier writes about her encounter with the artist and visiting his studio.
TLmag speaks with Eleonore Peretti, the recently appointed Director of MusVerre, a dynamic museum in Northern France dedicated to glass.
TLmag sat down with Barbara Nanning about her practice and show at Pierre Marie Giraud in Brussels which explored her rich, versatile, and colorful work.
The new exhibition littala – Kaleidoscope: From Nature to Culture brings the history of the company together in one place in an unforeseen manner.
Front Design is known for creating playful, avant-garde objects. Shifting between research-driven and experimental projects, the eponymous Swedish design studio embraces tactile and surprising elements to lend their designs a sense of magic.
French designer Samy Rio creates objects that bridge traditional crafts and modern industrial processes through playful and functional material combinations.
Berlin-based designer Philipp Weber works with elemental materials to explore craft processes. TLmag speaks with Weber about emphasising process over outcome, and the relationship between maker and material.
