Reinventing Glass Art & Design in Europe
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.
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.
