Peggy Guggenheim Collection to Open Major Survey of Fucina degli Angeli Glass, November 2026
The Peggy Guggenheim Collection in Venice will host an exhibition titled Fucina degli Angeli: Peggy Guggenheim and 20th-Century Artistic Glass, starting on November 14, 2026. Organized by art historian Cristina Beltrami, the display will showcase over 100 glass artworks. Featured are creations by Egidio Costantini, who established Fucina degli Angeli in 1955, with support from Peggy Guggenheim. Notable artists represented include Jean (Hans) Arp, Max Ernst, and Lucio Fontana, whose Concetto Spaziale – Construction (1964) will also be on view. Additionally, the exhibition will explore ties to Japanese artists from the 1960s and 1970s, highlighting the importance of glass sculpture in the context of fine art.
Key facts
- Fucina degli Angeli: Peggy Guggenheim and 20th-Century Artistic Glass opens November 14, 2026, at the Peggy Guggenheim Collection in Venice
- Cristina Beltrami organized the exhibition, which features more than 100 glass works plus drawings, paintings, sculptures and archival materials
- Egidio Costantini founded Fucina degli Angeli in 1955; he was born in Brindisi in 1912 and raised in Venice
- Jean Cocteau suggested the name Fucina degli Angeli, meaning Foundry of the Angels
- Artists represented include Jean (Hans) Arp, Cocteau, Max Ernst, Lucio Fontana, Paul Jenkins, Oskar Kokoschka, Matta, Dorothea Tanning and Mark Tobey
- Fontana's Concetto Spaziale – Construction (1964) was donated to Peggy Guggenheim and is now held by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
- The Museum of Modern Art in New York showed Sculpture in Glass in 1965, with objects by Arp, Ernst and Picasso executed in Murano
- Japanese artists linked to the Fucina include Miki Tomio, Katsuhiko Narita, Omura Mikuni and Yokoo Tadanori
Entities
Artists
- Peggy Guggenheim
- Egidio Costantini
- Cristina Beltrami
- Jean Cocteau
- Jean (Hans) Arp
- Max Ernst
- Lucio Fontana
- Paul Jenkins
- Oskar Kokoschka
- Matta
- Dorothea Tanning
- Mark Tobey
- Georges Braque
- Pablo Picasso
- Miki Tomio
- Katsuhiko Narita
- Omura Mikuni
- Yokoo Tadanori
Institutions
- Peggy Guggenheim Collection
- Fucina degli Angeli
- Centro Studio Pittori nell'Arte del Vetro
- Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
- Museum of Modern Art
- New York Art Life
Locations
- Venice
- Italy
- Murano
- Brindisi
- New York
- United States
- Boston