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Venice Glass Week launches first edition with 50+ events across the city

festival-fair · 2026-05-04

The inaugural Venice Glass Week, celebrating the artistry of Murano glass, is set to take place from September 10 to 17, 2017, with significant support from key Venetian institutions to promote the local glassmaking tradition. The organizing committee features the Municipality of Venice among others. Notable events include 'Vittorio Zecchin: i vetri trasparenti per Cappellin e Venini' at Le Stanze del Vetro (September 10 to January 7), curated by Marino Barovier; Pae White's 'Qwalala' at Fondazione Giorgio Cini until September 20; 'Cinque Tecniche col Vetro' at Museo del Vetro di Murano until September 17; 'Gold' installation at Teatro La Fenice until September 13; and 'Fragili Memorie' by Luigi Ferrigno at Palazzo da Mula (September 15 to October 15), along with Glasstress running until November 26.

Key facts

  • First Venice Glass Week runs from September 10 to 17, 2017
  • Promotional committee includes Comune di Venezia, Fondazione Musei Civici di Venezia, Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti, Consorzio Promovetro Murano
  • Exhibition 'Vittorio Zecchin: i vetri trasparenti per Cappellin e Venini' at Le Stanze del Vetro, curated by Marino Barovier
  • Pae White's 'Qwalala' is a 75-meter-long curved glass wall in the garden of Fondazione Giorgio Cini
  • Gaetano Pesce exhibition 'Cinque Tecniche col Vetro' at Museo del Vetro di Murano
  • Sixth edition of study days 'La Filigrana' at Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti
  • Glasstress 2017 presents 40 artists including Ai Weiwei, Jake & Dinos Chapman, Abdulnasser Gharem, Ugo Rondinone, Sarah Sze
  • T Fondaco dei Tedeschi hosts 'Metamorphosis' and 'Pyros'

Entities

Artists

Institutions

  • Fondazione Cini
  • Comune di Venezia
  • Fondazione Musei Civici di Venezia
  • Fondazione Giorgio Cini
  • Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti
  • Consorzio Promovetro Murano
  • Le Stanze del Vetro
  • Museo del Vetro di Murano
  • Teatro La Fenice
  • Fondazione Berengo
  • Berengo Studio
  • DFS Group
  • T Fondaco dei Tedeschi
  • Venini
  • Artribune
  • Negozio Olivetti
  • FAI – Fondo Ambiente Italiano
  • M.V.M. Cappellin
  • Michelangelo Foundation for Creativity and Craftsmanship
  • Museo del Vetro
  • Seguso
  • Palazzo Fortuny
  • Palazzo Mocenigo
  • A plus A gallery
  • Galleria Massimodeluca
  • Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere e Arti
  • Fucina degli Angeli
  • Pentagram Stiftung

Locations

  • Venice
  • Italy
  • Isola di San Giorgio Maggiore
  • Murano
  • Palazzo da Mula
  • Sale Apollinee
  • California
  • United States
  • Europe
  • Venezia
  • Mestre
  • Piazza San Marco
  • Burano
  • Veneto

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