Murano Illumina il Mondo: Twelve Artist Chandeliers Light Up Piazza San Marco Through November 1
Until November 1, 2026, visitors can explore twelve captivating light installations located beneath the Procuratie Vecchie in Piazza San Marco, Venice. This exhibition, titled Murano Illumina il Mondo, was launched during The Venice Glass Week. Coordinated by Matteo Silverio, the initiative connects artists with Murano glass furnaces to offer fresh interpretations of the iconic Venetian chandelier. Notable contributors include Arthur Duff, Cerith Wyn Evans, the Norman Foster Foundation, Xavier Le Normand, AL_A, Felekşan Onar, Chiara Dynys, Pierre Charpin, Tristano di Robilant, Bethan Laura Wood, Richard Meitner, and Scuola Abate Zanetti. Each installation follows specific size and structural guidelines, reflecting distinct designs rooted in Venetian heritage and artistry.
Fatti principali
- Twelve illuminated artist installations are displayed under the Procuratie Vecchie in Piazza San Marco, Venice, until November 1, 2026
- The project is titled Murano Illumina il Mondo and was inaugurated during the tenth edition of The Venice Glass Week
- Artists were paired with Murano furnaces to reinterpret the traditional Venetian chandelier
- Matteo Silverio coordinated production and relations between artists and furnaces
- Works had to respect specific parameters of size, weight and structural characteristics to protect the site
- Arthur Duff's Hand under hand consists of nineteen overlapping glass plates shaped as an open hand
- Cerith Wyn Evans's G=A=R=L=A=N=D (Garland – a Vessel…) adds krypton characters with Japanese ideograms to a ship-shaped Rezzonico-inspired chandelier
- Richard Meitner's ANYTHINK combines white opaline blown glass with a programmable LED system
Entità
Artisti
- Matteo Silverio
- Arthur Duff
- Cerith Wyn Evans
- Xavier Le Normand
- Julia Jacqueminet
- Felekşan Onar
- Chiara Dynys
- Pierre Charpin
- Tristano di Robilant
- Bethan Laura Wood
- Richard Meitner
- Eros Raffael
- Norman Foster
- Marco Bergamaschi
- Massimo Pastore
- Massimo Pistore
- Marco Begamaschi
- Lord Norman Foster
- Matteo Tagliapietra
- Simone Venturini
- Jessica-Belle Greer
- Lucio Bubacco
- Simone Crestani
- Joana Vasconcelos
- Michela Cattai
- Luca Nichetto
- Caterina Rachele Rossi
- Sir Norman Foster
- Marzena Krzeminska
- Eve Koha
- Floor Kasper
- Boldizsár Lukácsi
- Es Devlin
- David Landau
- Rosa Barovier Mentasti
- Chiara Squarcina
- Sarah Nichols
- Jean-Luc Olivi
- Luca Massimo Barbero
- Giordana Naccari
- Nicola Moretti
- Stefano Bullo
- Wyn Evans
- Saint Francis of Assisi
Istituzioni
- The Venice Glass Week
- Murano Illumina il Mondo
- Nicola Moretti Murano
- Vetrerie Artistiche Murano di Stefano Bullo
- NEON Line
- Idea Murano
- Norman Foster Foundation
- Salviati
- Componenti Donà
- AL_A
- Yalos Murano
- Vetreria Artigiana Guiman
- Mandruzzato Murano Glass
- Seguso Gianni
- Simone Cenedese Murano
- Vetreria Anfora
- GAMBARO&TAGLIAPIETRA
- Wave Murano Glass
- Scuola Abate Zanetti
- exibart.com
- Gambaro & Tagliapietra
- Afaconsult
- Banca Ifis
- Wallpaper*
- The Financial Times
- The Times
- Condé Nast Traveller
- Comune di Venezia
- Camera di Commercio di Venezia e Rovigo
- Vetreria 3 Artistico Lampadari
- Berengo Studio
- Simone Cenedese
- Barovier & Toso
- Effetre
- Artribune
- Foster + Partners
- The Venice Glass Week HUB by Generali
- Palazzo Morosini
- Fondazione Bevilacqua
- Corning Museum of Glass
- Homo Faber
- Venice Glass Week
- Pentagram Stiftung
- Fondazione Musei Civici di Venezia
- The Norman Foster Foundation
- Gambaro&Tagliapietra
Luoghi
- Venice
- Italy
- Piazza San Marco
- Procuratie Vecchie
- Murano
- St Mark’s Square
- Aotearoa
- New Zealand
- London
- Venezia
- St Mark's Square
- San Marco
- San Giorgio Maggiore
- New York
- Poland
- Hungary
- Netherlands
- Wales
- Britain
Fonti
- Exibart —
- Artslife —
- Creative Boom —
- Wallpaper Design —
- Artribune —