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Jan Fabre’s Glass and Bone Sculptures 1977-2017 at Venice Biennale

exhibition · 2026-05-05

During the Venice Biennale, the Abbey of San Gregorio on the Grand Canal hosts Jan Fabre’s exhibition Glass and Bone Sculptures 1977-2017, curated by Giacinto Di Pietrantonio, Katerina Koshina, and Dimitri Ozerkov. The show features over forty works from the Belgian artist’s career, using glass and bone as primary materials. The installations engage with the abbey’s architecture, exploring Fabre’s recurring theme of metamorphosis. The exhibition opened with an exclusive press preview before the Biennale’s official days.

Key facts

  • Exhibition titled Glass and Bone Sculptures 1977-2017
  • Venue: Abbey of San Gregorio, on the Grand Canal, Venice
  • Artist: Jan Fabre (born 1958, Antwerp)
  • Curators: Giacinto Di Pietrantonio, Katerina Koshina, Dimitri Ozerkov
  • Over forty works displayed
  • Materials: glass and bone
  • Theme: metamorphosis
  • Opened during the Venice Biennale

Entities

Artists

  • Jan Fabre

Institutions

  • Abbey of San Gregorio
  • Artribune

Locations

  • Venice
  • Italy
  • Grand Canal
  • Antwerp
  • Belgium

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