An unmissable mid-summer promotion for all our visitors: from 9 to 31 August it will be possible to purchase the catalogues of our past exhibitions at a 15% discount in our bookshop on the Island of San Giorgio and online!
Take advantage of the opportunity to retrace the exhibitions that marked the first ten years of LE STANZE DEL VETRO, and do not forget that shipping costs in Italy above €60 are free.
VIRTUAL TOUR “THE GLASS ARK. ANIMALS IN THE PIERRE ROSENBERG COLLECTION”
Discover the extraordinary exhibition “The Glass Ark. Animals in the Pierre Rosenberg Collection”, running until 1 August 2021, via the new virtual tour.
Each gallery features photographic and video insights about this special collection of Murano glass animals. Click here to start your virtual tour.
If you wish to learn more about the history of the The Glass Ark and discover from the voices of Pierre Rosenberg and of the curators why this exhibition is not to be missed, book your free guided virtual visit, curated by Artsystem. For more information: artsystem@artsystem.it
As of Monday 8 March, the monumental installation by Dale Chihuly Laguna Murano Chandelier will be closed to the public.
You can visit the Venice and American Studio Glass exhibition through the 3D virtual tour and find out more about the extraordinary works of American and Venetian artists, comfortably from home, until the end of 2021.
"VENICE AND AMERICAN STUDIO GLASS" VIRTUAL TOUR - PART 1
"VENICE AND AMERICAN STUDIO GLASS" VIRTUAL TOUR - PART 2
Thanks to the new virtual tour, it is possible to discover the extraordinary works of American and Venetian artists on display. Every room offers in-depth analyses, photographs and videos about the American Studio Glass. Click here to start your virtual tour!
Don’t miss the Sala Carnelutti of the Fondazione Giorgio Cini, which features the monumental installation Laguna Murano Chandelier, created by Dale Chihuly together with the Venetian glassmasters Lino Tagliapietra and Pino Signoretto and never before exhibited in Venice. Click here to continue your visit!
In the time that remains before the ‘Venice and American Studio Glass’ show opens (new dates: 6 September 2020 – 10 January 2021), LE STANZE DEL VETRO joins the #stayingin campaign with a special weekly newsletter, which offers insights into the themes and the names involved in our next exhibition, together with game cards for children and teenagers to download and print, and a useful glossary telling the secrets of glass-working techniques.
For the duration of the ‘Thomas Stearns at Venini’ exhibition - until 5 January 2020 - visitors to LE STANZE DEL VETRO can take advantage of a 20% discount on the Venini series catalogues (excluding the current exhibition) both at our bookshop and online.
The bookshop also offers all of the catalogues from exhibitions previously held, and a selection of specialist books about glass.
Starting on 1 November and until the closing of the exhibition "The M.V.M. Cappellin Glassworks and the Young Carlo Scarpa 1925-1931" (6 January 2019), visitors can enjoy a 10% - 50% discount on the purchase of the design products available at our bookshop.
Our bookshop at LE STANZE DEL VETRO also offers a wide selection of specialist books for glass lovers and experts. Come and find out more!
The annual exhibition that the Palace of Versailles dedicates to contemporary art will open in October, this year featuring Hiroshi Sugimoto, with a personal show entitled ‘Sugimoto Versailles. Surface de Révolution’ (16 October 2018 – 17 February 2019).
The works on display – photographs, sculptures, installations and videos, some made especially for this project – include the ‘Glass Tea House Mondrian’, originally commissioned by Pentagram Stiftung for LE STANZE DEL VETRO and exhibited in the outdoor gardens on the island of San Giorgio Maggiore, Venice.
The Trianon complex in the historic venue will be hosting the works of a photographer for the first time and thus paying tribute to Sugimoto’s career and at the same time confirming the importance of the links between France and Japan.
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Until the closing of the exhibition ‘Maurice Marinot. The Glass, 1911-1934’ (28 July 2019), visitors can enjoy a 20% discount on the purchase of all the catalogues of the Venini exhibitions, 'The M.V.M. Cappellin Glassworks and the Young Carlo Scarpa 1925-1931' and 'Ettore Sottsass: The Glass'.
Our bookshop offers a wide selection of specialist books for glass lovers and experts.
On the occasion of the Venice Glass Week, from 9 to 16 September, visitors of LE STANZE DEL VETRO will have the opportunity to purchase the catalogues of the past exhibitions dedicated to the Venini glassworks, as well as the catalogue 'Ettore Sottsass: The Glass', at a 20% discounted price.
The bookshop of LE STANZE DEL VETRO offers a wide selection of specialist books for glass lovers and experts, as well as all the catalogues of the past exhibitions, for purchase online and in the store.