On Saturday 18 July, on the occasion of the Redentore Feast, LE STANZE DEL VETRO will be open from 10 am to 5 pm.

Please note that only the fixed-time guided tour in English at 11 am will be available. The afternoon guided tour will not take place.

We wish everyone a wonderful Festa del Redentore!

Due to a scheduled power outage on the island of San Giorgio Maggiore, LE STANZE DEL VETRO will exceptionally close at 2 pm on Friday 26 June.

The outage is expected to last until approximately 8 pm and will prevent us from safely welcoming visitors during that time.

We apologize for the inconvenience and thank you for your understanding.

If you wish to revisit the two most recent exhibitions at LE STANZE DEL VETRO, take advantage of the special promotion on the catalogues 1912–1930 Murano Glass and the Venice Biennale and 1932–1942 Murano Glass and the Venice Biennale, available together at the special price of €80.

The first catalogue, accompanying the exhibition that opened the new exhibition cycle curated by Marino Barovier, traces the presence of Murano glass in the early editions of the Venice Biennale. From 1912 onwards, glassworks began to take part in the Venice Biennale with increasing impact and continuity, presenting their works alongside projects by artists such as Hans Stoltenberg Lerche, Vittorio Zecchin, Teodoro Wolf Ferrari and Umberto Bellotto.

The second catalogue focuses on the period from 1932 to 1942, from the inauguration of the Venice Pavilion to the last Biennale edition before the Second World War. During these years, Murano glassworks were able to exhibit in a dedicated decorative arts venue, gaining official recognition for the quality of their production. The catalogue documents collaborations between glassmakers and leading figures from the art and design world of the time, including Venini with Carlo Scarpa, Barovier Seguso Ferro with Flavio Poli, and Dino Martens with Salviati, Successori Rioda and
Aureliano Toso, alongside other important glassworks such as AVEM, Cirillo Maschio, Ulderico Moretti, Fratelli Toso and VAMSA.

On Sunday 8 June, for the 49th edition of the Vogalonga, LE STANZE DEL VETRO will open at 10:30 am.

The schedule of our free guided tours for the exhibition '1932-1942 Murano Glass and the Venice Biennale' remains unchanged: 11 am in English, 4 pm in Italian.

Please note that waterbus services will be affected due to the event.
You can find more information here.

This volume, edited by Marino Barovier and Carla Sonego, explores the exhibitions held between 1932 and 1942, from the inauguration of the Padiglione Venezia to the 23rd Biennale—the final edition before World War II brought a temporary halt to the event.

These were years of remarkable creativity and experimentation with materials and colours, involving the reinterpretation of traditional techniques as well as the development of new processes. Many glassworks and companies participated in the event over the years, including AVEM, Barovier (later Ferro Toso-Barovier and Barovier-Toso & C.), Barovier Seguso & Ferro (later Seguso Vetri d’Arte), Cirillo Maschio, Moretti Ulderico & C., S.A.I.A.R. Ferro Toso & C., S.A.L.I.R., Salviati & C., Successori Andrea Rioda S.A., Aureliano Toso, Fratelli Toso, V.A.M.S.A., Venini S.A., Zecchin Martinuzzi. Among the key figures working in the furnaces during this vibrant new period were Carlo Scarpa, Guido Bin (also known as Mario De Luigi), Ercole Barovier, Flavio Poli, Dino Martens, Vittorio Zecchin, Franz Pelzel, among others.

Resulting from extensive bibliographic and archival research in the Biennale’s Historical Archive of Contemporary Arts (ASAC) as well as in public and private archives, the catalogue features period photographs, drawings, and documentary material, often unpublished, offering a comprehensive documentation of the works exhibited in the six editions of the Venice Biennale between 1932 and 1942. A careful selection of 160 works, illustrated with stunning photographs, showcases the remarkable quality of the extraordinary Murano glass production.

Buy the new catalogue

In addition to the catalogue of the exhibition 1912-1930 Murano Glass and the Venice Biennale that has just ended at LE STANZE DEL VETRO, you can purchase three catalogues from the Venini exhibition series* (the catalogue "Paolo Venini and His Furnace" is not available) at the special price of €99. Choose the 3 volumes you would like to have the most among:

Napoleone Martinuzzi. Venini 1925-1931
Tomaso Buzzi at Venini
Fulvio Bianconi at Venini
The M.V.M. Cappellin Glassworks and the Young Carlo Scarpa 1925-1931
Vittorio Zecchin | Transparent Glass for Cappellin and Venini
Thomas Stearns at Venini
Tapio Wirkkala at Venini 
Toni Zuccheri at Venini
Venini Light | 1921-1985

With the purchase of three of these volumes you will also receive an additional 20% discount on all catalogues from our past Spring exhibition series. The catalogues on promotion are:

Fragile?
I Santillana. Works by Laura de Santillana and Alessandro Diaz de Santillana
A Furnace in Marseille. Cirva
The Glass of the Architects. Vienna 1900 - 1937
The Glass Ark. Animals in the Pierre Rosenberg Collection
FontanaArte. House of Glass
Bohemian Glass: The Great Masters
Venice and American Studio Glass
Ettore Sottsass: The Glass
Maurice Marinot | The Glass, 1911-1934

The Island of San Giorgio Maggiore awaits you with two not-to-be-missed exhibition venues devoted to glass and photography, respectively: LE STANZE DEL VETRO and Le Stanze della Fotografia. Starting today, a special promotion will allow visitors to gain even more out of their experience on the island!

These two ‘STANZE’ are affording all visitors a special offer: those visiting LE STANZE DEL VETRO will be entitled to a reduced ticket for Le Stanze della Fotografia, while visitors to Le Stanze della Fotografia will be able to purchase catalogues of past exhibitions at LE STANZE DEL VETRO at a 10% discount.

Don’t miss this opportunity: we await you on the Island of San Giorgio Maggiore!

This volume examines the significant period which saw Murano glass gradually finding its place at the Venice Biennale, first through the artists choosing to use this material for their works, and later through the glassworks, sometimes drawing upon the creativity of painters and sculptors. The catalogue, which is the result of extensive bibliographic and documentary research in the Biennale historical archive, as well as in public and private archives, features period photographs, drawings, and documents, many previously unpublished, showcasing the works exhibited in the various Biennales, focusing, in particular, over 130 works by artists and glassmakers who played a leading role in a historical moment marking the entry of a so-called minor art into the realm of major arts.

Buy the catalogue