With officials ending Venice's annual Carnival celebration two days early, and a dozen towns in the regions of Lombardy and Veneto currently under quarantine due to multiple cases of confirmed coronavirus (Covid-19), it seems prudent that the organizers of the major exhibition "Venice and American Studio Glass" would push the opening forward a month. Originally set to debut on March 23, 2020, at Le Stanze del Vetro at the Fondazione Giorgio Cini in Venice, the new opening date is April 26. Also extended is the end-date, as the exhibition will now run through August 2, 2020.
Curated by Tina Oldknow and Glass contributing editor William Warmus, the exhibition features a selection of 155 works by 60 American and Muranese artists, and is billed as the first to investigate the impact of Venetian techniques and aesthetics on American Studio glass from the 1960s to today. Among the artists with work in this expansive exhibition: Dale Chihuly, Benjamin Moore, Richard Marquis, Dante Marioni, Nancy Callan, James Mongrain, William Morris, Martin Blank, Flora Mace, Joey Kirkpatrick, Josiah McElheny, Katherine Gray, Norwood Viviano, Lino Tagliapietra and Pino Signoretto. The exhibition's lavish catalog is to be published by Skira.
"Due to the adverse consequences of the spread of the Covid-19 virus, LE STANZE DEL VETRO has decided to postpone the opening," reads the official announcement of the rescheduled exhibition.
IF YOU GO:
26 April - 2 August 2020
Venice and American Studio Glass
Le Stanze del Vetro
Fondazione Giorgio Cini
Island of San Giorgio Maggiore
Venice, Italy
Email: info@lestanzedelvetro.org