The vessel pictured on the cover of this annual design issue was not an easy choice. Blending delicate Venetian technique with a refined sense of color and light, the piece designed by Anzolo Fuga is breathtaking. Yet its startling freshness belies the fact that it was blown almost 50 years ago. While a decades-old work may at first seem out of place on an issue devoted to groundbreaking designs in glass, it suits our cover because so few have ever seen it.
Battered New Orleans takes stock, the neglected secondary market for glass is ready for takeoff, notable new books, a glass-blowing films takes the Bombay Prize.
Kéké Cribbs at Leo Kaplan Modern, New York; David Reekie at Thomas R. Riley Galleries, Cleveland; Jessica Loughlin at Bullseye Connection Gallery, Portland, Oregon; Keith Sonnier at The Arts Club of Chicago; Densaburo Oku at The Glass Gallery, Washington, D.C.; Ethan Stern at Vetri, Seattle.
Carl H. Pforzheimer III is elected chairman.
Can Dan Flavin's flourescent sculptures be considered work in glass?
Recently unearthed designs for the A.V.E.M glasshouse reveal Anzolo Fuga's visionary collaboration with Muranese glass masters in the 1950s and 1960s.
Jenny Pohlman and Sabrina Knowles on the story behind Song in A-Minor 1 in the "Tapestry Series."
James Carpenter's work in glass has taken him from the artist's studio to the architectural realm, but his belief that "light needs a target" remains unchanged.
Crafted from materials with limited intrinsic value, glass jewelry is prized for its outstanding designs that celebrate beauty, technique, and strength of concept.
