On the occasion of the Venice Glass Week 2024 the Gallerie dell'Accademia are glad to present to the public Convito di Vetro, a monumental installation of over 100 designs in dialogue with the Feast at the House of Levi, Paolo Veronese's masterpiece.
After a concept by the director of the museum, Giulio Manieri Elia, it's realized in partrneship with Pentagram Stiftung and curated by Sung Moon Cho. The monumental site-specific installation will be set up on a majestic table, where a feast of glass will narrate a century of this Muranese art, while also being confronted with the one painted by Veronese in 1573.
Vittorio Zecchin, V.S.M. Cappellin-Venini & C. o Venini & C., Vasi Veronese in quattro colori, 1921-1925
Paolo Venini, Venini & C., Coppe, anni 1940
Tapio Wirkkala, Venini & C., Bottiglia serie Pavoni, 1982, Ciotola serie Coreani, 1980
Laura de Santillana, Linea Vetro (Simone Cenedese), Serie Sei sensi: caraffe e bicchierini Cuore in vetro inciso o con applicazione di foglia d'oro, piatti Palm Boat in vetro bianco inciso e molato, piatti ovali in vetro inciso o trasparente (blu, verde, ametista), 1998
Simultaneous to the exposition at the Gallerie, a series of archives related to the production of 20th Century Muranese table glass will be on show at the Glass Study Centre of the Giorgio Cini Foundation, to further complete this fascinating history.
The show is accompanied by the catalogue edited by b-r-u-n-o.it (Venezia) and curated by Sung Moon Cho, with coordination by Francesca Nisii.
The exhibition will be open from September 14 until November 3 2024.
Opening day
The exhibition will open to the public on September 14 at 16:00.
There will be free guided tours (unless specified, the tours will be in Italian):
- 16:15 guided tour with the curator Sung Moon Cho
- 17:00 guided tour with the curator Sung Moon Cho
- 20:00 guided tour with one of the experts of the museum
- 21:00 guided tour (in English) with one of the experts of the museum
- 22:00 guided tour with one of the experts of the museum
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