Glass Museum
from may 29, 2008 to september 30, 2008

FareVetro is the first exhibition organised at the Museum as the result of this partnership. Coordinated by Silvio Fuso and open to the public from 29 May to 30 September 2008, the show brings together more than one hundred examples of the art of the glass-maker. Either created specially for the event or drawn from the ‘historical’ collections of the eleven companies concerned, these are a spectacular demonstration of how techniques and design have developed within full respect of the very specific language of glass. All produced on Murano, the exhibits illustrate the skill of the master craftsmen, showing how technical and aesthetic experimentation can go together. Some the fruit of collaboration with modern artists and designers, others a return to traditional forms, each piece reflects changing tastes and the variety of production within the island’s various factories.
The exhibition will be held in the various spaces of the museum: the garden, the monumental entrance hall and the piano nobile. In this latter space, the support of the Association has made it possible to reorganise the display layout in a single room (the work of Daniela Ferretti). This is a first step towards the complete refurbishment of the Museum in the future.