Edited by Marino Barovier
The new exhibition 1948-1958 The Glass of Murano and the Venice Biennale, curated by Marino Barovier, will be open to the public at LE STANZE DEL VETRO from April 19 to November 22, 2026.
The third chapter of the exhibition cycle that narrates the presence of Murano glass at the Venetian event will this time examine the decade from 1948 to 1958, that is, from the resumption of the Biennale's activities after the end of World War II to all the years of the Fifties. Once again hosted within the Venice pavilion, the glass exhibitions held during this period witnessed the renewed vitality of Murano's production through the works of several “historic” glassworks, others recently established, as well as some artists who participated personally. This decade also represented an exceptionally fertile season for Murano, in tune with the great fervor of the era fueled by the economic boom and the affirmation of design culture.
The main players of these editions were primarily the glassworks: AVEM (Giulio Radi, Anzolo Fuga), Cenedese (Alfredo Barbini, Fulvio Bianconi, Riccardo Licata), Alfredo Barbini, Barovier & Toso, Ferro & Lazzarini (Ezio Rizzetto), IVR Mazzega, Salviati (Luciano Gaspari), Seguso Dalla Venezia (Ezio Rizzetto), Seguso Vetri d'Arte (Flavio Poli), Archimede Seguso, Alberto Toso, Aureliano Toso (Dino Martens), Fratelli Toso, S.A.L.I.R., Vinicio Vianello, and Venini (Fulvio Bianconi, Paolo Venini).
The exhibition is accompanied by a catalog curated by Marino Barovier and Carla Sonego, which aims to illustrate the objects seen in these editions also through period documents.
Photo Credits: Le stanze del vetro - Ercole Barovier, Millefili, 1956, Barovier & Toso, collection Martin Kline and private collection
