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Luciano Vistosi and his Murano glass art was and is indeed unconventional. Fifteen years after Vistosi passed away, a wonderful showroom in Murano dedicated to his art has finally opened. Over [...]

Gianmaria Potenza is a Venice-born and-based artist who sculptures the light and colors of Venice. In all his works, from the smallest to the largest sculptures covering a career of over 70 years [...]

Leather in Venice? If you are wondering what role leather played in ancient Venice, you will be surprised to learn about its multi faceted versatility. In the deposits of the City Museums you can [...]

Venice and Persia are over 4000 kilometers away from each other. But such a distance did not discourage Venetian merchants or Persian ambassadors from keeping a solid relationship. In fact, [...]

Wooden molds are hollow containers used to give shape when you blow your glass object, whether we talk about goblets, vases or lamps. Visiting a glass factory in Murano is a great experience as [...]

Murrina is a term used in Venice and in Murano to address both a fascinating, ancient technique and a specific creation, which can be a finished work of art or can serve to create more art in [...]

Stained glass windows in the history of Venice Stained glass windows in Venice have been known since the end of the 13th century, after glass blowers moved their furnaces to Murano. Florence, [...]

Lino Tagliapietra in these days is in Murano. Last February he was in Washington State. When the first Covid-19 cases arrived in Seattle, the glass laboratory where he was working closed. So Lino [...]