In Venice, a city known for its robust glassmaking history, the Gallerie dell'Accademia is home to *The Annunciation*, an Italian Renaissance painting by Paolo Veronese (1528-1588) depicting the scene ...

“No! it's not about creating cute little beauty pieces” Ai Weiwei tells The Art Newspaper from his home in Lisbon. He’s referring to his monumental glass work The Human Comedy—one of the largest ...

Ai Weiwei is known for many things; glass, until now, has not been one of them. But a major show in Venice is putting the artist’s first-ever sculptures in glass centre stage, following a three-year ...

Glass dealer Keith Davison knows a thing or two about Murano glass: his gallery, Casanova Venetian Glass & Art, in Naples, Florida, is the largest purveyor of the beloved colorful glass in the United ...

While Sarah Traver admits that the mist-mantled coast of the Pacific Northwest and the sun-streaked waterways of the Venetian Lagoon may not seem like soulmates on the surface, a bridge connects them, ...

Some 27 of the world’s leading contemporary artists—including Ai Weiwei, Sarah Sze, Paul McCarthy, and Laure Prouvost—have been enlisted to collaborate with local Italian artisans to create new works ...

Specially curated Murano glass art pieces are on display at Corso Como 88, the multi-brand luxury boutique at One Ayala, known for its high-end Italian fashion brands. Located off the coast of Venice, ...

The name is not as awkward as Murciélago or Parisienne, but just awkward enough to stand out. The original Murano is an island near Venice known for the last 500 years for beautiful glass sculptures.

The Venetian island, famous for its glass, has long been on the wane, but 700 years of expertise is a terrible thing to squander. By Ray Mark Rinaldi This article is part of our Design special report ...

Whether fabric, stone or glass, it’s all the same to Carlo Brandelli — just material to be sculpted. He started out with fabrics, establishing a reputation as a menswear designer in the 1990s by ...