Palazzo Franchetti
The Venice Glass Week - Opening Cocktail
Party Photographs
The opening cocktail party for the seventh edition of The Venice Glass Week - until September 17 - and the inauguration of the The Venice Glass Week HUB and The Venice Glass Week HUB Under35 at Palazzo Loredan was held at Palazzo Franchetti. The festival was founded in 2017 to celebrate, support and promote the art of glassmaking: the artistic and economic activity for which the Lagoon City of Venice has been renowned around the world for over 1,000 years. An exciting programme awaits visitors with exhibitions, guided tours, workshops, demonstrations, conferences, family activities and more.
Massimo Micheluzzi, Barry Friedman, Camilla Purdon
Patricia Pastor Friedman
Jean Blanchaert and Paola Marini
David Landau and Michela Cattai
Rosa Borgia, Maria Grazia Rosin and Sigrid de Montrond
Beatrice Burati Anderson and Pierre Higonnet
Rosy Kahane and Camilla Purdon
Tsuchida Yasuhiko
Gianfranco Ditadi and Cristina Beltrami
Barry Friedman and Rosa Barovier Mentasti
Caroline Mirand and Bikem Ibrahimoglu de Montebello
Elena Casadoro Kopp and Herwig Egon Casadoro-Kopp
Tristan Tancredi de Paoli, Masour Timur-Askar and Pietro V.A. Stramezzi
Saverio Simi de Burgis and Mauro Bonaventura
Among the most important highlights of #TheArtOfFire will be the hotly anticipated return of The Floating Furnace: a barge decked out with an active glass furnace, which will host a series of live demonstrations by a number of different Murano glass masters and students. As such, it will transport the art of glassblowing out of Murano’s furnaces and into the heart of Venice. Promoted and organised by Consorzio Promovetro Murano, the initiative is realised thanks to the support of Select – the aperitif which was born in Venice in 1920, ideal for making an authentic Venetian spritz – which has always aimed to enhance local life and culture.