The new exhibition 1948-1958 Murano Glass 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 that tells the story of Murano glass at the Venetian event will this time examine the decade from 1948 to 1958, from the resumption of the Biennale's activities after the end of the Second World War until the 1950s. Hosted once again inside the Venice pavilion, the glass exhibitions held during this period testified to the renewed vitality of Murano production through the works of some "historic" glassworks, others of recent establishment, as well as some artists who participated on a personal basis. This decade represented, in fact, an exceptionally fertile season for Murano, in line with the great fervor of the time experienced in various sectors thanks to the economic boom and the affirmation of design culture.

The protagonists of these editions were mainly 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, accompanied by the corresponding catalog curated by Marino Barovier and Carla Sonego, aims to showcase the objects seen in these editions and to illustrate them through period documents.