You might say that Murano glass is sort of like cryptocurrency: Everyone talks about it, but nobody knows where it comes from. In fact, true Murano art glass is made in Italy and is likely to be ...

‘Murano glass is my favourite material, and a key to understanding my design approach,’ says Nichetto, originally from nearby Venice. ‘From the tools most commonly used in traditional Murano glass ...

Venice Glass Week kicks off this September, the Venetian Lagoon’s second edition of this international festival devoted to its deeply-rooted artisanal heritage of glassmaking. The city will host more ...

VENICE, ITALY - SEPTEMBER 05: The Maestro Giovanni Nicola makes a glass baroque fish on a floating furnace sailing in front of St. Marks on September 05, 2020 in Venice, Italy. During the event of the ...

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 ...

Much like the city itself, Venice’s glassmaking industry is in grave danger of collapse. Competition from cheaper alternatives, a dearth of young glass blowers, tightened controls and a shift in ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Rebecca Ann Hughes covers travel, culture and food in Europe. Venice’s 1000-year-old tradition of glassblowing is not an art stuck ...

A spacious property in an Italian palazzo on Venice’s famous St. Mark’s Square came onto the market this week for €10 million (US$11.7 million). For the past three decades, the 1,000-square-meter ...

The opulent look of Murano glass is on the rise, propelled in part by a new wave of home goods and accessories inspired by the centuries-old aesthetic. By Hilary Reid What happened in Murano, stayed ...

Tracy Chevalier’s new novel, “The Glass Maker,” is her most ambitious yet. Occurring over a grand sweep of 500 years — all experienced by her long-lived heroine, Orsola Rosso (the name Orsola, no ...