MoG Show Hits Smithsonian

The Museum of Glass had a spectacular show earlier this year called Lino Tagliapietra in Retrospect: A Modern Renaissance in Italian Glass. The exhibition was organized by the Museum of Glass and went on the road to museums all over the country. It opened at the Smithsonian Art Museum’s Renwick Gallery on October 3, 2008. It will remain on view at the Renwick until January 1, 2009 before traveling to three additional museums.

The exhibit was curated by Susanne K. Frantz, former curator of twentieth-century glass at The Corning Museum of Glass, it is the first exhibition to look at Tagliapietra’s art and forty years of his career—from his years working in the glassmaking industry on the island of Murano, to his historical 1979 trip to Pilchuck Glass School to teach Italian glassmaking techniques to American glassmakers hungry to expand their technical knowledge and skills, to his legacy as the world’s greatest living glassblower and designer. Now age 74, Tagliapietra’s artistic mastery and vision continue to influence Studio Glass artists around the world. We were lucky enough to meet the artist and he was unassuming and gracious.

Congrats to the Museum of Glass on making to the national stage.

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