The fourth edition of Murano Illumina il Mondo is the flagship event of The Venice Glass Week

To celebrate the tenth edition of The Venice Glass Week, this year Murano Illumina il Mondo will take place from 13th September to 1st November 2026, coinciding with the festival.

Under the arches of the Procuratie Vecchie, in the heart of St. Mark’s Square, visitors will be able to admire a new series of original light installations created by internationally acclaimed artists and designers such as Norman Foster, Cerith Wyn Evans, Bethan Laura Wood and Pierre Charpin in collaboration with some of the most prestigious Murano glass furnaces. The works, designed specifically for the Venetian setting, highlight Murano’s glassmaking tradition and its capacity for creative experimentation.

The artists and designers were selected by a Curatorial Committee composed of Rosa Barovier Mentasti, glass historian; David Landau, Trustee of Pentagram Stiftung; Chiara Squarcina, Scientific Director of Fondazione Musei Civici di Venezia; curators Sarah Nichols and Jean-Luc Olivié; Luca Massimo Barbero, Director of The Institute of Art History of the Fondazione Giorgio Cini, and Giordana Naccari, specialist in twentieth-century Murano glass.