On the occasion of The Italian Glass Weeks first edition and during the International Year of Glass 2022, the Boutique "The Merchant of Venice", a house of niche fragrances, enclosed in designer glass bottles, hosts the glass bead installation "Through", a traveling portal made of thousands of glass beads in the colors of the lagoon.
The installation, result of the team work by members of the Committee for the Safeguarding of the Art of Venetian Glass Beads, was inaugurated in 2021 for the 1600th anniversary of Venice. "Through" represents the infinite path of Art, the transmission from generation to generation and the connection between past, present and future.
In December 2020, UNESCO recognized the Art of Glass Beads as Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.