The Venice Glass Week unveils the winners of the festival’s tenth edition

Yesterday, the Award Ceremony for the tenth edition of The Venice Glass Week took place at Palazzo Franchetti, home of the Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti, marking one of the most significant and moving moments of this year’s festival.

The ceremony opened with the Organising Committee of The Venice Glass Week awarding two symbolic Gold Medals for Glass Valour to Lino Tagliapietra and Dale Chihuly, two leading figures in contemporary glass, both of whom are represented in this year’s Festival programme by major exhibitions: Layers of Light, organised by Fondazione Lino Tagliapietra and CHIHULY: Venice 2026, organised by Pilchuck Glass School and Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park with Chihuly Studio.

Two prizes were awarded to artists exhibiting in the Festival’s HUBs. Boldizsár Lukácsi received the Premio The Studio – Corning Museum of Glass per The Venice Glass Week HUB Under35 for his work Crystal Charge. The prize gives him the opportunity to attend one of the international Summer Classes at The Studio of the Corning Museum of Glass in New York in 2027. The Premio Arterìa per The Venice Glass Week HUB, sponsored by Arterìa and accompanied by a €1,000 award, went to Marzena Krzeminska for her work Emotion. The Jury also awarded a Special Mention to Eve Koha for Oblivion.

Now in its sixth edition, the Premio Fondazione di Venezia per The Venice Glass Week, which carries a €1,000 prize, was awarded to the exhibition Shape of Silence. Tanja Pak at SPARC* – Spazio Arte Contemporanea, curated by Francesca Giubilei and organised by VeniceArtFactory.

The Jury also awarded three Special Recognitions: to Time Consumed – Simone Crestani, organised by Simone Crestani and Palazzo Contarini Polignac and taking place at Palazzo Contarini Polignac – Magazzino Gallery; to Perle di Luce by Mattia Gaido and Re-Blooming in the Lagoon by Holly Parr and Marisa Convento, two projects organised with the Comitato per la Salvaguardia dell’Arte delle Perle di Vetro Veneziane and taking place at Bottega Cini and Scuola del Vetro Abate Zanetti; and to Glass Bridge. From Murano to the World: Glass as an Act of Cooperation, organised by Emmanuel Babled, Kukua and Shanga, in collaboration with Fondazione Musei Civici di Venezia and Comune di Venezia, under the patronage of the Embassy of Italy in Dar es Salaam and taking place at Scuola del Vetro Abate Zanetti.