The exhibition moves away from the Venetian lagoon for the first time “The best of Glasstress”, an exhibition project conceived and created by the Berengo Foundation to promote the use and underline the charm of glass in the contemporary art panorama.
The exhibition is welcomed in Turin, along the visiting routes of the Venaria and Mandria Castle, thanks to the collaboration between the Berengo Foundation and the Consortium of Royal Savoy Residences.
The two residences host around thirty works by major international artists who use glass as an expressive medium.
The works of Ai Weiwei, Vanessa Beecroft, Tony Cragg, Vik Muniz, Jaume Plensa, Laure Prouvost, Thomas Schütte, Sean Scully and Erwin Wurm interact with the elegant rooms of the Savoy residences, suggesting a dialogue between contemporaneity and seeds incredibly suggestive.
Born as a collateral event of the 2009 Venice Biennale, Glasstress has become a point of reference for contemporary art that expresses itself through glass.
The exhibition was hosted by some of the major museums and international institutions, including the Latvian National Museum of Art in Riga, the Millesgården Museum in Stockholm, the Museum of Arts and Design in New York, the Beirut Exhibition Center, the London College of Fashion, the Wallace Collection in London, the Ptuj City Gallery in Slovenia and the Boca Raton Museum of Art in Florida.
To date, they have contributed more to the project 400 artists who have been able to investigate and bring out the timeless charm of glass.
The visit to the exhibition is included in the entrance ticket to the Royal Palace and the Castello della Mandria and is open until Sunday 10 November 2024.
Sources: lavenaria.it, ansa.it, zipnews.it
