Conference
Il vetro: un materiale dell’arte. Una storia attraverso le Biennali (Glass: an art material. A story through the Biennials)
Thursday, 9 November, 2pm
Biennale Library
Calle Paludo S. Antonio – Venice
The conference, promoted by ASAC – Archivio Storico delle Arti Contemporanee, will open with greetings from Roberto Cicutto, President of La Biennale di Venezia, and Debora Rossi, Head of the Historical Archive of Contemporary Arts of La Biennale di Venezia, followed by the introduction of Cristina Beltrami, creator and moderator of the event.
Luca Massimo Barbero, historian, curator and critic of modern and contemporary art, will give a speech entitled Lucio Fontana and the Space of Glass.
Arcangelo Sassolino is among the artists invited to give a direct testimony on the experience of glass, together with Kiki Smith, Tobias Rehberger, Asta Gröting, Francisco Tropa and Virginia Overton
Free entry while seats last.
The conference will be recorded and will soon be available in streaming.