Dale Chihuly: CHIHULY: Venice 2026
Forthcoming exhibition
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Overview
Dale Chihuly with Palazzetto Stern Chandelier Venice, 1996 © 1996 Chihuly Studio. All rights reserved. Photo by Russell JohnsonThis year marks the 30th anniversary of the landmark project Chihuly Over Venice. To honor that milestone, Chihuly will return to Venice to debut CHIHULY: Venice 2026, presented by Pilchuck Glass School and Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park.
The exhibition will feature three new sculptures installed along the Grand Canal, honoring Venice, the place that fundamentally shaped Chihuly’s career. There will also be an interpretive and archival center curated by renowned art advisor and contemporary art curator, Suzanne Geiss. The exhibition will open May 5 at the Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti, concurrent with the Venice Biennale.
Link to: https://www.chihulyvenice2026.com/
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Installation Shots
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News
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Chihuly And Venice: A Match Made In Art Heaven
Forbes By Chadd Scott April 7, 2026Studio glass in America prior to Dale Chihuly’s receipt of a Fulbright Fellowship which took him to Venice in 1968 was rudimentary to be kind....Read more -
CHIHULY: Venice 2026 Brings Three Monumental Glass Sculptures to the Grand Canal During the Venice Biennale.
CULTURALEE by Lee Sharrock News January 3, 2026Thirty years after transforming the city and its canals with his groundbreaking Chihuly Over Venice project, world-renowned artist Dale Chihuly returns to the source of...Read more
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