Exhibition

For more than six decades, Dale Chihuly has redefined glass as an artistic medium. Working through collaboration, process, and risk, he moved glass beyond the vessel and into architectural space. Heat, gravity, and chance shape the work while light is treated as material.

Venice has played a central role in this evolution. In 1996, Chihuly Over Venice marked a turning point: fourteen Chandeliers appeared over canals, markets, bridges, and courtyards throughout the city. Three decades later, Chihuly returns with three monumental glass sculptures along the Grand Canal.

CHIHULY: Venice 2026 brings these new works together with archival materials, objects, and documentation presented at the Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti. The exhibition traces a pivotal chapter in Chihuly’s practice and its continuing legacy.