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The Murano glass was born in 1295 when Venetian Republic ordered glassmakers to move their foundries to Murano. Murano glass industries were soon to become very important on an international level, especially for blown glass and vases.

Anfiteatro starts the exhibition season with an exciting tale: Claudio Onorato. Kaleidoscopic watcher of our daily life, able to surprise us like an ideal modern minstrel. His tales seems embroidery chasing on cartonboard shreds spared by a cutter.

Title of exposition: "Fragile Nature"; Artists: Evelina Deicmane e Miks Mitrevics

Georgia is represented at 53rd International Art Exhibition–“Making Worlds” for the 2nd time with its own pavilion(1st time 2007). The presenter: Ministry of Culture,Monument Protection,Sports of Georgia in the program “The Georgian Season”

Morocco, crossroads of cultures, rich in fascination and traditions, faithful over centuries to a moderate form of Islam in which reason and faith coexist, present the contemporary artistic scene in the Venice Biennale for the second time.

Inauguration: Friday 5th June 2009; 3.00 pm Preview: 4 – 6 June 2009; opening hours 10.00 am – 8.00 pm Open to public: 7 June – 22 November 2009; opening hours 10.00 am – 6.00 pm

Arte Communications, to promote modern and contemporary art and encourage young artists, presents at the Fondaco dell’Arte the performance SPEAK THAT I CAN SEE YOU by Andrea Pagnes / Verena Stenke, 2 – 3 April 2009.

It's started the countdown for OZ499, a new generation’s model of hi-tech creations for sport, with a DNA that raise them up as design icons. Oz and Carlesso, creative synergy.

Ângela Ferreira is the artist representing Portugal at the 52nd International Art Exhibition of the Venice Biennale. The official Portuguese representation, organized and produced by the Institute of the Arts, is curated by Jürgen Bock

"Transcendental Realism. The Art of Adi Da Samraj", curated by Achille Bonito Oliva, presents works by the spiritual master who is an accomplished artist and scholar.

STAR FAIRY : Hong Kong in Venice, a playful, critical and engaging project initiated by Norman Ford, will feature the works of three experienced international artists MAP Office (Gutierrez + Portefaix), Amy Cheung and Hiram To.

The political and social situation in the region is complex and tense.Contemporary artists naturally respond differently to the social,political and cultural processes unfolding in their country,each depicting the aspect most vulnerable to him or her

Four artists, four expressive vehicles, four worlds of reason and awareness, all in one extraordinary exhibition space.

The Taipei Fine Arts Museum of Taiwan is pleased to present the Exhibition, Atopia, curated by Hongjohn Lin, at Palazzo delle Prigioni, Venice on 10 June - 21 November 2007.

Lee Ufan replaces the principles of representation with that of contemporization,in a process that has been ongoing since the Sixties,with sculptures and installations,evolving with the "Correspondences" of the Nineties and the paintings of today.

the Macao Museum of Art, under the Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau of Macao, is leading a team of Macao artists to participate the 52nd International Art Exhibition La Biennale di Venezia.

The right to represent Latvia at the Biennale was won in an open competition by Gints Gabrāns with his work “Paramirrors”. He has combined the practice of art and science, mysticism and the esoteric in a unified, integral whole

The ultimate goal of ‘Paradise Lost’ is to destroy the exotic stereotype of the “Gypsies” that has been prevalent in Europe since the 19th century and to put Roma artists on an equal footing in the international art world.