The exhibition, organized in collaboration with R & Company, NYC, explores Richard Marquis’s research on Murrine, a millennia-old glassmaking technique. In 1969, the American artist worked at Venini furnace, where he learned the art of assembling hot glass canes, later applying it to his experimental sculptures, which became icons of the International Studio Glass Movement.

The works on display enter into dialogue with the Murrine of Mathieu Grodet, presenting different contemporary approaches to an ancient glassmaking technique of extraordinary complexity and expressive power.
Denise Barr presents her jewelry made from Richard Marquis' murrine.

The Venice Glass Week's parallel project Murano Illumina il Mondo transforms St. Mark’s Square into an open-air exhibition space, where glass enters into dialogue with the city’s art and architecture. Beneath the arches of the Procuratie Vecchie, 12 light installations offer visitors an innovative interpretation of one of Venice’s most iconic artistic forms: the chandelier.
For this year's 4th edition, artist Cerith Wyn Evans collaborated with NEON line (Musestre) and Idea Murano (Murano) on 
G=A=R=L=A=N=D (Garland...a Vessel): an original early XIX century Rezzonico chandelier “a barchetta” (boat-like shaped) hand-blown in Murano, where 14 glowing neon Kanji are applied as a floating garland. They evoke images of stars, currents, tides and waves, a clear connection with Venice and the unique shape of their glass "host".