Galleria Barovier&Toso

Italy, Venice

Galleria Barovier&Toso is a contemporary art gallery based in Murano, Venice, dedicated to artistic projects in glass. Murano has been synonymous with glass for centuries, and the gallery builds on the legacy of Barovier&Toso, the world's oldest active glassworks, with seven hundred years of history. The gallery invites internationally renowned artists who have had little or no prior experience working with glass to engage with the medium for the first time. The gallery presents glass within the context of each artist's practice, inviting artists to work with glass as they would with any other artistic medium. By contextualising these contemporary works historically and analysing influences across artistic traditions from a globally open perspective, the gallery elevates glass beyond its traditional categorisation as craft, affirming its significance as a sophisticated artistic medium. The gallery's programme features annual exhibitions in Murano at Palazzo Barovier&Toso, developed as site-specific installations. These exhibitions are accompanied by catalogues, featuring essays by academic contributors alongside insights into the artists' experiences of working with glass. The gallery further represents its artistic projects internationally through external collaborations and regular participation in leading art fairs, working with collectors, professionals and institutions worldwide.