MURANO GLASS SCULPTURE EXHIBIT AT BOCA MUSEUM - JUNE 14 11 AM

. If you like art glass, you will love this exhibit. GLASS SCULPTURES FROM MURANO ITALY...Each piece is created by an internationally known artist. The exhibit is , colorful , quirky, dramatic, and easy to photograph. Bring a camera or a cellphone camera. No tripods. No flash. There is an admission fee to the museum $16 Adults; $12 seniors; free for members of the museum.;
The exhibit is at the Boca Raton Museum of Art in Mizner Park. Parking is available either on the street (for a fee) or in any of four garages (free)

After viewing the glass exhibit, feel free to roam the sculpture garden or to roam through and photograph any of the other exhibits in the museum.

Details about the exhibit and the various artists

Glasstress is a project from the Berengo Studio in Murano, Italy, that brings major international artists, many of whom have never worked in glass, to Venice to collaborate with its glass masters. These experts are challenged to rise to the technical challenges that artists at the forefront of contemporary art present and expand beyond their centuries-old techniques. The result is innovative, dramatic artworks
It includes over twenty works by globally celebrated artists. Irish artist Sean Scully, known for lush abstract paintings, Another colorful installation of multiple glass urns by German artist Thomas Schütte, whose work is the subject of a current retrospective at New York's Museum of Modern Art.
Afro-Cuban MacArthur Fellow María Magdalena Campos-Pons's contribution to the exhibition is a mobile of abstracted butterflies dedicated to the memory of Breonna Taylor. Laure Prouvost, winner of the prestigious Turner Prize, represented France in the 2019 Venice Biennale and has since collaborated regularly with the masters in Murano. She contributes a nature-focused installation to this exhibition. Russian artist Anna Jermolaewa made work at the Berengo Studio for her exhibition representing Austria in the 2024 Venice Biennale.
As a special feature of this iteration of Glasstress, the Boca Raton Museum of Art has commissioned Florida artist Jose Alvarez (D.O.P.A) to create his first work in glass with Berengo’s glass experts especially for this exhibition. It is a radiantly colored mirror, titled Echoes of Silence in the Galactic Garden, featuring complex floral patterns and spectacular gold embellishments.