Glass from Finland in the Bischofberger Collection

Venice, Island of San Giorgio Maggiore

13 April 2015 – 2 August 2015

Over 300 masterpieces by the most important Finnish designers of the 20th century



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The exhibition Glass from Finland in the Bischofberger Collection, curated by Kaisa Koivisto, Curator at The Finnish Glass Museum, Riihimäki, and Pekka Korvenmaa, professor at Aalto University School of Arts, Design and Architecture (Finland), will open to the public on the Island of San Giorgio Maggiore in Venice on April 13th, 2015.

This important exhibition features the best of Finnish and international design thanks to the unprecedented loan of over 300 glass works from the Bischofberger private collection. The beauty of artistic glass features masterpieces by the foremost 20th century Finnish designers: Aino and Alvar Aalto, Arttu Brummer, Kaj Franck, Göran Hongell,  Gunnel Nyman, Timo Sarpaneva, Oiva Toikka and Tapio Wirkkala.

The exhibition will offer the public a unique opportunity to view, for the very first time, some very rare objects, often unique or early production pieces, which Bruno and Christina Bischofberger have collected with passion and insight over the past forty years. The uniqueness of these objects reveals the original creative approach of each artist or designer, and makes this collection of Finnish glass one of the most important in the world.

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