Kairi Orgusaar exhibited her installation “The Formula of Harmony” at the Venice Glass Week HUB at Palazzo Loredan as part of the Venice Glass Week.

On Saturday, 13 September, the ninth Venice Glass Week, entitled “The Magic of Glass”, was officially opened. Until 21 September, Venice, Murano and Mestre became venues, with more than 200 glass art events taking place in 130 venues and more than 300 artists from all over the world participating. The programme ranged from exhibitions and installations to workshops, tours, conferences and demonstrations in open glass studios.

The festival programme included two group exhibitions: “Venice Glass Week HUB”, which took place at the Veneto Institute of Science, Literature and Arts in Palazzo Loredani, where the works of 50 renowned international artists were represented, and “Venice Glass Week HUB Under35”, which took place for the first time at the Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa Galleria di Piazza San Marco and showcased the work of 30 young talents.

The exhibition was put together by a curatorial committee led by the renowned Venetian glass historian Rosa Barovier Mentasti and consisting of international glass experts: Nina Alessandri, Cristina Beltrami, Jean Blanchaert, Rainald Franz, Mikkel Hammer Elming, Susanne Jøker Johnsen, Cristina Tonini and Alma Zevi.

Kairi Orgusaar’s participation in the Venice Glass Week was supported by the Cultural Endowment of Estonia.