Exhibitions in Venice
December 2026
The Biennale is over and December belongs to the palazzi. Michael Armitage's bark-cloth paintings hold Palazzo Grassi until 10 January, the Guggenheim's new Fucina degli Angeli show turns Ernst and Picasso designs into Murano glass, and Palazzo Mocenigo has a room of new Burano lace. Pack boots for acqua alta; every pick is indoors.
Also on through December
A Lace for Venice 2026to 6 Jan 2027Palazzo Mocenigo – Museum of Textiles and Costume
43 works from the 12th national lacemaking competition, in needle and bobbin lace on the theme of flowers and nature, from traditional patterns to contemporary takes.
Michael Armitage. The Promise of Changeto 10 Jan 2027Palazzo Grassi
45 paintings and over 100 studies by the Kenyan-British painter, whose works on Ugandan bark cloth weave East African politics, violence, migration and dreamlike visions.
La Tua Perla per Venezia 2026to 10 Jan 2027Museo del Vetro (Murano Glass Museum)
Finalist works from the international Venetian glass bead competition, shown in the museum's Venetian Bead Room; visitors can vote for their favourite bead.
Amar Kanwar. Co-travellersto 10 Jan 2027Palazzo Grassi
Two multimedia installations by Indian artist Amar Kanwar, The Torn First Pages and The Peacock's Graveyard: poetic, political meditations on justice, mortality and impermanence.
Nel segno di Venezia: The Alessandro Favaretto Rubelli Donationto 11 Jan 2027Ca' Rezzonico – Museo del Settecento Veneziano
29 drawings from a recent donation, from Palma il Giovane's 16th century to Carlevarijs, Ricci, Canaletto and Tiepolo, shown in the first-floor portego.
Fucina degli Angeli: Peggy Guggenheim and 20th-Century Artistic Glassto 29 Mar 2027Peggy Guggenheim Collection
Postwar Murano glass by Egidio Costantini's Fucina degli Angeli, founded 1955, which turned artists' designs into glass with Peggy Guggenheim's backing.
BABEL - Marco Toso Borellato 30 Mar 2027Museo del Vetro (Murano Glass Museum)
About twenty new works by Murano artist Marco Toso Borella, scratched into gold leaf on glass, on incommunicability in an age of social media and AI.
Image credits
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- A Lace for Venice 2026Courtesy of Palazzo Mocenigo – Museum of Textiles and Costume
- Michael Armitage. The Promise of ChangePhoto by Tom Jamieson © Michael Armitage. Courtesy the artist and David Zwirner
- La Tua Perla per Venezia 2026Courtesy of Museo del Vetro (Murano Glass Museum)
- Amar Kanwar. Co-travellersCourtesy of Palazzo Grassi
- Nel segno di Venezia: The Alessandro Favaretto Rubelli DonationCourtesy of Ca' Rezzonico – Museo del Settecento Veneziano
- Fucina degli Angeli: Peggy Guggenheim and 20th-Century Artistic GlassCourtesy of Peggy Guggenheim Collection
- BABEL - Marco Toso BorellaCourtesy of Museo del Vetro (Murano Glass Museum)
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