iPalazzo Mocenigo – Museum of Textiles and CostumeSanta Croce
A Lace for Venice 2026
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.
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Burano's needle lace is worked in threads of cotton, linen, silk, gold or silver, so slowly that the island's Lace Museum says it takes decades of study to learn. Bobbin lace, quicker and less demanding, belongs to Pellestrina. Both are here, in 43 new pieces made for a national competition on the theme of flowers and nature.
Entries compete in four categories, needle or bobbin, each in an ancient or a modern style, so traditional patterns sit beside lace made as a picture rather than a trim. You can hunt for this year's winners: Sara Marinetto's Seta e miele (silk and honey), Isabella Battain's Il fiore del drago, and Sensual Bloom, by Teresa Paccagnella of a shoemaking school with Lorella Ballarin.
It's included in the €15 museum ticket (€7.50 reduced). Closed Mondays; from 1 November the palazzo shuts at 17:00. On 7 January the show moves to the Lace Museum on Burano until 13 June.
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Burano's Lace Museum says needle lace takes decades to learn. Here are 43 new pieces, needle and bobbin, made for a national competition on flowers and nature, traditional patterns beside lace made as pictures rather than trim.
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- Locals Who've Seen It All
- Nerding Out
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You want historic lace: these are all new pieces made for the 2026 competition.
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- A Lace for Venice 2026Courtesy of Palazzo Mocenigo – Museum of Textiles and Costume
- Corpus serialisStudio Nicolás Lamas. Copyright: Nicolás Lamas, courtesy Max Goelitz.
- Jenny Saville a Ca' PesaroCourtesy of Ca' Pesaro – International Gallery of Modern Art
- Helter Skelter: Arthur Jafa and Richard PrincePh. Andrea Rossetti, Courtesy Fondazione Prada
- Palazzo Mocenigo – Museum of Textiles and CostumeDidier Descouens / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Ca' Pesaro – International Gallery of Modern ArtWolfgang Moroder / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Fondazione Prada Venezia (Ca' Corner della Regina)Wolfgang Moroder / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Museo di Storia Naturale di Venezia (Fontego dei Turchi)Didier Descouens / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Ca' d'Oro – Galleria Giorgio FranchettiDidier Descouens / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0