The Red Vase, part 2
This is the second in a two-part series. Read The Red Vase, part 1. The story of the red vase continues in America. Having survived World War II and flight from Europe, Franz Engel settled into a new life in … Read more →
Posts in Category ‘From the Collections’
The Corning Museum of Glass Surveys Global Contemporary Glass in Special Exhibition Opening in May 2019
Today The Corning Museum of Glass (CMoG) announced that 100 artists—representing 32 nationalities and working in 25 countries—have been selected to exhibit in New Glass Now, a global survey of contemporary glass and the first exhibition of its kind organized by … Read more →
Rethinking the Origins of Glass
The case known as the “Primary Case” in the Origins of Glassmaking area is one of the first things visitors see when they enter the 35 Centuries of Glass Galleries. We know from visitor tracking studies and anecdotal observation that most … Read more →
The Red Vase, part 1
As exemplified in Glass of the Architects: Vienna, 1900–1937, a cooperation of the MAK and LE STANZE DEL VETRO, Austrian glass from 1900 to 1937 emerged from a confluence of ideas, individuals, and cultures. Advanced in large part by the … Read more →