In Grimani ― Ritsue Mishima Glass Works

Where contemporary art meets the millennium-old glassmaking techniques. The Palazzo Grimani Museum in Venice opens its doors to contemporary art with the exhibition In Grimani, a collateral event of the Venice Biennale featuring the glass sculptures by Ritsue Mishima. Born in Kyoto and resident in Venice, Mishima has bound her personal artistic research to the thousand-year-old techniques of glassmaking. Using exclusively transparent material, which does not interrupt the flow of light but gathers and contains all the other colors, the artist expresses herself in a contemporary language steeped in the artisan culture of the Murano master glassmakers who "forge" her ideas.

Giulio Manieri Elia is an art historian, the director of the Palazzo Grimani Museum, and deputy director of the Gallerie dell'Accademia in Venice. For Marsilio, he has edited Masterpieces Restored: The Gallerie dell'Accademia and Save Venice Inc. (2010) and Veronese: The Stories of Esther Revealed (2011). Ritsue Mishima began working as a stylist in publicity and for interior design magazines. In 1989, she moved to Venice. Her works have been installed in diverse spaces that range from chapels to greenhouses. She has shown her works in Milan, London, Rotterdam, Tokyo, Kyoto, Brussels, Berlin, and San Francisco. Since 2000, Ana Miljanovic has worked with various architectural practices and taking part in international competitions. Since 2006, she has curated Ritsue Mishima's solo shows.