Shitting Doves of Peace and Flying Rats, Jan Fabre, Photo credit: Attilio Maranzano, Courtesy fo Berengo Private Collection, Venice.

Berengo calls the series "a new visionary manifesto for glass and art". His commissioning of leading contemporary artists and designers to create works despite a lack of knowledge about the medium or its history has proved a game changer in the field. Lacking preconceptions these creators working with artisans on Murano have produced pieces that are as exciting as they are fresh. 

Jan Fabre's witty installation of amethyst-hued, blown-glass pigeons along with their glass droppings; acid-washed, black glass eggs by Kiki Smith; and Javier Perez's ornate, scarlet-colored, Murano glass chandelier, which after it was completed, he smashed...along with Tony Gragg's, Jaime Hayon's and Patricia Urquiola's masterpieces. Enjoy!

Testa Mecanica, Jaime Hayon, 2011, Photo credit: Francesco Allegretto.

Cristina's Frozen Dreams, Jaume Plensa, 2010, Edition of 8, Photo credit: Francesco Ferruzzi, Courtesy of Berengo Private Collection, Venice; Galerie Lelong Paris.

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