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Nomad VeniceIn a restored gothic palace, Nomad presents

collectible design in tune with The VeniceGlass Week.

Palazzo Soranzo Van Axel, Venice

5 – 8 September 2019

The fifth edition of Nomad, an itinerant event forshowcasing collectible design, swoops into Venice thisweek. After previous editions held in St Moritz inSwitzerland and Monaco, the venue this time is arestored palazzo in the Cannaregio district where 15design and art galleries and 11 special projects areexhibiting over four floors. David Gill and Fumi fromLondon, Nilufar from Milan and Victoria Miro fromLondon/Venice are among those participating.

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Sam Orlando Miller, ‘Ghirlande di Lacrime Estive’, 2019COURTESY: Gallery Fumi, London

“Static fairs like Art Basel and the Armory Show,which keep the same dates and the same locations,offer no opportunity to experience new cities anddiscover interesting, private collections,” says NicolasBellavance-Lecompte, who co-founded Nomad withGiorgio Pace. “Nomad has a travelling perspective ofinnovation and of occupying special architecture.Instead of being in a big exhibition hall, Nomad isgoing to be in an amazing palazzo that has beenrenovated over the last seven years by the new ownerand is one of the greatest examples of gothicarchitecture.”



Entrance of Palazzo Soranzo Van AxelCOURTESY: Nomad

Bellavance-Lecompte is an architect and co-owner,with Quentin Moyse, of Carwan Gallery, acontemporary design gallery in Beirut which is anexhibitor at Nomad. Pace, meanwhile, has a creativeconsultancy that connects luxury brands with art andculture enterprises. He is juxtaposing the classicalpainting ‘Diana e Endimione’ (1660-1665) byGiuseppe Nuvolone with contemporary glasssculptures by Marco Parmeggiani in the specialprojects section.

Nomad Venice coincides with the 58 edition of theVenice Art Biennale (until 24 November) and TheVenice Glass Week, 7 -15 September. The latter seespresentations of works in glass by masters, workshops,artists and designers taking place all over Venice and

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Murano. A presentation dedicated to the artist EgidioCostantini (1912-2007) is at the Peggy GuggenheimCollection, while works by the Campana Brothers,Barber & Osgerby, Marcel Wanders and TokujinYoshioka are on view at Louis Vuitton.

The scene will be set by the multi-disciplinary Como-based design studio Draga &Aurel, who will installORMEGGI, an arrangement of bespoke piecesinspired by Venetian architecture and the lagoon, inthe arcade entrance to the palazzo, overlooking thelagoon.

Draga&Aurel, ‘ORMEGGI’ installation at the entrance of PalazzoSoranzo Van Axel.COURTESY: Filippo Bamberghi

To chime with the spirit of The Venice Glass Week,several of Nomad’s exhibitors are bringing over worksin glass by their designers. Gill is featuring MattiaBonetti’s ‘Murano’ collection, comprising table lamps,mirrors, a chandelier and a side table that werehandmade in Murano in collaboration with theisland’s glass-blowers.



Mattia Bonetti,‘Table Lamp, Murano collection’, 2019COURTESY: David Gill Gallery

Fumi is presenting Sam Orlando Miller’s new lightsculpture, ‘Ghirlande di Lacrime Estive’ (2019), madeof garlands of hand-cut pieces of golden bronze andjade green mirror, while Galleri Format Oslo, aNorwegian contemporary crafts gallery, is displayingglass sculptures by Kari Håkonsen and Kari Mølstad.



Kari Håkonsen, ‘Mirage’, 2016COURTESY: Galleri Format Oslo / PHOTOGRAPH: Finn Manford

Kari Mølstad, ‘Current’, 2019COURTESY: Galleri Format Oslo / PHOTOGRAPH: Jørn Hagen

Domitilla Harding’s hand-blown vases, made last year,are at Nilufar. And India Mahdavi’s ‘Pistil’ table with aflower shaped table-top and ‘Clover’ chandelier are atWonderGlass (London). Both pieces are made frompulegoso glass – a technique to absorb air bubbles inglass invented by Napoleone Martinuzzi, who was artdirector at Venini, a prominent producer of Muranoglass, in the 1920s.



India Mahdavi, ‘Pistil’ table, 2019COURTESY: WonderGlass, London

A rather fun piece can be discovered at Galleria LuisaDelle Piane (Milan): Andrea Branzi’s ‘Giove’ (2015) –a library made from plexiglas from his ‘Transparency’collection. With its wave-like, fuchsia base andcircular, jellyfish-like shelves, it evokes fluidity,freedom and playfulness.

Andrea Branzi, ‘Giove’ library (2015)COURTESY: Galleria Luisa Delle Piane, Milan

Not to be missed is Carlo Scarpa’s ‘Chandelier, 16arms’ (circa 1930) at Giustini/Stagetti (Rome). Scarpa(1906-1978), a Venetian modernist architect, workedas a glass designer at Venini before focusing his careeron architecture. He designed the sculpture garden atthe back of the central pavilion in the Giardini, the

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Venezuela pavilion and the garden of the FondazioneQuerini Stampalia, among other places. Made fromamber and red glass, the chandelier is an exquisiteexample of his early work.

Carlo Scarpa, ‘Chandelier, 16 arms’, circa 1930COURTESY: Giustini/Stagetti, Rome

The sixth edition of Nomad will be held in St Moritz inFebruary 2020.

Nomad Venice (https://nomad-circle.com/venice2019) – an event for collectors, interior designers, architects andart and design professionals.

The Venice Glass Week(https://www.theveniceglassweek.com/en/) – aninternational festival dedicated to the art of glass, with aparticular focus on that of Murano.

Biennale Arte 2019(https://www.labiennale.org/en/art/2019) – the 58thInternational Art Exhibition.

A R T I C L E B Y

Anna SansomAnna Sansom is a Paris-based journalist who

writes about art, design and architecture for

The Art Newspaper, Frame, Damn and

Sotheby's Magazine, among other

publications.

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