Category: Highlights

  • Lecture – Vitreous estate of the Roman Theatre Museum, Lisbon: Spoils of the 1755 earthquake

    During excavations at the Roman Theatre in Lisbon, 18th-century glass fragments were found, mainly wine bottles, in a residential context. Out of 97 fragments, 64 were studied. Most were dark glass wine bottles, but there were also fragments of various other glass types, both colorless and colored. The study focused on the form and chemical…

  • Bricks and Tiles – Forms of Construction

    5 – 9 April 2022 – Organised by Universidade Nova de Lisboa (Portugal)

  • Katherine Gray Lecture – From Invisibility to Iridescence

    To celebrate the International Year of Glass and the 20th Anniversary of VICARTE, a special event featured artist and educator Katherine Gray. Sponsored by the Department of Conservation and Restoration, FCT-NOVA Library, and The American Corners Program, the event highlighted her work and practice. Katherine Gray, known as the Resident Evaluator on Netflix’s Blown Away,…

  • Centro Mutável

    CENTRO MUTÁVEL é um ciclo de workshops, conversas, performances e exposição a partir da ideia de Centro eda sua possibilidade de movimento – um Centro que se descentra do seu núcleo atómico, geométrico, metafísico, existencial, heterotópico, geográfico ou cultural.  Curadoria de João Rolaça e Margarida Alves. Para saber mais, visite o website oficial do evento: https://centromutavel.com/

  • The glass colour in Art – Novel Glasses with Various Optical properties

    A VICARTE exhibition focused on novel glasses with application in art works. This exhibition was held at the International Festival of Glass, Stourbridge, United Kingdom, from 23 to 26 August 2019 and at the Venice Glass Week, Venice, Italy, September 7-15, 2019. Novel Glasses with Various Optical Properties is an exhibition focused on new glasses with applicationin art works. Glasses…