Davide Penso

Murano, Burano & the Northern Islands


Davide Penso has taken the art of bead making to dizzying heights with exhibits at the Museo Correr, Boston's Fine Arts Museum and the San Marco Museum of Japan. Made using the lampworking process, each bead is worked into striking geometric forms and individually painted in matt colours.


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1. Il Complesso di Santa Caterina

15.41 MILES

Housed in the 14th-century convent complex of St Catherine, Treviso’s civic museum presents the history of the city from the Palaeolithic era to Roman…