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Mother’s Day INCEPTION 🧑‍🧒 “ il Giardino Segreto “ 🎠 taken in Venezia by @_icat_

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willkommen CAIO MASSIMO • XII. MMXXV 👼🏻 our tiniest, GRANDEST present ∞ 🎄 ♥️ … “ everything “ ∞ taken in London by @_icat_

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Sum(mer) up 🔐 by @_icat_

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Hey June, by @_icat_

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🪻 «Fleurs Monstrueuses » lamp by @_icat_ Cattaneo

Irene Cattaneo (b. 1989) is a German-Italian artist whose practice spans sculpture, functional objects, and large-scale installations. Based in Venice, she works closely with local artisans, creating works in glass, bronze, and stone that combine graphic clarity, symbolism, and playfulness. Drawing on literature, memory, and wordplay, her work has been exhibited internationally, including at Venice Glass Week, Homo Faber, and the Venice Art Biennale.

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#PADSaintTropez / 2-5 July 2026 / Place des Lices taken in Saint-Tropez, France by @_icat_

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On my wishlist ✨

Inspired by the famous silver bedhead made by the artist Alexander Calder for the American art collector Peggy Guggenheim Cattaneo’s homage to her favourite foreigner in Venice uses curves of hand-welded iron to turn Calder’s concept into a cloudy sky with solid Murano glass inserts.

The work is titled NuvoLetto which means “little cloud” in Italian, while
a capital L emphasises how this word already holds
within it letto, the Italian word for bed.

Sweet dreams…

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@lostudio_nadjaromain NuvoLetto (“little cloud”) by Cattaneo, a collectible design bed inspired by Alexander Calder’s famous silver bedhead created for Peggy Guggenheim. Crafted from hand-welded iron and Murano glass, the sculptural bed resembles floating clouds, combining Venetian artistry, contemporary furniture design, functional art, and luxury interiors. by @_icat_

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first time(s) for everything by @_icat_

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Il Giardino Segreto-BIENNALE ‘26 🎠🪻opening May 6 taken in Venezia by @_icat_

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In Venice, where history feels suspended between water and time, artist Irene Cattaneo has found both grounding and momentum.
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Working across glass, bronze, and stone, her sculptural language emerges through material, memory, and collaboration with local artisans, blending personal narratives with literary echoes and the city’s layered past.

From the quiet gestures of Murano’s makers to the stillness of the lagoon, her work captures something fleeting yet deeply rooted: a moment held, just before it disappears. taken in Venice by @_icat_

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^2025… literally, “ through thick and thin “ … ♥️🙏🏻🙏🏻♥️ by @_icat_

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“ The Observatory “ 🪐 🔭 Piazza San Marco 🌌
Eight lunar spheres of Murano glass hang suspended, evoking the planets and reflecting light with quiet intensity. The piece frames the observatory as a space of dream and reflection, where looking outward into the cosmos allows the self to find perspective - where imagination, science, and introspection converge. Venice mirrors this duality: a city of stimulation and inspiration, yet one that offers quiet moments for contemplation, where discovery and introspection coexist.
The spheres themselves are crafted through an alchemy of glass, minerals, and metal powders, layered to create depth, texture, and a subtle, luminous complexity in each piece. Inspired by Italo Calvino’s “Cosmicomics”, in which the universe becomes a lens for thought and wonder:
“You explode, if that’s more to your taste, shoot yourself all around in endless darts, be prodigal, spendthrift, reckless: I shall implode, collapse inside the abyss of myself, towards
my buried centre, infinitely.”
Each sphere becomes a point of reference, inviting viewers to escape into the vastness of the cosmos, to reflect on their place within it, and to inhabit a space that is at once contemplative, imaginative, and transformative.
Thank you @theveniceglassweek @comunevenezia for including me amongst such brilliant 💡 artists and to Fabiano for his mastery and patience 💌 @enricofiorese 📸 taken in Piazza San Marco Venezia by @_icat_

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Last weeks to 👁️ my solo installation “ Les Bienfaits de la Lune “ in Paris 🤍 12 Rue Bonaparte @galerieyvesgastou @lostudio_nadjaromain 📸 @enricofiorese 🌒 taken in Paris, France by @_icat_

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