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Dale Chihuly made studio glass more collaborative and complex than anyone imagined possible, and the resulting sculptures--giant, blazing with color and light--are public art no one protests. The Chihuly installation, specially lit every Thursday evening, will draw visitors to Missouri Botanical Garden all summer, but the sold-out, sumptuous art gala and the official grand opening on May 4 started the conversation. Guests sipped chilled white whine and remembered how much fun it is to be surprised as they gazed a the slender reeds of glass amid tropical foliage, a fiery red chandelier suspended from an arched footbridge, a rowboat filled with sinuous and spiky blue glass, a party of glass balls in the reflecting pool ...
Dale Chihuly made studio glass more collaborative and complex than anyone imagined possible, and the resulting sculptures--giant, blazing with color and light--are public art no one protests. The Chihuly installation, specially lit every Thursday evening, will draw visitors to Missouri Boatical Garden all summer, but the sold-out, sumptuous art gala and the official grand opening on May 4 started the conversation. Guests sipped chilled white whine and remembered how much fun it is to be surprised as they gazed a the slender reeds of glass amid tropical foliage, a fiery red chandelier suspended from an arched footbridge, a rowboat filled with sinuous and spiky blue glass, a party of glass balls in the reflecting pool ...