The exhibition Art on Display 1949-69 in Het Nieuwe Instituut (Rotterdam) designed by Jo Taillieu brings together some of the most progressive post-war exhibition designs by architects in the form of 1:1 reconstructions: an opportunity to experience and compare these architectural approaches.
How do we present art? And how do we look at it, as museum visitors? Most of us immediately focus our attention on the artwork itself, unaware that how we encounter it has been carefully staged by a designer. In contrast, Art on Display 1949-69 focuses less on the artworks themselves, and more on the way they are presented.
It features displays by Carlo Scarpa, Franco Albini and Franca Helg, Lina Bo Bardi, Aldo van Eyck, and Alison and Peter Smithson.
03.10.2020 — 07.03.2021
Het Nieuwe Instituut
Museumpark 25, 3015 CB Amsterdam