Picasso, Gagosian
Artist: Picasso
Client: Gagosian
Arch: Selldorf Architects
Audio-Visual: Studio ZNA (lighting design)
All artworks © Succession Picasso/DACS 2016
Photography: Simon Collins
The Picasso exhibition explored an unprecedented variety of works spanning many years of the artist’s later life, illustrating Picasso’s versatility in a diversity of media.
Consequently a significant reorganisation of the gallery spaces was proposed by the curator and architect to create interlinking areas for sculpture, pottery and painting.
The detailed design of the new display spaces was exquisitely considered and meticulously executed to provide a refined backdrop befitting an event of such
importance.
The exhibition and the installation opened to critical acclaim.
“Better installed than most museum shows… beautifully redesigned galleries.”
Adrian Searle, The Guardian (2010)
“This is a brilliantly mounted, gloriously rich and idiosyncratic exhibition”
Mark Hudson, The Telegraph (2010)
“Museum-quality Picasso show”
Jackie Wullschlager, Financial Times (2010)
“I was very impressed with the level of precision, intelligence and organization with which the team, headed up by John Gilsenan, approached virtually every task.”
“Their ownership of the project, coordination of several involved parties and detailed execution was first class… and has set a benchmark in the way we shall plan future construction projects.”