Art on Display 1949-69

3 October 2020 - 5 June 2021

Exhibition designs by architects

The exhibition Art on Display 1949-69 provided the occasion to research architects' exhibition designs in the National Collection for Dutch Architecture and Urban Planning. This selection - featuring no museum exteriors and not restricted to architectural exhibitions - illustrates how interventions by the architect determine how objects are presented to the visitor. With designs b Gerrit Rietveld, Hein Salomonson, Nel Verschuuren, J.J.P. Oud en Wim Quist.

H. Salomonson, in collaboration with A. Bodon. Interior of an exhibition on the occasion of the 35th Salon de la société des artistes décorateurs in the Grand Palais, Paris, 1949. Photo H. Lacheroy. Collection Het Nieuwe Instituut, SALO f56.1.

G. Th. Rietveld. Design for De Stijl exhibition in MoMA in New York, 1952. Photo: Soichi Sunami. Collection Het Nieuwe Instituut, RIET 783. Copyright Rietveld art works: Pictoright. Copyright Sunami photo: Scala Archives.

J.J.P. Oud. Frank Lloyd Wright exhibition in Rotterdam Ahoy, 1952-53. Oud initiated and supervised the exhibition. Collection Het Nieuwe Instituut, OUDJ 67.

J.L.M. Lauweriks. Deutsche Werkbund Exhibition, Cologne, 1913-1914. Design for the exhibition space of the Deutsche Museum für Kunst in Handel und Gewerbe. Collection Het Nieuwe Instituut, LAUW 27.41.

G. Th. Rietveld. De Stijl exhibition in Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, 1951. Photo: J. D’Oliveira. Collection Het Nieuwe Instituut, RIET 783. Copyright Rietveld art works: Pictoright.

Architektenburo Quist. Competition design for the Netherlands Architecture Institute (NAi) in Rotterdam, 1988. Floor plan of the exhibition space. Collection Het Nieuwe Instituut, MOAI 5.6.

A. Bodon, in collaboration with W. Brusse. Design for a textile exhibition, Jaarbeurs Utrecht, 1947. Collection Het Nieuwe Instituut, BODO f63. Photo Cas Oorthuys / Nederlands Fotomuseum Rotterdam

G. Th. Rietveld. De Zonnehof exhibition building, Amersfoort, n.d. Collection Het Nieuwe Instituut, RIET 786. Copyright: Pictoright.

Nel Verschuuren. Exhibition design for Rietveld Heirs [Contemporary Dutch Design], n.d. [ca. 1989]. Collection Het Nieuwe Instituut, NVER 12.

Aldo van Eyck. Interior of the pavilion at the Sonsbeek ’66 International sculpture exhibition, Arnhem. Postcard from the archive of J. Niegeman. Collection Het Nieuwe Instituut, NIEG ph 583.

H. Th Wijdeveld. Dutch pavilion at the Wereldtentoonstelling voor Koloniën, Zeevaart en Vlaamsche Kunst, Antwerp, 1930. Glass positive. Collection Het Nieuwe Instituut, WIJD n59.

H. Th. Wijdeveld. Frank Lloyd Wright Exhibition, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, 1931. Collection Het Nieuwe Instituut, WIJD 771.

G. Th. Rietveld. Design for a sculpture pavilion at Sonsbeek Park, Arnhem, 1958. Collection Het Nieuwe Instituut, RIET 390. Copyright: Pictoright.

P.J. H. Cuypers. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Room with 17th-century paintings. Collection Het Nieuwe Instituut, RYKS ph963.

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