A Curatorial Perspective of C C Land: The Wonder of Art

Fascinating lecture at the National Gallery introducing the complete rehang of the collection.

Chaired by Christine Riding, Director of Collections and Research, who had masterminded the project with four of the curators who were involved who each outlined their areas.

They explained how they have kept a chronological approach but also introduced theme rooms eg one on still life, and rooms on individual artists where the collection is particularly strong. They also talked about the problems of hanging monumental and small works in the same space.

At this point I had only seen the Sainsbury Wing rehang but I immediately understood some of the questions I had had in my mind. The most interesting thing I learnt is that to mark the rehang they will not be lending any works for two years so this is an amazing chance to see everything. It will be interesting to see how the rehang then reactions to those loans and how flexible it is.

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