Renovation at the Musee d'Orsay
October 3 2011
There's warm approval in most quarters for the Musée d'Orsay's renovation programme, now nearing completion. Bravely, they're moving away from the tediousness of hanging everything on white walls. From The Guardian:
Since 2008 the Musée d'Orsay has been gradually abandoning the concept, popularised by the Museum of Modern Art in New York, of hanging paintings on white walls. "Outside 20th-century and contemporary art, white kills all paintings," said Cogéval. "When you place an academic or impressionist painting on a white background, the light from the white creates an indeterminate halo around the work, preventing the sometimes subtle contrasts and details being revealed."
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