How do we display art? And how do we view it as museum visitors? When visiting an exhibition, we tend to look at the artwork, only subconsciously experiencing the way it is presented. Art on Display 1949-69 focuses on the presentation. For the first time, the exhibition brings together some of the most progressive post-war exhibition designs by architects, based on 1:1 reconstructions – a unique chance to physically experience these radical approaches. Featuring designs by Carlo Scarpa, Franco Albini and Franca Helg, Lina Bo Bardi, Aldo van Eyck and Alison and Peter Smithson, the exhibition’s spatial design is by architect Jo Taillieu.

The design duo BLESS (Desiree Heiss and Ines Kaag) and students of the Sandberg master programme ‘Challenging Jewellery’ investigate how they can transform the role and significance of jewellery in society. How does an item of jewellery obtain and maintain social, cultural, material and craftsmanship value today? How can jewellery designers adjust their (collective) creative process to global issues?