Nicholas Penny on the new Courtauld Gallery hang
January 20 2022
Picture: The Guardian
Posted by Adam Busiakiewicz:
The London Review of Books have published a free article by Nicholas Penny, former director of The National Gallery, on the picture arrangement in the newly refurbished Courtauld Gallery.
As Penny explains:
The art of hanging paintings is little acknowledged, even by art historians, but has consequences that can equal the most eloquent criticism. When to defer to – and when to deviate from – expectation involves fine judgment and sensitivity.
