Designing Van Gogh

Peter Zimonjic
December 5, 2012

Designing Van Gogh

Every exhibition at the National Gallery of Canada has its own signature design that begins with the Gallery's design team. The gallery's designers work with the exhibition's curators, visitor services, security and others experts to craft the perfect, customized space to host an exhibition, and 2012's summer exhibition Van Gogh: Up Close was no exception.

In this short video the Gallery's Senior Designer, Ellen Treciokas, takes us behind the scenes to look at how the Gallery designed 2012's summer blockbuster exhibition.
 

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