Wigmore Gallery
New York, NY
The relocation of the Wigmore Gallery to a new space on West 57th street required an environment suited to the display of the gallery’s unique inventory of museum-quality 20th century realist and abstract American paintings. The design introduces a freestanding ‘Cube’ that subdivides the long and narrow space into three zones: a front exhibition space, a central service core and a rear art storage area. The Cube, clad in salvaged rosewood repurposed from the gallery’s previous location, houses two back-to back private functions, an office and a viewing room for showing art to clients by appointment. The Cube is intersected by a dynamic white ceiling whose contours subtly define a sense of place for each of the three activity areas. The ceiling’s undulating surface reinforces two view corridors that afford uninterrupted views from one end of the gallery to the other.
The ceiling’s undulating surface channels views from one end of the gallery to the other.
This project was completed while Josh Dannenberg was at Joel Sanders Architect.
Photos by Peter Dressel.