The National Gallery, London, is using digital innovation to rethink how its collection is seen and experienced. For Ars Electronica 2025, the Gallery will present two exhibition recreations from its film series [Re]curated—a project that virtually reconstructs The Artist’s Eye, a radical series of exhibitions from the 1970s to the 1990s, where artists curated their own shows.
Daniel Herrmann, Ardalan Curator of Modern & Contemporary Projects at the Gallery, will demonstrate two exhibition recreations, one by David Hockney’s exhibition in 1981 and another by Richard Hamilton from his exhibition of 1978, and discuss how using new digital tools can help understand how space, technology, and artistic vision combine to create new meaning.
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[Re]Curated / Daniel Herrmann, John Stack, Lawrence Chiles - Photo: National Gallery, London
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[Re]Curated / National Gallery London
Daniel Herrmann (GB), John Stack (GB), Lawrence Chiles (GB)
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ONE DAY PASS, FESTIVALPASS, FESTIVALPASS+, Ars Electronica Center Ticket
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Photo: Daniel F. Hermann
Daniel F. Hermann
Daniel F. Hermann is curator of modern and contemporary art at The National Gallery in London, UK. As curator of modern and contemporary art, he relates the historical collections to contemporary art and culture through exhibitions, commissions, residencies, research, and interpretation.
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Photo: John Stack
John Stack
John Stack is Director of Digital Innovation and Technology at the National Gallery where he is responsible for organisation’s digital and technology departments. Prior to joining the National Gallery, John was Digital Director of the Science Museum Group, Head of Digital at Tate, and an editor at the art, design and architecture publisher Phaidon Press. In 2020–21, he was principal investigator of the Heritage Connector research project that explored the use of Artificial Intelligence to build connections at scale between and within museum collections.
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Photo: Lawrence Chiles
Lawrence Chiles
Lawrence Chiles is head of digital at the National Gallery where he leads pioneering digital initiatives that connect art and audiences through immersive and interactive experiences and content creation. With a background in broadcast and technology journalism, he brings editorial insight and creative vision to cultural innovation. He has previously led digital and design and production teams at other cultural institutions such as Royal Museums Greenwich and the BBC.
Credits
Original 3D reconstruction by Preview Tools | Unreal Engine development by Clifford Sage | Research by Isaac Nugent | National Gallery team: Daniel F. Herrmann, Lawrence Chiles, John Stack, Harry Rosehill, Irum Ali, Hannah Rogers, Susanna Avery-Quash, Jon Sheldon, Tom Gulliver | With thanks to the British Embassy Vienna and British Council. | Special thanks to the Ars Electronica team for helping to realise this presentation.