
Live from Changeover: Plans, Pedestals, and a Radio
Part two of a real-time look at what it takes to de-install one show and install the next at the Guggenheim by an exhibition designer.
I make exhibitions and take notes. Full-time: exhibition designer @guggenheim
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Part two of a real-time look at what it takes to de-install one show and install the next at the Guggenheim by an exhibition designer.

Tape measures, oven mitts, and the final sprint before the spiral goes dark.

The same painting can look like two different paintings, depending on what's behind it.

Long story short: very carefully.

From the single-row hang to the choreographed Bauhaus show to a building that refused to play along.

The question I get more than any other is: how did you get your job at the Guggenheim? Here's the honest answer.

I worked on the design of the show for over one year. Here is everything you missed.

All the Details of an Exhibition You Were Never Meant to Notice

Yes, I design the pedestals. No, that's not the whole story.