Connections: Doors

Exhibition designer Dan Kershaw talks about doors and the unexpected juxtapositions they create in the Museum.

March 22, 2011

4 min. watch

"It's wonderful where the door isn't just something that leads you between places, but is something unto itself."

Exhibition designer Dan Kershaw talks about doors and the unexpected juxtapositions they create in the Museum.

Art Mentioned

Elijah Boardman, Ralph Earl American, Oil on canvas, American — Elijah Boardman
Ralph Earl
1789

Kinryūsan Temple at Asakusa, from the series "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo", Utagawa Hiroshige Japanese, Woodblock print; ink and color on paper, Japan — Kinryūsan Temple at Asakusa, from the series "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo"
Utagawa Hiroshige
1856

Dog kennel, Claude I Sené French, Gilded beech and pine; silk and velvet, French — Dog kennel
Claude I Sené
ca. 1775–80

Reliquary casket, Lorenzo Ghiberti Italian, Gilt copper and champlevé enamel, Italian, Florence — Reliquary casket
Circle of Lorenzo Ghiberti
1446

Portail milieu d'Aubeterre, Gustave Le Gray French, Salted paper print from paper negative — Portail milieu d'Aubeterre
Gustave Le Gray
1851

Painting from a Ceremonial House Ceiling, Kurumbai, Wanyi clan, Sago palm petiole, paint, Kwoma, Wanyi clan — Painting from a Ceremonial House Ceiling
Kurumbai, Wanyi clan
Workshop of Artists of Mariwai Village
1973

Door Board (Amitung), Abanfogop, Wood, paint, Telefomin people — Door Board (Amitung)
Abanfogop
ca. 1910

Interior with a Hanging Lamp, from "Landscapes and Interiors", Edouard Vuillard French, Color lithograph; third state of three — Interior with a Hanging Lamp, from "Landscapes and Interiors"
Edouard Vuillard
Printer Auguste Clot
Publisher Ambroise Vollard
1899

A Maid Asleep, Johannes Vermeer Dutch, Oil on canvas — A Maid Asleep
Johannes Vermeer
ca. 1656–57

Study of Light in a Vaulted Interior, Wilhelm Bendz Danish, Oil on paper, laid down on canvas — Study of Light in a Vaulted Interior
Wilhelm Bendz

Pair of Minbar Doors, Wood (rosewood and mulberry); carved and inlaid with carved ivory, ebony, and other woods — Pair of Minbar Doors
ca. 1325–30

Tapestry with the Annunciation, Wool warp, wool with a few metallic wefts, South Netherlandish — Tapestry with the Annunciation
South Netherlandish
ca. 1410–20

Doorway from the Church of San Nicolò, San Gemini, Marble (Lunense marble from Carrara), Central Italian — Doorway from the Church of San Nicolò, San Gemini
Central Italian
carved 1000s, assembled 1100s or 1200s

The Open Door, Charles Sheeler American, Conté crayon on paper mounted on board — The Open Door
Charles Sheeler
1932

Mastaba Tomb of Perneb, Limestone, paint — Mastaba Tomb of Perneb
ca. 2381–2323 BCE

The Temple of Dendur, Aeolian sandstone — The Temple of Dendur
completed by 10 CE

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