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OPEN TO

THE PUBLIC

TEXT EMILY TOBIN | PHOTOGRAPHS JAKE CURTIS
Every day, up and down the country, art exhibitions open to the public; walls are painted,
pictures hung and sculptures installed. Since the eighteenth century, exhibitions have
played a vital role in the art market, making and breaking careers, scandalising visitors
with uncompromising subject matter and avant garde techniques, and sending critics
into crescendos of fury or joy. But rarely do we get to glimpse behind the scenes of these
exhibitions and see how they come into being. As the busiest month in the art world kicks
off, we revisit three of 2015’s most interesting exhibitions and meet the people behind them

THIS PAGE Christopher Le Brun and
Humphrey Ocean in Gallery III at the
Royal Academy. OPPOSITE CLOCKWISE
FROM TOP LEFT A Humument
by Tom Phillips in Gallery X. Matthew
Darbyshire’s Doryphoros figure in
Wohl Central Hall. A corner of Gallery IV