Often used in museums, the vitrine was appropriated by artists like Joseph Cornell in the 1950s and Joseph Beuys in the mid 1960s to display unusual materials they invested with spiritual or personal significance.
Vitrine
A large, glass cabinet used for displaying art objects
Selected artists in the collection
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Wolfgang Tillmans
born 1968 -
Jeff Koons
born 1955 -
Rebecca Warren OBE
born 1965 -
Joseph Beuys
1921–1986 -
Joseph Cornell
1903–1972
Selected artworks in the collection
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Joseph Beuys Langhaus (Vitrine)
1953–62 -
Rebecca Warren OBE Come, Helga
2006 -
Joseph Beuys Untitled (Vitrine)
1983 -
Donald Rodney My Catechism
1997 -
Bethan Huws Boats
1983–2006