Treasures of the Medieval World In conjunction with Sam Fogg, London Installation view Luhring Augsutine Tribeca, New York
Although institutions often pave the way for influential curatorial approaches, it tends to be through the back-and-forth interplay with the art trade that these approaches proliferate into wider trends. Such has been the case in recent years with the growing phenomenon of transhistorical exhibitions, particularly those pairing the Old Masters with contemporary artists.
Among the proponents of the transhistorical presentation is Roland Augustine, the co-founder of Luhring Augustine gallery. Treasures of the Medieval World (until 8 March), at the dealer’s Tribeca space, features more than 40 works hailing from the Middle Ages. It also marks the contemporary gallery’s fourth collaboration since 2018 with the London-based Medieval art dealer Sam Fogg.
“These exhibitions have been very successful from a curatorial and critical standpoint,” Augustine tells The Art Newspaper. “A lot of it has to do with the fact that the cultural community has a very selective memory. We’re so overwrought with the world of contemporary art and its market these days that we have lost a larger sense of what has come before us.”
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