Designed by Narchitektura for the Wawel Royal Castle in Krakow, this unique backdrop is a work of architecture built around a single painting—Rembrandt’s masterpiece ‘The Polish Rider’. Every element of the set is designed in an attempt to initiate a multi-layered dialogue between the exhibited work of art, the wider context of the artist’s oeuvre, and the castle’s historic interior.

“One of the aims of the design was to create a space that is distinctive, unique, and contemporary in expression—diametrically opposed to the historic surroundings in which it was exhibited at Palace on the Isle in Warsaw and in its permanent home at the Frick Collection in New York,” elaborates the Narchitektura design team.