National Museum of Scotland Collects Rare Works of Hadid and Picasso

Marking the latest phase of the National Museum of Scotland‘s $105 million redevelopment plan, the institution opened the doors to ten state-of-the-art galleries, which now hold 40 percent more exhibition space than before.

Visitors are now welcome to peruse the more than 3,500 objects, an estimated three-quarters of which are on display for the first time in a generation. With four of the new areas dedicated to art and design, the museum also has ample room to showcase its rare artworks (including a glass sculpture by Pablo Picasso) and fashions (like Zaha Hadid’s metallic shoe for United Nude).

Coinciding with the museum’s 150th anniversary, the $18 million renovation was overseen by Hoskins Architects, with the exhibitions designed by London-based firm Metaphor. Below, we present you some pieces on display that you can’t miss in the new design galleries.

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To mark its 150th anniversary, the National Museum of Scotland debuted ten new galleries focused on artistic achievements and technological advances.

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Zaha Hadid and Rem Koolhaas conjured the Nova shoe for United Nude in 2013.

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Matthew Chambers’s Eclipse Blue hand-thrown 2011 stoneware sculpture.

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A black goose-feather mask crafted by Irene Bussemaker for couturière Iris van Herpen’s Synesthesia collection in 2010.

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A velvet-upholstered tearoom chair designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh in the early 20th century.

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To honour Italian cyclist Fausto Coppi, who won the 1949 Giro d’Italia–Tour de France, designer Drummond Masterton milled a rollicking landscape into this aluminium bowl, titled Campionissimo.

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The fabled Hamilton-Rothschild tazza, a Byzantine sardonyx bowl with a gold foot, was created in the early 18th century by the tenth Duke of Hamilton.

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Legendary modernist Marcel Breuer designed this wood dressing table in 1925, believed to have been owned by Wassily Kandinsky.

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This 100-piece silver-gilt travelling service belonged to Napoléon’s sister, the Princess Pauline Borghese, in the early 19th century.

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Around 1935, Norman Bel Geddes crafted this sleek cocktail tray made of chromium-plated copper alloy.

See also: ZAHA HADID’S TAPERED TOWER IN MELBOURNE RECEIVES PLANNING APPROVAL

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