Museum by Patricia Thompson

Here are two great conceptual photo stories shot inside museums -The first one was created as a collaboration between Brazilian photographers Gabriel Mendes and  Patricia Thompson, the second one is American photographer Andy Freeberg. A similar concept indeed but each with its own very distinctive motive. It seems as though the work of Freeberg is a lot more documentary style while the Brazilian photographers have created a storyline in which they express their interpretations of a specific art piece, it is more of a performance art. – I really like the concept of creating Art within art! Just brilliant!

Guardian of Russian Art Museums by Andy Freeberg

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Chanel Mobile Art installation

In 1955 Madame Coco Chanel launched the iconic, quilted ‘it’ bag 2.55. Now, fifty-three years later, Chanel have decided to make the bag the center of attention once again, namely the center of a traveling exhibition entitled Chanel Mobile Art. Twenty international contemporary artists have reinterpreted the classic Chanel hand bag and designed everything from a gold quilted guitar-shaped shoulder bag to a giant 2.55 lying thrown on the floor. The exhibition opened in Hong Kong in a futuristic, curved glass pavillion designed by Zaha Hadid, which was the first stop of a two-year world tour, where the artists have smoothened the fine lines between fashion design and art. “We don’t need art, but we cannot live without it,” said Karl Lagerfeld at the opening of Chanel’s Mobile Art pavilion in New York City’s Central Park. The exhibition will move on to cities like London, Moscow and Paris.