Design studio Formafantasma has created a display for the Rijksmuseum's Baroque in Rome exhibition that will be taken apart and recycled afterwards.
The Amsterdam art show features 16th and 17th century Italian baroque masterpieces by artists including the painter Caravaggio and the sculptor Bernini.

Formafantasma broke with the tradition of displaying baroque art in dark rooms, instead opting for the white walls and modern colours of a contemporary art show.
Paintings are hung off-centre against panels covered in colourful Kvadrat fabric, some of which will be given to local schools after the exhibition closes. Kvadrat is a major sponsor for the exhibition.

Sculptures are displayed on standard-issue sheets of steel on top of plywood boxes painted to match the fabric. These basic materials will be recycled afterwards. "We worked very closely with the people that built the exhibition because of course, when you do an exhibition like this, there is also a lot of waste," Formafantasma co-founder Andrea Trimarchi told Dezeen.

"Even the sizes of the panels were maximised to make sure that we were not cutting either the beams or the textile in a way that was useless [for reuse]," added co-founder Simone Farresin.
The white-painted walls behind the panels will be used by the Rijksmuseum for two more exhibitions after Baroque in Rome finishes.

As well as being more sustainable than painted backdrops that would need to be painted over afterwards, the textiles...