Frank Gehry's Creative Process Revealed in Serralves Exhibition
The Serralves Museum of Contemporary Art in Porto, Portugal, presents 'The Century of Gehry,' a survey of the late Canadian-American architect Frank Gehry (1929–2025). Curated by António Choupina and organized with Gehry Partners and the Getty, the exhibition focuses on Gehry's design process through sketches, models, and archival materials. It opens with his radical 1977 Santa Monica home and traces his evolution through projects like the Chiat/Day building in Los Angeles (1985), the unbuilt Lewis Residence in Ohio (1989), the Guggenheim Bilbao (1997), the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles (2003), the Fondation Louis Vuitton in Paris (2014), and Luma Arles (2021). The show highlights collaborations with artists Claes Oldenburg, Coosje van Bruggen, Richard Serra, and Frank Stella, as well as architect Álvaro Siza, who designed the museum's new wing. Gehry's pioneering use of CATIA software for the Disney Hall is noted. The exhibition runs through December 30 at Serralves, R. Dom João de Castro 210, Porto.
Key facts
- Exhibition 'The Century of Gehry' at Serralves Museum in Porto, Portugal
- Curated by António Choupina, organized with Gehry Partners and the Getty
- Features sketches, models, and process materials from Frank Gehry's career
- Opens with Gehry's 1977 Santa Monica home remodel
- Includes Chiat/Day building (1985), Lewis Residence (1989), Guggenheim Bilbao (1997), Walt Disney Concert Hall (2003), Fondation Louis Vuitton (2014), Luma Arles (2021)
- Highlights collaborations with Oldenburg, van Bruggen, Serra, Stella, and Siza
- Gehry pioneered CATIA software for the Disney Concert Hall
- Exhibition runs through December 30 at Serralves Museum
Entities
Artists
- Frank Gehry
- Claes Oldenburg
- Coosje van Bruggen
- Richard Serra
- Frank Stella
- Álvaro Siza
- Peter B. Lewis
- Vincent van Gogh
- Frank Lloyd Wright
- António Choupina
- Samuel Gehry
- Diana Cruz
- Maristella Casciato
- Joseph Colonius
- Megan Meulemans
Institutions
- Serralves Museum of Contemporary Art
- Gehry Partners
- Getty Research Institute
- Guggenheim Museum Bilbao
- Fondation Louis Vuitton
- Luma Arles
- Walt Disney Concert Hall
- Vitra Design Museum
- DZ Bank
- ArtCenter College of Design
- Chiat/Day
- Guggenheim New York
- MAK – Museum of Applied Arts
- Serralves Foundation
- Loyola Law School
- Chiat/Day Building
- Lewis Residence
- Neuer Zollhof
- Marqués de Riscal
- Dr Chau Chak Building (UTS)
- LUMA Arles
- Beekman Tower / 8 Spruce
- Forma at King Street
- Serpentine Galleries
- LANZA Atelier
- Museum of Applied Arts Vienna
- LUMA Foundation
- Guggenheim Bilbao
- Louis Vuitton Foundation
- Ferreira de Sá
- Art Center College of Design
- Serralves Museum
- Pritzker Prize
- Galerie Magazine
- Gehry Partners, LLP
- Getty
- Hotel Marqués de Riscal
- designboom
Locations
- Porto
- Portugal
- Santa Monica
- Los Angeles
- California
- Venice
- Ohio
- Lyndhurst
- Bilbao
- Spain
- Paris
- France
- Arles
- Weil am Rhein
- Germany
- Berlin
- Abu Dhabi
- United Arab Emirates
- Pasadena
- Lower Manhattan
- Toronto
- Canada
- United States
- Lisbon
- Düsseldorf
- Elciego
- Sydney
- Australia
- New York
- Copenhagen
- Denmark
- Tirana
- Albania
- USA