David Zwirner and Galerie Kugel Exhibit Ancient Hardstones with Contemporary Art

David Zwirner presents 'Set in Stone,' an expansive group exhibition organized with Galerie Kugel, a Parisian gallery specializing in pre-twentieth-century art. Curated by Emma Kronman, the show at David Zwirner's East 69th Street location in New York pairs modern and contemporary paintings and sculpture from the gallery's program with Galerie Kugel's antique hardstone objects from classical antiquity through the nineteenth century. The exhibition is structured around four themes: luminosity, translucency, assemblage, and colorlessness, highlighting how artists have historically worked with stone. Juxtapositions of medium and technique illustrate these complementary concerns, with works varying in use of light, color, texture, and scale.