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The gallery functions less as a white cube and more like a vitrine or shadowbox, the contents a curious spectacle housed within an otherwise traditional neighborhood. Danielle Avram, Dallas News, "Artist Richard Wentworth shares works of subtle ingenuity in neighborhood mini-gallery," 29 June 2020

Small works organized chronologically and thematically are displayed in a handful of vitrines. Lance Esplund, WSJ, "‘Herbert Bayer: Bauhaus Master’ Review: Graphic Design, Poetic and Striking," 18 Jan. 2020

Then Gioacchino summons me to the ballroom and a series of vitrines, inside of which are Lampedusa’s diaries, his pocketbooks, and the covers of the many international editions of The Leopard. James Mcauley, Town & Country, "The Oldest Money: Inside Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa's Sicilian Palazzo," 10 Dec. 2019

In the center of the room was a vitrine containing the Nike Moon Shoes, which were displayed with a vintage waffle iron. Andy Borowitz, The New Yorker, "A Finance Guy Amasses Sneaker Capital," 19 Mar. 2012

Not far from him is a vitrine holding a masterwork of Filippo Negroli, a 16th-century Milanese master craftsmen who seems to have been something like the JAR of the Italian armor world: innovative, often imitated, revered. Stellene Volandes, Town & Country, "Louis Vuitton's New High Jewelry Collection Was Inspired by Medieval Heroines," 27 Aug. 2019

All are handsomely displayed in vitrines and along the walls in a predictably relaxed, minimalist enclave. Edvard Pettersson, chicagotribune.com, "This is how you sell pot paraphernalia to rich people," 6 Sep. 2019

Wunsch pointed to a pair of blue sneakers in a vitrine—the Air Jordan 11 Derek Jeter shoe, commemorating the New York Yankee’s retirement, in 2017. Andy Borowitz, The New Yorker, "A Finance Guy Amasses Sneaker Capital," 19 Mar. 2012

An adjacent vitrine has been set aside for related skeletal specimens that the museum hopes will be provided by Senate members in the next few decades. Sarah Hutto, The New Yorker, "Archaeologists Discover Long-Sought-After Racist Bone," 20 July 2019

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