Panerai just concluded the "Time and Space - Tribute to Galileo Galilei" exhibition in Shanghai, which ran from May 20 to 31 at the Shanghai Sculpture Space. The show exhibits Panerai watchmaking from the very beginning to the modern day, as well as some artefacts related to Galileo, to mark the 400th anniversary of his first astronomical observations.
The exhibition premiered in Florence last year, and the next stop is the USA at an as yet undetermined future date. It will be worth visiting at its next stop.
The Shanghai Sculpture Space
Entering the exhibition area
Formerly a steel factory and now a bohemian enclave of offices and exhibition space, the Shanghai Sculpture Space was the venue for the exhibition. Aside from art galleries the space is also occupied by what seem to be design and media outfits.
Angelo Bonati, Officine Panerai CEO, along with Paolo Galluzzi, Director of Florence's Galileo Museum, held a press conference before the exhibition opening. Signore Bonati explained Panerai's history and achievements, including the dozen or so in-house calibres that have been unveiled to date. Professor Galluzzi on the other hand gave an interesting and technical talk on Galileo and his work related to timekeeping.
And afterwards the opening ceremony.
And now for the exhibition.
Before entering the exhibition proper a movie about the cosmos is played in a circular theatre.