Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on May 2012

Imagine if you could enjoy a famous artwork in solitude. Entered only with reservations, Gotanda’s Louvre DNP Museum Lab is a collaboration between the landmark Paris museum and Dai Nippon Printing that brings this dream to fruition. For its current show visitors get to examine at close reach one of Spanish master painter Goya’s finest works, The Boy in Blue. Viewers not only get to enjoy the painting in peace and quiet, they can also take in advanced multimedia materials explaining the canvas’s significance—including a life-size video introduction by Louvre curator Guillaume Kientz.

Louvre DNP Museum Lab, until Oct 28 (listing).