Celebrated installation artist Nayan Kulkarni’s newly commissioned light work illuminates the façade of the Museum each evening.
This commission is the product of a year’s in-depth research focusing on the Museum and its collections.
It is inspired by Soane’s own work and his use of light, drawing on techniques that would have been familiar to Soane himself.
From dusk, visitors can enjoy a constantly changing interplay between the Museum’s façade and projected abstract geometries.
This installation is part of Sir John Soane’s Museum’s current exhibition, Georgian Illuminations, which explores the spectacular light shows of the Georgian era through surviving drawings and prints.

At the height of the Georgian period, these complex light displays, created using glass lamps, temporary architecture, fireworks and linen transparencies, were an important form of popular entertainment. This exhibition examines Sir John Soane’s involvement in designing these installations and how they were experienced by people from across society.