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Gallery lighting with ERCO: A man views art in a brightly lit gallery space, enhancing the art's appeal.

Lighting for galleries

Selling art with future-proof gallery lighting

Whether gallery owner, curator, technical planner or installer – all share the same goal: not only to present art, but to stage it with impact and emotion to encourage sales. At the same time, conservation, infrastructural and economic requirements must be met.

Light is more than a technical necessity: it is a curatorial tool that makes the artist’s vision visible, enhances emotional resonance and amplifies impact. In this way, lighting plays an active role in making art tangible, evoking emotion and ultimately supporting sales.

ERCO supports galleries and technical partners with future-proof lighting solutions – durable, energy-efficient and flexibly adaptable for changing exhibition concepts. Does your existing lighting system need a technical update? We stand beside you as a partner – from training and expert advice to the smooth realisation of your lighting solution. Focus on what matters most: your gallery programme, your exhibitions, your art. We take care of your lighting solution – today, tomorrow and in the future.

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Planning aids and inspiration for gallery lighting

Lighting for commercial art galleries

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Lichtbericht 103: Light for commercial galleries

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Ideal luminaire positioning for art galleries

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Inspiration: Lighting for five distinct gallery types

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Why it pays to invest in high-quality gallery lighting

Kasmin Gallery in New York, showcasing accent lighting for art exhibitions using ERCO spotlights.

Kasmin Gallery, New York City; Photography: Roland Halbe

Light as a red carpet: Welcoming and inspiring visitors
Make light part of your corporate identity. Used consciously, a lighting concept reflects the central theme of your exhibition programme. It not only offers the flexibility to tailor the exhibition lighting to individual artists or works of art, but also accompanies the entire sales process. For instance, by taking over the function of the red carpet and encouraging visitors to explore your gallery - not only at a vernissage but also during your regular opening hours.

Gallery visitors view abstract art illuminated by ERCO lighting.

Axel Vervoordt Gallery, Wijnegem; Photography: Thomas Mayer

Light as the protagonist: For compelling storytelling
Reach your audience with lighting perfectly attuned to the exhibition concept. Whether in a white cube, a black box or an immersive installation, light acts as a curatorial medium that supports the artist’s vision. Perfect visual comfort ensures an optimal art experience for visitors – and makes works even more appealing to prospective buyers.

A visitor views art in a gallery, illuminated by ERCO lighting for enhanced viewing.

Virág Judit Gallery, Budapest; Photography: David Schreyer

Light as an efficiency boost: Saving costs in operation
Investing in high-quality luminaires pays off over time: With precisely matched in-house developed optics, electronics and thermal management, ERCO luminaires achieve maximum efficiency (lm/W) while reducing energy demand. Accurate light distribution (lx/W) with no stray light means more light on the target surface with less power. The result: fewer luminaires, reduced connected load and lower operating costs – with outstanding light quality.

Gallery staff adjusts an ERCO spotlight on a ladder to optimally illuminate an artwork.

Unit, London; Photography: Gavriil Papadiotis

Light as a flexible solution: Today, tomorrow and in the future
From small galleries to major art centres, operators seek lighting that adapts reliably to changing requirements and curatorial concepts. ERCO luminaires offer easily adjustable light distributions, diverse control options and a comprehensive range of accessories – all designed for a 20-year service life and reliable, efficient and low-maintenance operation.

ERCO LED gallery lighting – your benefits

Gallery lighting: Visitor photographs artwork under ERCO lighting.

Perfectly tuned colour rendering

ERCO uses only the highest-quality LEDs to ensure exceptional colour rendering and to protect artworks from harmful UV radiation. All ERCO LED modules feature a colour tolerance of just 1.5 SDCM – with values below 3 considered imperceptible colour differences. This guarantees that every artwork appears in consistent, identical light. Tunable white technology additionally allows seamless adjustment of colour temperature, ensuring true-to-life colour reproduction and maximum visual comfort.

A man adjusts an ERCO spotlight in a gallery, optimizing the lighting for the artwork.

Tool-free mounting

Simply mount and reposition your luminaires in the track without additional tools. This makes even last-minute changes possible.

ERCO spotlight: Adjustable gallery lighting for optimal art illumination.

Interchangeable lenses

From a 6-degree beam to variable zoom lenses with round and oval light distribution as well as wallwashers and framing optics – ERCO offers all light distributions as interchangeable accessories.

ERCO lighting: 20-year lifespan for trouble-free, efficient gallery operation.

Long-life with low maintenance

All newly developed luminaires are designed for at least 75,000 hours of operation (around 20 years under average usage). High-quality components, rigorous quality assurance and a maintenance-friendly design without adhesives ensure that LED modules and drivers remain accessible – for dependable, trouble-free operation over the long term.

ERCO lighting app controlling gallery spotlights to adjust lighting for artwork display.

Wireless control

Balance the gallery lighting intuitively with Casambi Bluetooth: luminaires with exchangeable add-on control units even allow you to switch between control types at a later date.

ERCO lighting accessories for galleries: Versatile light shaping for art exhibitions.

Extensive range of accessories

Realise different exhibition concepts with a small pool of luminaires. With interchangeable lenses and accessories such as anti-glare shields and louvres, you can model the light distribution again and again according to your requirements.

Five typical challenges in gallery lighting – and how to solve them

Use our free planning guide to discover the key aspects technical planners should consider when lighting galleries.

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Which lighting best suits your gallery?

Planning aid for 3 ways of illuminating art

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Uniform wallwashing, for example, creates a factual and objective setting. Exhibits and the room gain equal weighting and appear as a single unit. In addition, wallwashing visually enlarges the dimensions of a space. Smaller galleries in particular thus gain in visible volume. You can tell good vertical lighting by its perfect uniformity, even when luminaires are positioned further apart.

Accent lighting emphasises individual works of art. The contrast to the surroundings creates hierarchies of perception, and in this way directs the viewer's attention. The correct angle of incidence of the light must be observed so that viewers do not shade a work of art themselves. As a rule, this is 30° from the vertical. Luminaires with interchangeable lenses or adjustable zoom optics are ideal for matching the angle of incidence precisely to the size of the artwork.

Art that seems to shine from within itself: contour spotlights illuminate the exhibits with a sharply defined cone of light. Backgrounds, such as a wall, remain in the dark in this way. Depending on the design of the optics, contour spotlights allow large paintings to be illuminated from a short distance (wide framing) or small rectangular beams of light to be projected at a long distance (narrow framing).

How can we support you?

Our lighting specialists help you make informed decisions and create the optimum conditions for your spaces. From training in gallery lighting and project management to lighting design and advice on future exhibition concepts. Before, during or after the project: We provide expertise tailored to your needs.

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ERCO projects

Unit, London

Photography: Gavriil Papadiotis; Title: Artwork © Paul Turmina, Ziping Wang and Francesco Zannatta. Image courtesy of Unit.

David Zwirner 612 Gallery, Los Angeles

Architecture: Selldorf Architects
Lighting design: L’Observatoire International
Photography: Jackie Chan

Joyhun Gallery, Busan

Architecture: KAGA Architects & Planners, Busan
Photography: Raphael Olivier

Xavier Hufkens Gallery, Brussels

Architecture: Robbrecht en Daem Architecten, Ghent
Lighting design: SiSi (Siegrid Siderius), Amsterdam
Photography: Thomas Mayer

Claridge's ArtSpace, London

Photography: Claridge’s ArtSpace, Mayfair/London

Lilia Ben Salah Gallery, Paris

Photography: DESIGN DE LUX / Vincent Muracciole

Jean Designart, Seoul

Photography: Jackie Chan

Kasmin Gallery, New York City

Architecture: studioMDA, New York City/USA
Photography: Roland Halbe

Enari Gallery, Amsterdam

Photography: Thomas Mayer

Richard Taittinger Gallery, New York

Architecture: studioMDA, New York
Photography: Richard Taittinger Gallery, New York

Waddington Custot Gallery, London

Photography: Lukas Palik

Daisy Gallery, Jeju

Photography: Jackie Chan

Osti Art Gallery, Taipei

Architecture: Nil.
Interior design: L&L Interiors
Lighting design: Konson
Photography: Jackie Chan

Successful collaboration around the globe

ERCO gallery lighting: Visitors viewing art under accent lighting, enhancing the gallery experience.

1x1 Gallery, Dubai
Adam's Auctioneers, Dublin
Adelia Art Gallery, Liverpool
Agra Art Auction House, Warsaw
Anna Bohman Gallery, Stockholm
Aquabumps Art Gallery, Sydney
ARARIO Gallery, Shanghai
Art Partners galleria, Tampere
Arthouse Gallery, Sydney
Axel Vervoordt Gallery, Wijnegem
BANGKOK CITY GALLERY, Bangkok
BÁV ART Gallery and Auction House, Budapest
Björkholmen Gallery, Stockholm
Blak Dot Art Gallery, Melbourne
Bonhams, Dublin
Bonhams, London
Bourdon Place, London
C/O Berlin, Berlin
Capitain Petzel, Berlin
Carpenters Workshop, Los Angeles
Cermak Eisenkraft Gallery, Prague
Chemould Art Gallery, Mumbai
Chichester Gallery, Chichester
Christie's rue de Ponthieu, Paris
Claridges Gallery, London
Crayon Art Gallery, Delhi
David Zwirner, New York City
David Zwirner, Paris
Delahunty Fine Art, London
Dirimart Art Gallery, Istanbul
Dom Aukcyjny Polswiss Art, Warsaw
Enari Gallery, Amsterdam
Esther Schipper, Berlin
EXPO 58 Art Gallery, Prague
Falsterbo Konsthall, Falsterbo
Forsblom Gallery, Helsinki
FOUNDRY SEOUL, Seoul
Francis Gallery, Bath
Gagosian Roma, Roma
Gagosian, Paris
Galería Albarrán Bourdais, Madrid
Galería Carles Taché, Barcelona
Galería CarrerasMugica, Bilbao
Galería Pelaires, Palma de Mallorca
Galería Senda, Barcelona
Galerie Artziwna, Vienna
Galerie Binome, Paris
Galerie Bottega Barone, Berlin
Galerie Chantal Crousel, Paris
Galerie Charles-Wesley Hourdé, Paris
Galerie Deletaille, Amsterdam
Galerie Deschler, Berlin
Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin, Paris
Galerie Estades Toulon, Toulon
Galerie Frey, Salzburg
Galerie Jacques Lacoste, Paris
Galerie Jocelyn Wolff, Paris
Galerie Judin, Berlin
Galerie Kokanas, Marseille
Galerie Kornfeld, Berlin
Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin
Galerie Max Hetzler, Paris
Galerie Michael Haas, Berlin
Galerie Ron Mandos, Amsterdam
Galerie Schütz, Vienna
Galerie Templon, Paris
Galerie Volker Diehl, Berlin
Galerij Templon, Brussels
Galleri Final, Malmö
Galleri Loyal, Stockholm
Galleria Carlo Orsi, Milano
Galleria d'Arte D'Amato, Napoli
Galleria d'Arte Giacometti - Napoli, Napoli
Galleria De Cotis, Milano
Galleria K, Vantaa
Galleria Lorcan O'Neill, Roma
Galleria Privata Caruso, Milazzo
Galleria Salamon Fine Art, Milano
Galleria Tommaso Calabro, Milano
Galleria Tonelli Ceriani, Milano
Galleria Tonelli Ceriani, Milano
Galleria Trisorio, Capri
Gallery Daisy, Jeju
Gallery Delaive, Amsterdam
Gallery of Photography, Dublin
GraffitiStreet Gallery, Chichester
Green Art Gallery, Dubai
GRIMM Gallery, Amsterdam
Gullotti Galleries, Perth

World map for ERCO galleries: Global locations and lighting design.

Hatch Art Project, Singapore
Hauser & Wirth, Bruton
Hauser & Wirth, Menorca
Hauser + Wirth, New York City
Hermann Noack, Berlin
In The Pink, Loulé
James Cohan, New York City
JEAN DESIGNART, Seoul
Jiesiyuan gallery, Shanghai
John Hansard Gallery, Southhampton
Johyun Gallery, Busan
Kallos Gallery, London
Kasmin Gallery, New York City
Katie Lindsay, Killyleagh
Ken Done art Gallery, Sydney
Kieselbach Gallery and Auction House, Budapest
King Street Gallery on William, Sydney
König Galerie, Berlin
Krazy Art Gallery, Milano
Kunsthalle Art Galley, Prague
Kunsthandel P. De Boer, Amsterdam
Kwai Fung Hin Gallery, Hong Kong
La Galerie du 19M, Paris
Lanzarote Art Gallery, Lanzarote
Lawrie Shababi, Dubai
Leica par Muro, Saintes
Lemon Street Gallery, Truro
Levy Gorvy, Hong Kong
Lia Rumma, Milano
LISSON Gallery, Shanghai
London Glass Blowing, London
Lullo Pampoulides, London
Lyons Gallery, Melbourne
Magnus Karlsson Gallery, Stockholm
Maruani Mercier, Brussels
Maruani Mercier, Knokke
Matt's Gallery, London
Maurice Verbaet Gallery, Knokke
Melrose Gallery, Los Angeles
Mia Karlova, Amsterdam
Miriam di Penta Fine Arts, Roma
New Kensington Gallery, London
Nino Mier Gallery, New York City
Olivier Malingue gallery, London
OTA Fine Arts, Singapore
Over The Influence Gallery
Over The Influence Gallery, Hong Kong
Over the Influence, Paris
Pace Gallery, Hong Kong
Pace Gallery, New York City
Pash & Sons, London
PERROTIN DOSAN PARK, Seoul
Perrotin Gallery in Shanghai, Shanghai
Pintér Gallery and Auction House, Budapest
Regen Projects, Los Angeles
Rosenfeld Gallery, London
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney
Sanchit art Gallery, Delhi
Sculptor Gallery, Helsinki
Selasar Sunaryo Art Space
Shoreditch Gallery, London
Shout Gallery, Hong Kong
Smith and Singer, Sydney
Soho Revue, London
Sotheby’s, Beverly Hills
Sprüth Magers, Berlin
Studio Helnwein, Clonmel
Tabari Art Space, Dubai
Tarq Gallery, Mumbai
Tatra Car Museum, Prague
Thaddaeus Ropac Seoul
The Yard Gallery, Holywood
Timothy Taylor Gallery, London
tm-galleria, Helsinki
Vadehra Art Gallery, Delhi
Valokuvagalleria Hippolyte, Helsinki
Valokuvakeskus Nykyaika, Tampere
Vanner Gallery, Salisbury
Växjö Konsthall, Växjö
Vedovi Gallery, Brussels
Virág Judit Gallery, Budapest
Waddington Custot, London
Warwick Street Gallery, London
White Rabbit Gallery, Sydney
Xavier Hufkens, Brussels
Yeo Workshop, Singapore

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