NEW YORK, Sept 14, 2022 (BSS/AFP) - Art lovers in New York can now enjoy an
immersive digital experience with works by Gustav Klimt projected onto the
walls and floors of a building that used to be a bank

The goal, its creators say, is to bring young people and others into a 21st-
century museum.

The exhibit, called "Hall des LumiSres," opens Wednesday in Manhattan's
Tribeca neighborhood.

It follows similar shows called "Atelier des LumiSres" in Paris and "Infinity
des LumiSres" in Dubai.

The shows are the work of a French company called Culturespaces, which is
partnering in New York with events company IMG.

Culturespaces boss Bruno Monnier said these digital art shows around the
world cater to youths and anybody else who does not go to traditional venues
like the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.

This nine-month show features works by Klimt and another Austrian,
Friedensreich Hundertwasser.

Classical and electronic music plays as their works are projected onto every
conceivable surface inside the Emigrant Industrial Savings Bank, an early
20th-century building in the Beaux-Arts style.

"I do think it's a fantastic way to introduce people to art and I think they
are very complementary to great museums and art galleries of New York and in
many cities around the world," said Stephen Flint Wood, Managing Director of
IMG.

"You can come here in this atmosphere and be completely immersed and then go
to museums and art galleries to see some paintings for yourself," he told
AFP.