COO transformed the bleak metro station in Shanghai into a temporary museum gallery. The exhibition showcases 29 carefully selected paintings from El Museo Nacional Del Prado in Madrid. By extracting artworks from their ‘home’ and inserting them into a least expected space, the pop-up museum brings a world-class cultural experience directly to the public and opens the world of art to a wider audience.

The exhibition aims to disrupt the busy passengers’ movements and invite them to hit a pause and appreciate a moment of focus. The metro station, a purely functional space where people just want to pass by quickly, is re-skinned with a classic midnight blue colour tone to evoke a sense of sublime beauty among the mundane urban scene. The pop-up museum environment transports the busy-minded passengers from their routine and creates a bubble where they can slow down and take a moment to contemplate.