whether in the winter palace in St. Petersburg or in Cadaqués, the malahite room is a room containing significant objects. on this occasion, the objects installed in the malahite room in cadaqués are made up of a set of individual pieces from the private collections of huc and josep malla, and pieces by the artist laura white. white has reconfigured each work to revive its meaning through concise selection, manipulation and placement, such as the use of custom-made pedestals and platforms, drawings showing works and objects that are not in the room itself.

The materials of both the objects and the exhibition supports are key to establishing the works historically, as are their formal and material qualities and their thematic categorisation. The objects range from utilitarian to religious pieces, originals and copies, questioning ideas of value, status and taste, of individual objects and their ensemble.

to visit the malahite room is to explore a reinterpretation of the pieces with the aim of raising social awareness through re-presenting historical material alongside contemporary art.