rehang

present singular third person rehangs · participle present rehanging · participle past rehanged · past rehanged · participle past rehung · past rehung

1. To hang again.

   Alan paid for a full restoration, and the clock was first rehung at Carnforth in July 2002, before it was removed again in 2020 for a second renovation […].

   2026 April 15, “Stop & Examine”, in RAIL, number 1059, page 70

plural rehangs

1. artA change of exhibited pieces in an art gallery.

   According to Ángeles González-Sinde, the president of the Reina Sofía’s board, the rehang – an exercise museums undertake to re-evaluate and reinvigorate their collections – is much more than a simple rejigging.

   2026 February 17, Sam Jones, “Madrid museum shuffles its pack charting decades of rapid change in Spain”, in The Guardian, →ISSN

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   “Good taste” has become more democratic. Not to mention politicised: most national galleries are in the midst of major rehangs to try to showcase works by women, non-white or outside artists whose works have been until now overlooked.

   2023 May 28, Jo Ellison, “The futile pursuit of good taste”, in FT Weekend (Life & Arts section), London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 21