Vitrine puts the work first and the interface nowhere. Images run to the edge of the viewport on large screens, captions sit quietly beneath, and nothing animates unless the visitor has asked for motion.
Vitrine grids with per-project colour accents. Tested against the current WordPress release before every update, and against the two before it.
Projects are ordinary posts, so they sort, filter and paginate the way WordPress already does. Add a featured image and a gallery, and the layout does the rest.