Exhibitions

Nancy Holt

Sep 15, 2018 – Mar 9, 2019
Solo Exhibition
Dia:Chelsea
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Installation view of Nancy Holt's work Holes of Light installed at Dia:Chelsea

Holt/Smithson Foundation is delighted that Nancy Holt (1938-2014) will be the subject of a ground-breaking exhibition at Dia Art Foundation this Fall. This dedicated exhibition is the first to focus on Holt’s room-sized light installations Holes of Light (1973) and Mirrors of Light I (1974). The exhibition at Dia:Chelsea follows Dia’s acquisitions earlier this year of Holt’s Holes of Light as well as the artist’s monumental Sun Tunnels (1973-76) in Utah’s Great Basin Desert, the first work of Land art by a woman to enter Dia’s collection. Dia’s acquisition of these landmark artworks was supported by Holt/Smithson Foundation.

Nancy Holt, Installation view, Dia:Chelsea, New York, 2018.

© Holt/Smithson Foundation licensed by VAGA at ARS, New York

Bill Jacobsen Studio, New York

Installation showing architecture of Dia:Chelsea and Nancy Holt's piece Holes of Light in the background

Nancy Holt, Installation view, Dia:Chelsea, New York, 2018.

© Holt/Smithson Foundation licensed by VAGA at ARS, New York

Bill Jacobsen Studio, New York

Nancy Holt, Installation view, Dia:Chelsea, New York, 2018.

© Holt/Smithson Foundation licensed by VAGA at ARS, New York

Bill Jacobsen Studio, New York

Installation of Nancy Holt's work at Dia:Chelsea showing two locators and holes of light in the background.

Nancy Holt, Installation view, Dia:Chelsea, New York, 2018.

© Holt/Smithson Foundation licensed by VAGA at ARS, New York

Bill Jacobsen Studio, New York

Opening of Nancy Holt at Dia:Chelsea

Don Stahl

People at the opening of Nancy Holt at Dia:Chelsea

Opening of Nancy Holt at Dia:Chelsea

Don Stahl

Nancy Holt, Holes of Light, 1973/2018.

Installation view at Dia:Chelsea, New York

© Holt/Smithson Foundation and Dia Art Foundation, licensed by VAGA at ARS, New York

Bill Jacobsen Studio, New York

Light hitting a wall in the middle of a room, with holes cut in the wall to allow circles of light to be cast on the back wall.

Nancy Holt, Holes of Light, 1973/2018.

Installation view at Dia:Chelsea, New York

© Holt/Smithson Foundation and Dia Art Foundation, licensed by VAGA at ARS, New York

Bill Jacobsen Studio, New York

Nancy Holt, Mirrors of Light I (1973-74)

Dia:Chelsea, New York, 2018

10 mirrors, diameter 9 1/2 in. (24.1 cm)

650 watt quartz light 

11 x 20 x 28 ft. (3.4 x 6.1 x 8.5 m)

Photograph: Bill Jacobson Studio, New York

© Holt/Smithson Foundation Licensed by VAGA at ARS, New York.

Room with white walls and concrete floor. Light on right wall. 10 circular small mirrors on the back wall. Circular light reflections from the mirrors on the left wall.

Nancy Holt, Mirrors of Light I (1973-74)

Dia:Chelsea, New York, 2018

10 mirrors, diameter 9 1/2 in. (24.1 cm)

650 watt quartz light 

11 x 20 x 28 ft. (3.4 x 6.1 x 8.5 m)

Photograph: Bill Jacobson Studio, New York

© Holt/Smithson Foundation Licensed by VAGA at ARS, New York.

Nancy Holt, Mirrors of Light I [detail] (1973-74)

Dia:Chelsea, New York, 2018

10 mirrors, diameter 9 1/2 in. (24.1 cm)

650 watt quartz light 

11 x 20 x 28 ft. (3.4 x 6.1 x 8.5 m)

Photograph: Bill Jacobson Studio, New York

© Holt/Smithson Foundation Licensed by VAGA at ARS, New York.

Two white walls meeting a white ceiling with three small round mirrors on the right side and reflected circular light on the left side.

Nancy Holt, Mirrors of Light I [detail] (1973-74)

Dia:Chelsea, New York, 2018

10 mirrors, diameter 9 1/2 in. (24.1 cm)

650 watt quartz light 

11 x 20 x 28 ft. (3.4 x 6.1 x 8.5 m)

Photograph: Bill Jacobson Studio, New York

© Holt/Smithson Foundation Licensed by VAGA at ARS, New York.

Nancy Holt, Installation view, Dia:Chelsea, New York, 2018.

© Holt/Smithson Foundation licensed by VAGA at ARS, New York

Bill Jacobson Studio, New York.

Person looking through one of Nancy Holt's Locators toward a window.

Nancy Holt, Installation view, Dia:Chelsea, New York, 2018.

© Holt/Smithson Foundation licensed by VAGA at ARS, New York

Bill Jacobson Studio, New York.

Opening of Nancy Holt at Dia:Chelsea

Don Stahl

People at the opening of Nancy Holt at Dia:Chelsea

Opening of Nancy Holt at Dia:Chelsea

Don Stahl

Installation image of Nancy Holt at Dia:Chelsea

Don Stahl

A detailed image of one of Nancy Holt's locators, which are metal pipes with circular openings.

Installation image of Nancy Holt at Dia:Chelsea

Don Stahl

Nancy Holt, Installation view, Dia:Chelsea, New York, 2018

© Holt/Smithson Foundation, licensed by VAGA at ARS, New York

Don Stahl

Woman looking at black circle painted on brick wall as part of Dual Locators.

Nancy Holt, Installation view, Dia:Chelsea, New York, 2018

© Holt/Smithson Foundation, licensed by VAGA at ARS, New York

Don Stahl

Installation view of Nancy Holt, Mirrors of Light I  (1973-74)

Dia:Chelsea, New York, 2018

Photograph: Don Stahl

© Holt/Smithson Foundation, licensed by VAGA at ARS, New York

Woman looking at small circular mirrors on wall as part of Mirrors of Light I.

Installation view of Nancy Holt, Mirrors of Light I  (1973-74)

Dia:Chelsea, New York, 2018

Photograph: Don Stahl

© Holt/Smithson Foundation, licensed by VAGA at ARS, New York

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Jun 18, 2022 – Feb 12, 2023
Solo Exhibition
Bildmuseet
https://www.bildmuseet.umu.se/en/exhibitions/2022/nancy-holt/

We are very pleased to announce the exhibition Nancy Holt / Inside Outside launches this June, produced by Bildmuseet, one of Sweden’s foremost contemporary art venues. The exhibition explores the artist’s rich artistic legacy through a selection of works spanning 1967 to 1992. This is the most ambitious exhibition of her work to date. Perceptions and demarcations of being "inside" and "outside" guide this survey exhibition.