Nancy Holt: Mirrors of Light

Nov 26, 2021 – Jan 27, 2022

Solo Exhibition

A figure standing in a white walled room. A diagonal line of mirrors in a white walled room. Light is reflecting off the mirrors, creating orbs of light on the other two walls

Holt/Smithson Foundation and Sprüth Magers are delighted to announce the first solo exhibition by Nancy Holt at the Berlin gallery, featuring her iconic installation, Mirrors of Light I (1974). Throughout her practice, Holt was interested in the use of light as a medium, while simultaneously examining it as subject matter in its own right. In this installation, light is a conceptual entity and a physical reality, a practical resource and an aesthetic object. As is the case with the majority of Holt's oeuvre, Mirrors of Light I creates an opportunity for self-examination through the perceptions that arise in the face of her work.

Learn more and watch a video walkthrough of the exhibition on the Sprüth Magers website.

More Exhibitions

a large crane lifting one of Nancy Holt's Sun Tunnels into place with people surrounding

Echoes & Evolutions: Nancy Holt's Sun Tunnels

September 5—October, 2025

Solo Exhibition

Sprüth Magers, New York

https://spruethmagers.com/

Holt/Smithson Foundation and Sprüth Magers are delighted to present Echoes & Evolutions: Nancy Holt’s Sun Tunnels, the first solo exhibition of the late artist (1938–2014) at the New York gallery. Holt’s large-scale earthwork Sun Tunnels is a landmark in the artist’s oeuvre and encapsulates her investigation of perception, systems, and site. Showcasing many previously unseen drawings, collages, photographs and two of her Studio Locator sculptures, this exhibition offers insight into the process and ideas behind the creation of Sun Tunnels.

A black metal pipe with a horizontal top is pointing directly at a black circle painted on the wall

Shifting Landscapes

Nov 1, 2024 – Jan 1, 2026

Group Exhibition

Whitney Museum of American Art

https://whitney.org/exhibitions/shifting-landscapes

Nancy Holt's Locator (Studio Corner) from 1971 is on view in the exhibition Shifting Landscapes at the Whitney Museum of American Art. This marks the first time the work has been installed since the work entered the collection of the Whitney in 2006.

Something in the Water

Apr 18 – Oct 26, 2025

Group Exhibition

MAXXI

https://www.maxxi.art/en/events/something-in-the-water/

Works by Nancy Holt are included in the exhibition Something in the Water, on view at MAXXI | Museo nazionale delle arti del XXI secolo, in Rome, Italy.