Nancy Holt: MoonSunStarEarthSkyWater
May 2 – Nov 1, 2026
Solo Exhibition
Currently on view at Goodwood Art Foundation is the solo exhibition Nancy Holt: Moon Sun Star Earth Sky Water. The exhibition forms part of Goodwood’s annual summer program, and is open through November 1, 2026.
This focused exhibition is titled after a 1969 concrete poem by Holt and brings together works that draw on astronomy, geology, and direct observation of the natural world, themes that remained central to her practice throughout her career.
Holt’s artistic practice links human experience to larger natural and cosmic systems, often using sunlight, shadows, and constellations to make viewers conscious of their position in space and time. Holt’s integration of art and the natural environment resonates with Goodwood’s founding principles, and her work stretched from the galleries into the surrounding landscape.
The exhibition features key works, including Mirrors of Light II (1974), which makes light and shadow material; Ventilation System (1985–1992), which makes visible the infrastructure beneath the skin of architecture; three 1969 photoworks made in the UK, Trail Markers, Wistman’s Wood and Old Sarum Ruins; and a selection of key concrete poems.
Nancy Holt: MoonSunStarEarthSkyWater also features the first posthumous presentation of the 1974 earthwork Hydra’s Head, six pools of water set in the landscape that echo the pattern of the constellation Hydra’s head, bringing the stars down to earth.
