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steel duct outside the wexner center for the arts

Nancy Holt, Pipeline [outdoor view] (1986)
Installation view: Nancy Holt: Power Systems, Wexner Center for the Arts, 2024
Steel, oil
Image Courtesy of the Wexner Center for the Arts

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Interviews & Lectures
Black and white portrait of Nancy Holt outdoors.

Oral History Interview with Nancy Holt conducted by Scott Gutterman for the Archives of American Art in 1992

Nancy Holt
1992
Nancy Holt interviewed by Scott Gutterman on July 6, 1992. Their conversation covers numerous topics: Holt's childhood, her early career as an artist in New York City, and her System Works.
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a structure built of galvanized steel pipes built in a grassy field

Nancy Holt interviewed by Micky Donnelly for CIRCA Magazine

Nancy Holt
1983
Nancy Holt interviewed by Micky Donnelly for CIRCA Issue #11, July / August 1983
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a yellow front loader on top of a ramp of red earth

Nancy Holt Interviews at Amarillo Ramp

Nancy Holt
1973
Nancy Holt conducted interviews with two individuals that helped to create Robert Smithson's Amarillo Ramp shortly after its completion in 1973.
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Nancy Holt’s artworks Sun Tunnels (1973-76) and Holes of Light (1973), and Robert Smithson’s Spiral Jetty (1970) are
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