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Holt artworks in "All Light: Light and Space yesterday and today" at Kunsthalle Bielefeld

Light was a constant source of fascination for Nancy Holt throughout her four decades of artmaking. Whether drawn from the stars or powered by electricity, she approached light as a phenomenon, an idea, and a material in itself. Three of her pivotal works investigating the perceptual qualities of light are featured in All Light: Light and Space yesterday and today, opening on Friday, November 14, 2025 at Kunsthalle Bielefeld in Germany, and on view through March 1, 2026.

Light was a perpetual fascination for Nancy Holt in her four decades of artmaking. Whether emanating from the stars or plugged into electricity grids, Holt was interested in light as a phenomenon, an idea, and a material. Three of her key works exploring the perceptual qualities of light feature in an exhibition launching on the evening of Friday November 14, 2026 at in Germany, and on show through to March 1, 2026.

Dedicated to light as an artistic medium, the exhibition brings together historical and contemporary positions.  Holt’s Locator with Spotlight and Sunlight (1972), Dual Locators (1972), and Light and Shadow Photo-Drawings (1978) explore the ways light can become tangible. Her sculptures and photo series appear alongside works by Angela Bulloch, Mary Corse, Olafur Eliasson, Robert Irwin, Craig Kauffman, Mischa Kuball, Nicole Miller, Tatsuo Miyajima, and Helen Pashgian.

Nancy Holt, Light and Shadow Photo-Drawings [detail] (1978)
Twenty-two inkjet prints on archival rag paper from original 35mm transparencies
19½ × 30 in. (50 × 76 cm) each
Edition of 3 + 1AP
© Holt/Smithson Foundation / Licensed by Artists Rights Society, New York

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