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Letters and early drawings by Robert Smithson published in Centre Pompidou journal

September 27, 2024

The Fall issue of the Centre Pompidou journal Les cahiers du musée national d’art moderne publishes for the very first time Robert Smithson’s letters and writings from Rome, accompanied by previously unpublished early drawings.

The French language publication includes translations of letters Smithson wrote to Nancy Holt in 1959-1961 and letters Smithson sent to George Lester between 1960 and 1963. George Lester offered Smithson his first solo international exhibition at Galleria George Lester in Rome in 1961.

The publication includes essays on Smithson by Maria Stavrinaki and Olivier Schefer and is edited by Julie Cortella with editor in chief Jean-Pierre Criqui.

Learn more about the Centre Pompidou’s journal Les cahiers du musée national d’art moderne and purchase the publication here.

Archived News

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We Are Hiring

April 8, 2026

Holt/Smithson Foundation is pleased to invite applications for a Research Assistant to join our small and dedicated team.

Nancy Holt and Robert Smithson transformed the world of art and ideas. Holt/Smithson Foundation advances their distinctive creative legacies to inspire future generations and serves as a hub for all things Holt and Smithson.

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Film screening at Sprüth Magers, Los Angeles

April 2, 2026

On the occasion of the exhibition Nancy Holt: Light and Shadow Poetics at the MAK Center for Art and Architecture at the Schindler House, we are pleased to present a special screening event.

Holt's "Sky Mound" drawings in "Waste" at Museum Ostwall

March 25, 2026

Museum Ostwall at the Dortmunder U presents the exhibition Waste. An exhibition about the global routes of rubbish, which features works by Nancy Holt relating to her unfinished project Sky Mound (1984-). Waste is on view through July 26, 2026.

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Matt Mullican at Archives of American Art: 2026 Holt/Smithson Foundation Annual Lecture

February 27, 2026

We are very pleased to share details of the 2026 Holt/Smithson Foundation Annual Lecture. Our guest speaker is artist Matt Mullican, and our partner for the fifth event in the series is the Smithsonian Institution’s Archives of American Art.

"Nancy Holt: MoonSunStarEarthSkyWater" at Goodwood Art Foundation

February 20, 2026

In May, Goodwood Art Foundation in southern England will present a major exhibition dedicated to Nancy Holt, on view through November 1, 2026. The exhibition forms part of Goodwood’s annual summer program, spanning its two galleries and 70-acre landscape, which features wooded glades, ancient woodland, and meadowland.

Films by Holt and Smithson on view at The Museum of Modern Art

February 18, 2026

Three films by Nancy Holt and Robert Smithson are currently on view at The Museum of Modern Art, New York, in collection gallery 411 of the David Geffen Wing. This presentation focuses on Spiral Jetty (1970), Swamp (1971), and Sun Tunnels (1978). Newly restored scans of the first two works are presented as part of a collaboration between Holt/Smithson Foundation and MoMA to preserve their moving-image work.