ARTIST PROFILE – Between Intimacy and Immensity: The Inscrutable Vija Celmins

Vija Celmins, Night Sky #16, 2000-2001. Oil on linen on mounted wood, 78.7 x 96.5 cm.

An artwork showing a dark, grainy field of space filled with scattered white dots resembling countless distant stars.

“Vija Celmins” runs through September 21, 2025, at the Fondation Beyeler in Basel, Switzerland.

ARTIST PROFILE – Between Intimacy and Immensity: The Inscrutable Vija Celmins