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

Vija Celmins, Untitled (Regular Desert), 1973. Graphite on acrylic ground on paper, 30.5 x 38.1 cm.

A graphite drawing of a desert floor covered densely with small stones and scattered fragments stretching edge to edge.

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

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