James Turrell Lights the Majors: The LACMA vs. the Guggenheim

Unless the artist is Picasso or Warhol, both of those deceased creators legendarily prolific, it is rare for two important American museums to feature simultaneous major exhibitions of a solo artist's work. Over the past few months, three world-class U.S. repositories of fine art have displayed the extraordinary mélange of physics and art that is the unique oeuvre of James Turrell. The trio that has been playing overlapping samples of Turrell includes The Solomon R. Guggenheim in New York, the ...