Nancy Holt (April 5, 1938 – February 8, 2014) was an American artist most known for her public sculpture, installation art, concrete poetry, and land art. Throughout her career, Holt also produced works in other media, including film and photography.

Nancy Holt (April 5, 1938 – February 8, 2014) was a member of the earth, land, and conceptual art movements. An innovator of site-specific installation and the moving image, Holt recalibrated the limits of art. She expanded the places where art …

Feb 8, 2014 · Nancy Holt fell in love with the American West, and embraced its vast, wide-open spaces as a kind of museum without walls. Her concrete and steel constructions helped free sculpture from the gallery context.

Oct 1, 2018 · Sun Tunnels (1973–76) is composed of four massive cylindrical, concrete forms—large enough for a viewer to walk inside without ducking—positioned in a cross formation on the desert’s cracked clay floor. The project had been initiated shortly before Holt’s partner, Robert Smithson, died in a freak airplane crash in Texas.

Apr 1, 2025 · Nancy Holt was an American land artist known for her large site-specific works and her role in the development of Land Art in the 1960s. She also worked in film, video, and photography and created many works of public art.

Nancy Holt (1938-2014) was central to the earth, land and conceptual art movements as well as a pioneer of site-specific installation and experimental moving image....

Feb 21, 2025 · American artist Nancy Holt described herself with a very particular term: perception artist. “She didn’t want to be described as a Land Artist, as a sculptor, as a conceptual artist,” said Lisa Le Feuvre, the executive director of Holt/Smithson Foundation, during a …

Nancy Holt (April 5, 1938 – February 8, 2014) was an American artist most known for her public sculpture, installation art, concrete poetry, and land art. Throughout her career, Holt also produced works in other media, including film and photography.

Sep 26, 2017 · Holt was the first of the modern land artists to incorporate astronomy, the Earth’s rotation, and the elements of time and location into her sculptures. She developed pieces...

Nancy Holt (1938–2014) was central to the earth, land and conceptual art movements as well as a pioneer of site-specific installation and experimental moving image. She recalibrated the limits of art, expanding the places where art could be found and embraced the new media of her time.