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Larry Bell

Biography

Born

Chicago IL, 1939

Education

Studied at Chouinard Art Institute, Los Angeles CA 1957 – 1959

Guggenheim Fellow, Simon R. Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, New York NY, 1970

National Endowment for the Arts, Washington DC, 1975

Governor’s Award for Excellence and Achievement in the Arts, Office of Cultural Affairs, New Mexico Arts Division, Santa Fe NM, 1990

Solo Exhibitions

2025

San Antonio Museum of Art, 'Larry Bell: Improvisations', San Antonio TX

2024

Hauser & Wirth, 'Larry Bell. Works From the 1970s', Monaco 

Phoenix Art Museum, 'Larry Bell: Improvisations', Phoenix AZ 

GMAC, 'Larry Bell: Surface Value', Palm Beach FL 

Anthony Meier, 'Larry Bell: All Glass', Mill Valley CA 

Milwaukee Art Museum, 'Winter Series: Larry Bell’s Iceberg', Milwaukee WI 

Group Exhibitions

2025

Hammer Museum, 'HEAD FOR THE HILLS! Selections from the Grunwald Center and Hammer Contemporary Collection', Los Angeles CA 

Galerie Greta Meert, 'Once the Block is Carved, There Will be Names', Brussels, Belgium

125 Newbury, 'Irwin/Bell: The ‘60s', New York NY

2024

Kawamura Memorial DIC Museum of Art, 'Overlapping Circles. 5 Artists Collaborate with the Collection', Chiba, Japan 

Pie Projects, 'Mirage: Featuring Larry Bell, Ben Dallas, and August Muth', Sante Fe NM 

Cantor Arts Center, Stanford University, ‘Day Jobs’, Stanford CA 

Public & Special Projects

2023

City of London, 'Sculpture in the City', London, UK

2021

Greenland Tower, 'Andamooka: Portraits of Red', Sydney, Australia

Bibliography

Monographs

2019

Gartenfeld, Alex, Moreno, Gean (eds.), ‘Larry Bell. Time Machines’, Munich/New York: DelMonico Books/Prestel; Miami: Institute of Contemporary Art, 2019, ill. (exh. cat.)

2018

Clark, Robin, Lauson, Cliff, 'Larry Bell', New York: Rizzoli Electa, 2018, ill.

Artist's Books & Writings

1984

Bell, Larry, 'Larry Bell. Chairs in Space. The Book of the Game', Taos: Webb Design Studio, 1984, ill.

Publications

2024

Janevski, Ana, Rocio Taboada, Lilia, 'Joan Jonas. Good Night Good Morning', New York: Museum of Modern Art, 2024, p. 66, ill. 

2022

Gosse, Johanna (ed.), 'Nervous Systems. Art Systems, and Politics since the 1960s', Raleigh: Duke University Press, 2022, pp. 125-149, ill.

Press

2025

Lescaze, Zoë, '1 Man. 12 Strings. 300 Guitars', on: nytimes.com, 17 March 2025, ill.

Revett, Jon, 'A Road Trip to Witness Larry Bell’s First Cube, and His Last', on: southwestcontemporary.com, 30 January 2025, ill.

2024

Griffin, Jonathan, Bell, Larry, Jonas, Joan, 'To the Ends of the Earth' [interview], in: Family Style Magazine, New York City, Winter 2024 issue, pp. 67-73, ill.

Dassa, Nathalie, 'Larry Bell. Repousser les Limites de la Perception', in: Acumen, London, September 2024, pp. 117-121, ill. 

Welton, J. Michael, 'A Triptych in 3D: NC State’s Latest Public Art Installation', on: waltermagazine.com, 30 May 2024, ill. 

___, 'Pause to Reflect: 5 Artists to Know', on: aestheticamagazine.com, 12 April 2024, ill. 

___, '"Larry Bell: All Glass" opens February 8 at Anthony Meier', on: artdaily.cc, 8 February 2024, ill. 

McAdams, Shane, 'Larry Bell’s ‘Iceberg’ at Milwaukee Art Museum', on: shepherdexpress.com, 1 February 2024, ill.