The Artist Initiative with Vija Celmins

Through a series of study days and innovative workshops, the Artist Initiative team developed new display and interpretation strategies for the artwork of Vija Celmins.

Looking Closely at the Drawings of Vija Celmins

Scholars examine Vija Celmins’s work in the mock-up gallery at SFMOMA’s Collections Center

The Artist Initiative with Vija Celmins

Turning a Blind Eye on Vija Celmins: Describing Redescription

Redescribing the Periphery

Close Looking: The Artist Initiative with Vija Celmins

Vija Celmins, Ocean (Untitled), 1977

Vija Celmins: To Fix the Image in Memory

Vija Celmins on her life in (and out of) the studio

Artifacts of Presence: A Common Ungrounding