James Turrell: Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Blue at Almine Rech

From November 12, 2026 to January 30, 2027, Almine Rech New York in Tribeca presents James Turrell's "Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Blue." It is the artist's thirteenth solo exhibition with the gallery, a relationship that now spans more than three decades.

Turrell has worked with light as his medium since the 1960s and is a leading figure of the Southern California Light and Space movement. His output includes sculpted blocks of light that appear solid, rooms filled with slowly shifting color, and architectural structures that frame the changing sky. Each offers a contemplative, sensory environment that turns attention toward the act of seeing itself.

The show brings together more than fifteen works. Among them are a new Shallow Space, new pieces from the Glassworks series, and a new Cross Corner work. These additions extend some of Turrell's best-known bodies of work and continue his investigation of space and light, asking viewers to attend closely to their own senses.

The gallery's history with the artist goes back to 1989, when Almine Rech organized Turrell's first gallery exhibition in Europe at her Paris space, presenting the Light Piece Blood Lust. Over the decades since, perception has remained the artist's guiding principle.

The exhibition is accompanied by an excerpt from a conversation between Rech and Turrell, recorded on a train between Brussels and Paris and published in the 2005 monograph Rencontres 9: James Turrell / Almine Rech. In it, Turrell, who grew up in a Quaker family, describes the silence of Quaker meetings and the idea of going inward to greet the light. He also reflects on how that upbringing shapes his regard for old tools and machines, which he sees as having a history worth keeping in use.

An opening reception takes place on Thursday, November 12, from 6 to 8 pm. Entry is free and no reservations are required.