Olafur Eliasson, Denmark b.1967 / Presence (detail) 2025 / Stainless steel, aluminium, monofrequency lights, printed textile wedges, aluminium perforated sheets, mirror foil, glass mirror, wood / Courtesy: The artist; neugerriemschneider, Berlin; and Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York / © 2025 Olafur Eliasson / Photograph: Studio Olafur Eliasson

Olafur Eliasson, Denmark b.1967 / Presence (detail) 2025 / Stainless steel, aluminium, monofrequency lights, printed textile wedges, aluminium perforated sheets, mirror foil, glass mirror, wood / Courtesy: The artist; neugerriemschneider, Berlin; and Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York / © 2025 Olafur Eliasson / Photograph: Studio Olafur Eliasson / View full image

Exhibition Resource

Olafur Eliasson, Denmark b.1967 / Beauty 1993 (installation view, Fondazione Palazzo Strozzi, Florence, Italy, 2022) / Spotlight, water, nozzles, wood, hose, pump / Purchased 2025. The Josephine Ulrick and Win Schubert Charitable Trust / Collection: The Josephine Ulrick and Win Schubert Charitable Trust, Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art / © 1993 Olafur Eliasson / Photograph: Ela Bialkowska, OKNOstudio

Olafur Eliasson, Denmark b.1967 / Beauty 1993 (installation view, Fondazione Palazzo Strozzi, Florence, Italy, 2022) / Spotlight, water, nozzles, wood, hose, pump / Purchased 2025. The Josephine Ulrick and Win Schubert Charitable Trust / Collection: The Josephine Ulrick and Win Schubert Charitable Trust, Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art / © 1993 Olafur Eliasson / Photograph: Ela Bialkowska, OKNOstudio / View full image

Absence

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Olafur Eliasson, Denmark b.1967 / Riverbed 2014 (installation view, GOMA, 2019) / Water, rock (volcanic stones [blue basalt, basalt, lava], other stones, gravel, sand), wood, steel, plastic sheeting, hose, pumps / Purchased 2021. The Josephine Ulrick and Win Schubert Charitable Trust / Collection: The Josephine Ulrick and Win Schubert Charitable Trust, Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art / © 2014 Olafur Eliasson / Photograph: N Harth © QAGOMA

Olafur Eliasson, Denmark b.1967 / Riverbed 2014 (installation view, GOMA, 2019) / Water, rock (volcanic stones [blue basalt, basalt, lava], other stones, gravel, sand), wood, steel, plastic sheeting, hose, pumps / Purchased 2021. The Josephine Ulrick and Win Schubert Charitable Trust / Collection: The Josephine Ulrick and Win Schubert Charitable Trust, Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art / © 2014 Olafur Eliasson / Photograph: N Harth © QAGOMA / View full image

Immersion

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Olafur Eliasson, Denmark b.1967 | Firefly city 2025 | Coloured glass (grey), coloured glass with semi-transparent mirror filter, colour-effect filter glass (red, blue, cyan, magenta, pink, orange), LED lights, aluminium, stainless steel, paint (black), wire, motor, ballast | Installation view: Studio Olafur Eliasson, Berlin | © 2025 Olafur Eliasson | Photograph: Jens Ziehe

Olafur Eliasson, Denmark b.1967 | Firefly city 2025 | Coloured glass (grey), coloured glass with semi-transparent mirror filter, colour-effect filter glass (red, blue, cyan, magenta, pink, orange), LED lights, aluminium, stainless steel, paint (black), wire, motor, ballast | Installation view: Studio Olafur Eliasson, Berlin | © 2025 Olafur Eliasson | Photograph: Jens Ziehe / View full image

Light

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