Anthony McCall

Fort Mason Art and the Kramlich Art Foundation present “Anthony McCall: First Light”, on view January 10th through March 8th, 2026, at the Fort Mason Center for Arts and Culture in San Francisco.

For this week’s #SKselects, Ben Polsky, Director of Operations and Exhibitions at Sean Kelly shares an inside look into Room with Altered Window, 1973 by Anthony McCall. “In this photograph, we see what appears to be a naturally occurring phenomenon—sunlight beaming through a shade into a darkened, isolated space. Interior particulates define the light as its pathway partitions the room. However, the elements in this photograph are not by chance—as the title reveals—this is a deliberate altering by the artist. The artist covered his windows in blackout fabric and purposefully incised a neat, angled slit into one of the coverings. Instantly, a window-light blade focused into the darkened room, articulated across the space by dust particulates in the converted factory air. Anthony McCall immediately lit a cigarette to increase the visible effect, grabbed his camera, and documented the ephemeral achievement. Room with Altered Window marks McCall’s earliest realized work with light as his primary artistic medium. While fleeting in the moment, what was revealed became the origin for his renowned Solid Light installations; the idea that a film could be three dimensional. Today, Anthony McCall is recognized as one of the pioneers of immersive art. What started as a notion, executed economically through immediate materials, has been progressively honed through the artist’s inexhaustible engagement with film as a three-dimensional environment. Anthony McCall has accomplished much since beckoning rendered light from his studio window in 1973. His sustained commitment, along with the acclaim and recognition he has earned, makes it clear that the sunlight passing through his altered window was never meant to dim.” Image: #AnthonyMcCall, Room with Altered Window, 1973 / 2018, gelatin silver print mounted on museum board and aluminum, image: 33 3/4 x 50 1/2 inches, framed: 39 3/4 x 56 1/8 x 1 3/4 inches © Anthony McCall Courtesy: the artist and Sean Kelly, New York @anthonymccallstudio #SeanKellyGallery

Anthony says hi to his Taiwanese audience from his NYC studio! ✨ 光雕藝術家安東尼・麥考爾 從紐約曼哈頓的工作室，跨海向台灣觀眾問好啦～👋 🗣️ 安東尼說： 「你們來看展了嗎？ 現場看到的那些光，其實都從我身後這面牆開始的喔！ 滿滿的草圖與想法，最後都化成了你們能走進去的那道光。」 展覽倒數一個半月， 還沒來的朋友，別錯過這場與光的相遇！ 來過的朋友，也歡迎再來一次—— 重新踏入安東尼的「固體光」之中， 在宛如異世界的氛圍裡， 也許會喚起一段被時間藏起的回憶， 或浮現一個久違的靈感， 也或許，你會在光裡遇見另一個自己。 💡一起親身體驗安東尼的Solid Light光雕塑吧！ Come and experience the dialogue between light and shadow, form and perception, in Anthony McCall’s immersive world of solid light at Fubon Art Museum! ——————————————— 【展覽資訊 Exhibition Info】 💫 《安東尼・麥考爾：在光中遇見你》 Anthony McCall: Meeting You Halfway 展覽期間｜2025.07.26 (Sat.) - 2025.11.30 (Sun.) #富邦美術館 #AnthonyMcCall #MeetingYouHalfway #在光中遇見你 #安東尼麥考爾 #NYC #fubonartmuseum

Install photos from my exhibition "Meeting You Halfway," now on view at Fubon Art Museum in Taipei through November 30th, 2025.

New channel on KADIST.tv 🔥 Fire Walks⁠ ⁠ This curated video selection gathers artists who use fire as a tool of transformation, ritual, and resistance.⁠ ⁠ From colonial wounds to climate threats, each work harnesses fire to trace histories inscribed in land and body. Across places and generations, fire emerges as both destruction and renewal, a force that marks, remembers, and reclaims.⁠ ⁠ Stream now on our KADIST.tv platform 👀⁠ ⁠ 🎥 Anthony McCall, Landscape for Fire (1972), excerpt | Courtesy the artist, KADIST collection⁠ ⁠ #KADISTcollection #KADISTtv #videoart #contemporaryart

Installations in my exhibition at Futura Seoul, Anthony McCall: Works 1972-2020

Five minute drawing at e-flux with Jeff Preiss, Thursday, May 22nd

e-flux is pleased to present a collaborative screening and live performance by Jeff Preiss and Anthony McCall. The evening opens with the premiere of Beckoning Cats (2025), a new film by Preiss created specifically for this occasion, and continues with a reimagined performance that revisits a collaborative work originally presented during the final exhibition at the experimental gallery Orchard in 2008. Jeff Preiss @jpdogs is a filmmaker, cinematographer, and visual artist active since the 1980s. A founding member of the experimental gallery Orchard and former co-director of Films Charas, Preiss’s work spans narrative and experimental cinema, with films preserved by Anthology Film Archives and the Andy Warhol Foundation. His projects have been shown internationally at venues including MoMA and the Stedelijk Museum, and have involved collaborations with artists such as Joan Jonas, Andrea Fraser, Josiah McElheny, and Anthony McCall. Anthony McCall @anthonymccallstudio is a New York-based artist known for his iconic “solid light” works, which occupy a space between sculpture, cinema, and drawing. Emerging from the avant-garde film scene of the 1970s, his seminal film Line Describing a Cone (1973) established a foundational approach to expanded cinema. McCall’s practice engages with architectural space, duration, and audience perception, often using haze, projection, and minimal geometry to create immersive environments. His work has been exhibited widely at institutions including Tate Modern, Centre Pompidou, Hamburger Bahnhof, and MoMA. This program is curated by Sanna Almajedi @sanna.nyc , Performance Curator at e-flux, and Lukas Brasiskis @lukasbrasiskis , Film Curator at e-flux.

McCall Associates Remembers Richard Serra September 1998 Opening of Richard Serra at MoCA, Los Angeles The first Serra book I worked on. It was also my first trip to L.A., my first trip for McCall Associates, and the beginning of an intensive working relationship with Richard. - David Zaza Pictured with David are former McCall designer Laura Howell and the founder of our company, Anthony McCall. @moca #mocalosangeles #richardserra @steidlverlag #anthonymccall

Reconhecido pela forma inovadora como explora as intersecções entre escultura, cinema, desenho e performance, Anthony McCall apresenta no MAAT “Rooms”, a sua primeira exposição individual em Portugal. Não perca esta entrevista e descubra mais sobre o seu trabalho, incluindo a importância da interação do espectador com as instalações. __ Recognised for the innovative way in which he explores the intersections between sculpture, cinema, drawing and performance, Anthony McCall presents “Rooms” at MAAT, his first solo exhibition in Portugal. Don’t miss this interview and find out more about his work, including the importance of the viewer’s interaction with his installations. 🎥 @el_hey_films

My show at the Museum of Art, Architecture, and Technology (MAAT) in Lisbon, PT is now up through March 17th, 2025

Me and my son Hardy in "Split Second Mirror IV" (2024) at the Guggenheim Bilbao, on view until November 10th.