Two works by sculptor Richard Serra (1938-2024) are prominent in cities I have lived in: "Torque" was installed in Saarbrücken in 1992, where I lived from 1993 to 1995, and "Intersection" was installed in Basel in 1992, where I have lived since 1995. But I had never seen many of his works at once before I visited the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao on Friday, which features the permanent installation of "The Matter of Time". Walking with so many other museum visitors around and into and through the eight parts of the work gave me a new appreciation of how Serra's sculptures provide an environment to experience time, space, sound, and vision. (Andrew Shields, #111Words, 17 August 2026)

Huge sculptures made of weathered steel curve through the space of a long white museum hall. People are scattered around and inside the sculptures, which you can walk around and through and into.
My photo of Richard Serra’s “The Matter of Time” at the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao.

Works by Richard Serra (1938-2024) in Saarbrücken, Basel, and Bilbao