I’m thinking about total space, that you do not make something to displace space but whatever you do is part of space. It’s a through thing. It not something that pushes space away from it, but space goes through it.
— Claire Falkenstein
Black-and-white close-up of Claire Falkenstein's gates for the Peggy Guggenheim Collection, showing a dense, tangled metal web framing a large chunk of Venetian glass.

Art

For over six decades, Claire Falkenstein forged a singular artistic practice that expanded the possibilities of sculpture, painting, printmaking, drawing, jewelry, film, and public art.

Current and Upcoming Exhibitions

Publications

Black-and-white photograph of Claire Falkenstein wearing a hat and protective welding goggles while welding metal onto a sculpture outdoors in Fresno, California.

Research

Explore Claire Falkenstein’s legacy through archival materials, oral histories, and scholarly resources about her remarkable career.

A black-and-white photograph of Claire Falkenstein standing within her oversized biomorphic sculpture, The Big Apple (1948).

Foundation

The Claire Falkenstein Foundation supports and promotes the artist’s legacy by cultivating public access to and study of her work.

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