Olafur EliassonDanish, 1967Yellow Egoless Door
Can I see it?
Yes, on view now
Where is “Yellow Egoless Door” now? National Gallery of Art, Gallery 404C · East Building, Upper Level, Washington, D.C. Yes, on view now. Checked September 29, 2026.
Closed· opens tomorrow at 10:00 AM
On public display.
- Checked
- In this state since
- Source
- The museum
Details
- Accession number
- 2023.80.1
In the catalog
Sources
- National Gallery of Art
- Image: National Gallery of Art — © the artist or rights holder
In the life of Olafur Eliasson
The whole life2003
Represents Denmark at the Venice Biennale
Eliasson represents Denmark at the 50th Venice Biennale; later that year he opens “The Weather Project” at Tate Modern.
2003
Marries Marianne Krogh Jensen
He marries the Danish art historian Marianne Krogh Jensen; the couple adopt a son (in 2003) and a daughter (in 2006) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The family lived in a house designed by the architect Andreas Lauritz Clemmensen in Hellerup near Copenhagen; the marriage later ended.
2004 · Award
Eckersberg Medal
2005 · Award
Prince Eugen Medal
2006
Eye See You lamps for Louis Vuitton and the 121Ethiopia foundation
Commissioned by Louis Vuitton, about four hundred deliberately low-tech lamps — a monofrequency light source and a parabolic mirror — are installed in the stores' Christmas windows, while a lamp titled You See Me goes on permanent display at Louis Vuitton Fifth Avenue in New York. All fees are donated to 121Ethiopia.org, a charitable foundation he initially established with his wife to renovate an orphanage.
2007–2010
“Take Your Time” — his first major US survey
SFMOMA, with curator Madeleine Grynsztejn, presents Eliasson's first major survey in the United States, spanning his work from 1993 to 2007; the museum's skylight bridge is turned into the installation “One-way colour tunnel”. The exhibition then tours to the Museum of Modern Art and P.S.1 in New York (2008), Dallas (2008–2009), Chicago (2009) and Sydney (2009–2010).
