Anselm Kiefer: Becoming the Sea: Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, MO

Since the late 1960s, Anselm Kiefer has made art exploring the depths of human history. For his first American retrospective in 20 years, he takes the river as a metaphor for the flux of life and the passage of time. Breathtaking new landscapes join iconic works to celebrate his nearly 60-year career.

Anselm Kiefer: Becoming the Sea draws significant loans from American museums and private collections. It features a massive, site-specific installation inspired by the Mississippi and Rhine Rivers that evokes the symbolic resonance of the waterways and links explorations of time, geography, and history. A monumental presentation, the exhibition is free for all visitors.