Superblue Miami, the immersive art hub in Miami’s Allapattah neighborhood, is celebrating its five-year anniversary with a new installation by Light and Space artist James Turrell, titled Blue Sea Sky (2026). This marks the latest in Turrell’s renowned ‘Ganzfeld’ series, which began in 1976 and has captivated audiences with its exploration of depth perception through uniform or unstructured fields of color.
For the last five decades, Turrell has been creating works inspired by the ganzfeld effect, a phenomenon that flattens depth perception. His pieces typically color ordinary spaces in rich hues, often drawing inspiration from their surroundings. The changing colors in Blue Sea Sky are inspired by the ocean, palm fronds, sunsets, and Art Deco facades, creating a shared immersive experience for visitors.
This new piece follows the unveiling of his largest-ever skyspace, As Seen Below (2026), in Denmark earlier this summer. It replaces another Turrell piece, AKHU (2021), from the same series, which the artist loaned the museum upon its opening in May 2021.
Superblue cofounder and chief curator Mollie Dent-Brocklehurst commented, ‘Blue Sea Sky brings people together in a shared experience of immersion in pure color, pushing the limits of human perception.’
Other works acquired by Superblue include Rafael Lozano-Hemmer’s light and sound installation Pulse Topology (2021), installed in 2023, where visitors’ heartbeats inform the pulse of lights hanging overhead.
