Faire Foyer: Sarah Crowner in Dialogue with Etel Adnan is a new exhibition at the Bass Museum of Art in Miami Beach. Artist Sarah Crowner built a cozy, semicircular carpeted nook (called "faire foyer" in French – like a welcoming entryway) around Etel Adnan’s huge ceramic mural – the only one by Adnan in the US. Inside, Crowner placed shiny bronze sculptures cast from blown-up beach pebbles, plus rare 1960s photos of the California coast that Adnan took. The reflective bronzes bounce light and color from the mural and catch viewers moving around them.The show creates a tactile, immersive space that links Crowner’s geometric abstractions with Adnan’s colorful work, mixing materials like metal, glaze, carpet, and photography. It’s a quiet conversation between two artists who both push abstraction into real space and everyday life.
Faire Foyer: Sarah Crowner in Dialogue with Etel Adnan / The Bass Museum of Art. Miami Beach, November 26, 2025.
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