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TOTALLY TURRELL Begin your James Turrell trek at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, where the artist's hometown institution presents roughly 50 works reflective of his nearly fivedecade career. Director and CEO Michael Govan and associate contemporary art curator Christine Y. Kim co-organize "James Turrell: a Retrospective" (through April 6, 2014), which travels to the Israel Museum in Jerusalem next summer, followed by the National Gallery of Australia in Canberra (December 2014 – April 2015). The exhibit encompasses Turrell's earliest geometric projections, prints and drawings, as well as installations probing sensory deprivation and the latest holograms, plus models, plans, films and photos of the Roden Crater. It's a must for any Turrell pilgrimage. Next, touch down in Vegas and head to the Louis Vuitton Maison CityCenter, where the largest LV in North America makes a spectacular home for the ultimate ganzfield. This mystical permanent light environment is the third Turrell commissioned by the artcentric global luxury fashion house. Entitled Akhob after the ancient Egyptian (Amarna period) word for pure water, this intimate experience is limited to only six viewers at a time. (An appointment required; call 702.730.3150 to schedule.) Then jet back to Texas for the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston's ultimate Turrell sensory immersion, which takes over the Mies van der Rohe-designed Brown Pavilion with light and space aplenty, plus a visit to The Light Inside, which connects the Law and Beck buildings and was designed for intense, immersive viewing. This signature work of art, part of the MFAH's encyclopedic collection, is one of the best-loved public art pieces in Texas. Late MFAH director Peter Marzio and contemporary art and special projects curator Alison de Lima Greene (organizer of the MFAH survey) propelled forward the museum's acquisition of 11 "Vertical Vintages" — pivotal works gleaned from decades of Turrell's oeuvre — to make the MFAH's trove the largest in America of both © JAMES TURRELL, RENDERING: ANDREAS TJELDFLAAT, 2012 © SOLOMON R. GUGGENHEIM FOUNDATION COLLECTION MFAH, © JAMES TURRELL 96 HOURS IN BEAM TOWNS IN THE CLOUDS. Michael Kors digital cloudprint shantung shirt $1,295, and skirt $1,295, both at the Michael Kors boutique, Neiman Marcus. EYE SPY. Raf Simons cotton-blend jersey sweatshirt created in collaboration with artist Brian Calvin $400, at mrporter.com. The blockbuster James Turrell retrospective illuminates not one but four venues this summer, all happening simultaneously, coast to coast. The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Guggenheim and even a memorable Las Vegas commission for the Louis Vuitton Maison CityCenter will all be aglow with vaporous beams or exhibiting images of light, futuristic skyspaces and paradoxical interjections of color-suffused rays into remote, often primordial structures around the globe, including the extinct base of a volcano, via his ongoing, 40-yearsand-counting Roden Crater Project. Arts editor Catherine D. Anspon considers the West Coast master who redefined minimalism. Kate Stukenberg beams in the style quotient. Among the earliest works in the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston retrospective, the projection Acro (Green), 1968 COURTESY RICE UNIVERSITY LIGHT, COLOR, SPACE James Turrell's third Houston commission, Twilight Epiphany Skyspace, Suzanne Deal Both Centennial Pavilion, Rice University, 2012 SHINY SLIPPERS. Nicholas Kirkwood metallic leather slippers $710, at Forty Five Ten, Nordstrom, Tootsies, net-a-porter.com. Rendering of site-specific Aten Reign, 2013, unveiling at the Guggenheim Museum, through September 25 NICE SHADE. Nars Purple Rain nail polish $19, at Nordstrom, Sephora. SHINE ON. Burberry Prorsum satin degradé trench coat $2,995. Bustier dress $5,500, with vinyl and metallic python capelet $1,495. All at the Burberry boutique. THIGH'S THE LIMIT. Christian Dior cutoff ball gown $6,700, at the Christian Dior boutique. LIGHT MOVES. Diane von Furstenberg Sierra CDC dress $598, at the Diane von Furstenberg boutique, Neiman Marcus. MAGIC CARPET. Madeline Weinrib Over Easy hand-woven cotton flat-weave carpet $450 to $3,200, at madelineweinrib.com. the artist's printmaking and his total output (on view through September 22). There's more of the light maker to discover in Houston, as this city affords the most public Turrell commissions in the United States. Another must-see is the Live Oak Friends Meeting, a project launched by the artist's gallerist for museum, university and other public commissions, fellow Quaker Hiram Butler, who toiled since 1993 to make the Leslie Elkins-designed Heights sacred space — topped by Turrell's skyspace One Acord — a reality. FYI: The artist was so committed to this project that he designed it for free, and Butler waived his dealer commission. (Open for viewing every Friday at sunset, plus the first Sunday of each month at sunset, weather permitting.) Finish your Houston Turrell sabbatical with a flourish, sunrise or sunset, at the Twilight Epiphany Skyspace, Suzanne Deal Booth Centennial Pavilion, Rice University. This double-decker skyspace, circa 2012, marks the most dramatic distillation of Turrell's principles while evoking time travel and the space program. (Viewing is gratis; reservations required for sunset visits only; information skyspace.rice.edu/cms/visit-skyspace.) Then it's off to Manhattan, where you'll wrap your Turrell tour at the Guggenheim Museum. Here, the summer solstice inaugurates the artist's first show in an NYC institution since 1980 — perhaps the most memorable transformation of the Guggenheim's rotunda ever into one vast skyspace with modulating, vaporous light effects (through September 25). BANDS OF COLOR. Patrick Norguet's Rainbow chair $12,000, to order at Scott & Cooner. SEE THROUGH YOU. Emilio Pucci silk chiffon top $2,100, and silk chiffon pants $1,175, both at Neiman Marcus, Nordstrom, Tootsies. BRIGHT LUCITE. Charlotte Olympia Pandora Perspex clutch $975, at Neiman Marcus, net-a-porter.com CUBIST. Nora Kogan cube studs in sterling silver and enamel $385, at stoneandstrand.com. TIME TO REFLECT. LIGHT BOX. Mini stacked shelving system designed by JDS Architects for Muuto, $29 to $159 per box, at Design Within Reach. Burberry Prorsum metallic silk twill oversize caban $2,995, at the Burberry boutique. SHOES FLASH. OVER THE RAINBOW. The Dark Side of the Moon coffee table by Piero Lissoni, price upon request, through nsomerfield@imoderni.com. LIQUID LAMBENT. Kotur Aqua Globe Perspex box clutch $395, at koturltd.com. Giuseppe Zanotti shoes $750, at Neiman Marcus.