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We look down onto nine gray stone domes that melt into each other in the space of a patio enclosed with a pink marble wall opposite floor-to-ceiling windows. Each dome is nearly as tall as the ceiling over the windows, and each is made of stacked pieces of slate. At the top center of each dome is a collar of gray slate to create a pupil-like opening. The stone collar creating the openings is lighter gray around the ink-black centers, which are the shaded interiors of the domes. The domes meld and stack like a handful of bubbles.

Andy Goldsworthy, Roof, 2004-2005, Buckingham Virginia slate, Patrons' Permanent Fund, 2005.86.1

Goldsworthy and Loper

Break for Art

  • Saturday, May 4, 2024
  • 12:00 p.m. – 12:30 p.m.
  • East Building Atrium
  • Talks
  • In-person

What drives our passion for certain art pieces?   

Join us for 30-minute gallery talks with National Gallery interns. This session includes dynamic presentations reflecting our interns’ diverse artistic interests and passions: Edward Loper’s Quarry (c. 1939/1940), and Andy Goldsworthy’s Roof (2004-2005).

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