Olafur Eliasson is a f*n genius!

Long esteemed in the art world, Danish-Icelandic artist Olafur Eliasson had his pop Genesis moment—Let there be light!—in 2003, when he replicated the sun at the Tate Modern in London. Two million visitors lazed beneath his assembled lamps and mirrors to marvel and even protest.This summer he’s a marquee draw with a trifecta of happenings: a midcareer monograph from Taschen, a survey at New York’s MoMA and PS1, and a multimillion-dollar public-art project in which he’ll install four enormous waterfalls in the waterways around New York City. He’s a transformer of space. With Eliasson’s work, you experience rather than merely view. It’s like you’re 16 again, sky-high for the Dark Side of the Moon laser show, but it’s so much better now because you’re sober, freshly aware that the scope of what art is unfolds and expands around you.