Nevada museum sets to launch sculpture into orbit
By Jenny Kane, Reno Gazette-Journal
While the sky will appear to have a new star next summer, it will actually be something far more rare.
With the naked eye, onlookers will actually be squinting at the world’s first-ever piece of “space art.”
The Nevada Museum of Art is working on a $1.3 million project called the “Orbital Reflector,” a sleek slice of futuristic art dreamed up by Trevor Paglen, an internationally known contemporary artist currently based in Berlin.