The great Julio Le Parc passed away recently, less than two weeks before a retrospective show at the Tate Modern opened which I visited yesterday. Small but full of sublime light sculptures, op art pieces and multi-hued spectrum paintings, it’s a must see for anyone interested in light art as Le Parc was producing pieces utilising light and reflective surfaces back in the Fifties.

These really need to be seen in the flesh as no still or even film can truly capture their subtlety but I had fun with my phone camera’s panorama function to try and capture the scope and motion of some of the pieces.

My good friend Martin LeSanto Smith grabbed this one of me behind the reflecting vertical mirrors in one of the rooms which included several interactive pieces. The show just opened and is on until May 2027.