#constellation

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Friday, February 20th 2026 8:07 p.m.

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Kiki Smith: 'Constellation' at Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art (1996)

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Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa. De Occulta Philosophia. 1533.

Sigils of the fixed stars and constellations. In the Hermetic tradition — which holds that hidden correspondences link celestial bodies to earthly phenomena — sigils were signs constructed from geomantic figures. These were patterns generated by making random marks and reducing them to rows of dots. Connecting them in various ways produced a unique shape assigned to a star or constellation and used in talismans and rituals to invoke those bodies' power.

Pictured top to bottom: Caput Algol, Pleiades, Aldebaran, Hircus, Canis Major, Canis Minor, Cor Leonis, Cauda Ursae, Ala Corui, Spica, Alchameth, Elpheia, Cor Scorpii, Vultur Cadens, and Cauda Capricorni.

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Kiki Smith: 'Constellation' (1996)

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Kiki Smith: ‘Constellation’ at Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art (1996)

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Corona Borealis, Northern Crown

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Reuben Paterson (New Zealand, 1973), All I Want to do is Thankyou Forever (Pavo Constellation), 2024. Glitter, acrylic, Pacific pearls and Japanese freshwater pearls on panel, 36 x 24 in.