Vogue Magazine: Red Alert

September 1, 2019

Red Regatta (Coppa del Presidente della Repubblica), 2018, unique archival digital C-print with pigment. Image courtesy of the artist.

The artists Melissa McGill loves a logistical challenge. A few years ago, for Constellation, she drilled seventeen massive light poles into the bedrock of a tiny island in the middle of the Hudson River that’s home to a crumbling, historically landmarked ruin.