The late critic Herbert Muschamp once called the architect and designer Gaetano Pesce “the architectural equivalent of a brainstorm.” Born in Italy on the eve of W.W. II, Pesce studied architecture under Carlo Scarpa and Ernesto Rogers. In 1993, in Osaka, he built a vertical garden building, where a computer system made sure all the plants were properly watered. Pesce has worked on countless other projects, and is also a proponent of industrial design. His motto? That architecture should be a distinctive portrait of those who inhabit it. Pesce is now 82 and shows no signs of slowing down. In this site-specific installation, he has covered the museum’s facade with a fiery sun setting over the mountains. If you look closely, you’ll see stars beginning to emerge in the darkening blue sky. —Elena Clavarino