Larry Bell has almost always worked with glass. Born in Chicago and now in his 80s, he is widely known for the severe beauty of his glass cubes. In the late 1960s and early 70s, however, Bell began to use glass architecturally, in rectangles and triangles joined to create mysterious spaces. He painted these with a metallic film or a high-vacuum coating, methods more commonly found in industrial settings. With the exception of one work from 2021, this exhibition in Monaco highlights Bell’s journey through the 70s, when he unlocked those cubes to create numerous sensory experiences—a beyond of reflection and illusion. —Zack Hauptman