In 1899, Sholem Aleichem was on his way to his sister’s house outside of Kiev when he stopped to see her neighbors, the Berliawskys, to congratulate them on the birth of a new baby. “This child is destined for greatness,” he declared. That baby, Louise Berliawsky, would immigrate with her family to a small coastal city in Maine and move again to New York in her early 20s. There, Aleichem’s prophecy began to flower: she became Louise Nevelson. The young artist studied with Hans Hofmann in Germany and worked with Diego Rivera—with whom she allegedly had an affair, much to the dismay of his wife Frida Kahlo—on his iconic mural at Rockefeller Plaza, Man at the Crossroads. An even more significant relationship was with the Glimcher family, the founders of Pace Gallery. They supported Nevelson’s ascent to international stardom and gave her several shows in Columbus, Ohio, at their satellite gallery. The Columbus Museum of Art nods to the Nevelson renaissance with a retrospective that highlights her connection to the city and traces her development from painter to found-object sculptor extraordinaire. —Lucy Horowitz