The career of Michel Majerus was as brief as it was prolific. Majerus was 35 when he died in a plane crash in November 2002. By then, he’d already shown his work at the Kunsthalle Basel and the Venice Biennale. Despite only living in the U.S. for a year—in 2000, during an artist residency in Los Angeles—Majerus borrowed heavily from American consumer culture, touching on themes of celebrity, technology, and youth. Even when Majerus was relatively obscure, Takashi Murakami had his eye on the young artist. This exhibition, marking the 20th anniversary of his death, showcases Majerus’s entire “Splash Bomb” series, as well as his “L.A. Paintings.” It’s the first U.S. museum survey on Majerus. —Elena Clavarino