Magnifying glasses hanging with vellum pieces of paper — Eszter Sziksz (Hungarian, b. 1976). *Seeking* (detail), 2026.
Debossed wax paper and magnifying glasses, dimensions variable. Courtesy of the artist. Photo: Allegra Bortoni.

Hand showing text hidden on piece of vellum — Eszter Sziksz (Hungarian, b. 1976). *Seeking* (detail), 2026.
Debossed wax paper and magnifying glasses, dimensions variable. Courtesy of the artist. Photo: Allegra Bortoni.

People using magnifying glasses to view words hidden within vellum — Eszter Sziksz (Hungarian, b. 1976). *Seeking*, 2026.
Debossed wax paper and magnifying glasses, dimensions variable. Courtesy of the artist. Photo: Allegra Bortoni.

Magnifying glass revealing hidden words on a piece of hanging vellum — Eszter Sziksz (Hungarian, b. 1976). *Seeking* (detail), 2026.
Debossed wax paper and magnifying glasses, dimensions variable. Courtesy of the artist. Photo: Allegra Bortoni.

Close up of a quote on a hanging sheet of vellum — Eszter Sziksz (Hungarian, b. 1976). *Seeking* (detail), 2026.
Debossed wax paper and magnifying glasses, dimensions variable. Courtesy of the artist. Photo: Allegra Bortoni.

Eszter Sziksz: Seeking, I Don’t Know What I’m Looking For (And I Hope I Never Find It)

October 18, 2026–April 4, 2027

What remains when everything we thought was important suddenly shifts? Award-winning and internationally exhibited artist Eszter Sziksz invites visitors to meander through, examine, and consider open-ended questions from some of the world’s greatest minds in Seeking, a new immersive and interactive installation. In a stark display, long sheets of semi-translucent wax paper hang from the gallery ceiling. At the base of each, inquiries inspired by the musings of philosophers like Plato, Derrida, Camus, and Heidegger are pressed into the fragile paper through inkless embossing. Using magnifying glasses hung throughout the space, visitors must lean in and look closely to reveal their latent messages. Seeking does not provide answers. Instead, it searches for better questions.

Eszter Sziksz: Seeking is organized by Sarasota Art Museum of Ringling College of Art and Design and curated by Lacie Barbour, curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at Sarasota Art Museum.

This exhibition is made possible, in part, with generous support from:

Platinum Sponsors
Judy and Fred Fiala
Shari and John Hicks