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Dick Termes paints whole worlds onto spheres.

Open Monday–Saturday, 9 AM–5 PM. Closed Sundays. 1920 Christensen Drive, Spearfish, SD. Free admission.

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“One of the nation’s more unusual art spaces.”

The New York Times

Plan your visit

Admission is always free. Donations welcome.

Hours

Open Monday–Saturday, 9 AM–5 PM.

Closed Sundays.

Address

1920 Christensen Drive

Spearfish, SD

Getting here

2 miles down a gravel road

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Phone

(888) 642-4805

Questions before you go

What is a Termesphere?

Traditional perspective typically uses one, two, or up to five vanishing points. Dick Termes developed his own system with six: one for each direction the eye can travel, up, down, left, right, forward, and behind. He painted his first Termesphere in 1968, and it lets him map a complete environment onto the surface of a sphere. The idea behind it is simple to state and strange to sit with: every person is always standing at the center of their own spherical world. Drag the sphere below to see it from every angle he painted.

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★★★★★
"Amazing experience! Lynn was so knowledgeable, and what a sweet gal. This gallery is definitely worth the trip! He's the only person in the world who does this type of art."
Janet Steffen

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