Point of Infinity

{{Short description|2023 sculpture by Hiroshi Sugimoto in San Francisco, California, U.S.}}

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Point of Infinity is a 69-foot-tall stainless steel sculpture by Japanese artist Hiroshi Sugimoto, installed on a Yerba Buena Island hilltop in San Francisco, California.{{Cite news |last=Finkel |first=Jori |date=2023-06-09 |title=A New Hiroshi Sugimoto Sculpture in San Francisco Reaches for Infinity |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/09/arts/design/hiroshi-sugimoto-point-of-infinity-san-francisco.html |access-date=2023-06-15 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=2023-06-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230612134052/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/09/arts/design/hiroshi-sugimoto-point-of-infinity-san-francisco.html |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Proehl |first=Ariana |date=2023-06-10 |title=A New Piece of Public Art Makes a Point Above Yerba Buena Island |url=https://www.kqed.org/arts/13930310/hiroshi-sugimoto-yerba-buena-island-public-art |access-date=2023-06-15 |website=KQED |language=en-us |archive-date=2023-06-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230610010056/https://www.kqed.org/arts/13930310/hiroshi-sugimoto-yerba-buena-island-public-art |url-status=live }} The artwork also acts as a sundial.{{Cite web |last=Baumgardner |first=Julie |date=2023-01-13 |title=Moving the needle: San Francisco to unveil Hiroshi Sugimoto's towering sundial monument |url=https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2023/01/13/san-francisco-public-sculpture-hiroshi-sugimoto |access-date=2023-06-15 |website=The Art Newspaper |archive-date=2023-03-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230330192715/https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2023/01/13/san-francisco-public-sculpture-hiroshi-sugimoto |url-status=live }} Installed in 2023, it is the first permanent sculpture commissioned for the Treasure Island Arts Program, and the artist's first major installation in the United States.{{Cite web |last=Gebbia |first=Charles |date=2023-06-15 |title=Hiroshi Sugimoto’s Point of Infinity completes |url=https://www.archpaper.com/2023/06/hiroshi-sugimotos-point-of-infinity-installed-yerba-buena-island/ |access-date=2023-06-15 |website=The Architect’s Newspaper |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Lawson-Tancred |first=Jo |date=2023-06-13 |title=Photographer Hiroshi Sugimoto Has Unveiled His First Major Work in the U.S.: A Towering Sculpture That Pierces the San Francisco Sky |url=https://news.artnet.com/art-world/hiroshi-sugimoto-san-francisco-sculpture-2320153 |access-date=2023-06-15 |website=Artnet News |language=en-US}}

File:Point of Infinity - Plaque - 2025.jpg|alt=A metal plaque with a mathematical formula on a granite pillar|Informational plaque with the mathematical formula defining the sculpture's shape

File:Yerba Buena Island Profile - May 2025 01.jpg|Yerba Buena Island, with Point of Infinity visible at the top left of the island.