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Some Important Questions About Artist Legacies

Avatar photo by Erin Joyce February 15, 2023February 15, 2023

How is legacy defined, who defines it, whom does it serve?

Posted inArt

Art Between Land and Self 

Avatar photo by Alyce Santoro February 5, 2023February 3, 2023

How do we consider land-inspired art in an age when huge swaths of our shared world are being clear cut, mined, drilled, and desertified?

Posted inOpinion

Michael Heizer’s Empty Empire

by Chris Fernald September 26, 2022September 26, 2022

Despite his reportedly encyclopedic knowledge of the region’s geologic and mineral makeup, Heizer has displayed a baffling incuriousness about the larger story of the land he digs, cuts, and plows.

Posted inArt

After 50 Years, Michael Heizer’s Colossal Desert Installation Is Finally Finished

by Sarah Rose Sharp August 22, 2022August 22, 2022

Work on the colossal land art project in the remote Nevada desert began in 1970.

Posted inArt

New Generation of Land Artists Embodies a Call for Action 

by Lynn Trimble July 14, 2022July 14, 2022

From sites to studios to systems, the nature of earthworks has changed since the 1960s and ’70s.

Posted inNews

Land Artist Nancy Holt’s Papers Acquired by Smithsonian Archives

by Cassie Packard July 15, 2021July 15, 2021

Also included are plans for two site-specific projects that were never fully realized: “Sky Mound” (1984–) and “Solar Web” (1984–89).

Posted inNews

A Public Vulva Sculpture in Brazil Protests Violence Against Women

Avatar photo by Valentina Di Liscia January 5, 2021January 5, 2021

Juliana Notari’s “Diva,” a massive, concrete and resin sculpture built on a hillside in Pernambuco, has prompted outrage from conservative groups.

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An Italian Land Artist Carved Joe Biden’s Face Into a Field of Wheat

by Hakim Bishara July 23, 2020November 5, 2020

Dario Gambarin created a portrait of the Democratic presidential candidate in a field near Verona with “Jump & Fly, Biden 2020.” But why?

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A Transportive Film Series Spotlights Nancy Holt and Robert Smithson

Avatar photo by Dessane Lopez Cassell May 6, 2020May 4, 2020

The films created by the legendary artists move beyond pure documentation, adding layers of context and revealing insights into their respective practices.

Posted inArt

Robert Smithson’s Experiments in Entropy

Avatar photo by Amie Tullius April 21, 2020April 20, 2020

Revisiting Smithson’s earthworks “Spiral Jetty” and “Partially Buried Woodshed,” which have dramatically changed 50 years later.

Posted inArt

The Land Art at Desert X Confronts Borders and Politics on Indigenous Territory

by Shirine Saad February 11, 2019February 14, 2019

The second edition of Desert X is a manifesto for poetical activism, tangled between nature and urban development.

Posted inArt

The Origins of Manhattan’s Tiny Plot of Precolonial Terrain

Avatar photo by Allison Meier November 14, 2016November 14, 2016

Alden Projects on the Lower East Side is marking 50 years since Alan Sonfist proposed reclaiming land in New York City for memorials to lost nature.

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