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Spiral Jetty Has Lease Problems, Just Like Your Sublet

Could the Dia Foundation lose its lease to the most iconic work of land art ever? The Utah Department of Natural Resources recently informed Dia that it had failed to renew its lease on the land that holds Robert Smithson's “Spiral Jetty” (1970) in Rozel Point, Utah.

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A Winter Pilgrimage to Utah's Spiral Jetty

Robert Smithson’s "Spiral Jetty" (1970) is arguably the most famous, least directly experienced work in the Land Art cannon. Most know the work from iconic aerial photographs, some by Smithson’s accompanying text and some by his weird and monotonous film. Built in 1970, the 6,650 tons of black basal

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