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Full Circle: Richard Fleischner with David Smith, Christo, Claes Oldenburg, Barnett Newman, & other Monumenta Artists

Rene Submissions — Mon, 02 Feb 2026 10:20:00 +0000

In 1974, Monumenta’s 54 works by 40 artists made headlines as one of the world’s first large-scale outdoor sculpture exhibitions. Fifty-one years later, FULL CIRCLE returns to this canonical exhibition through the lens of works by Richard Fleischner, one of Monumenta’s last surviving artists, and his contemporaries.

FULL CIRCLE focuses on Fleischner’s “Sod Maze” at Chateau-sur-Mer and illuminates his early career with archival materials in conversation with contemporaries including Christo, David Smith, Claes Oldenburg, Alexander Liberman, and Barnett Newman. Complemented by encaustics and works related to Fleischner’s ongoing Rowdy Meadow earthwork—home to contemporary masters like Richard Serra, Anish Kapoor, and Andy Goldsworthy—the exhibit traces a

Desert X 2025 Exhibition Opens with 11 Art Installations in California’s Coachella Valley

Antonia Piñeiro — Tue, 11 Mar 2025 06:30:00 +0000

Desert X is a site-specific international art exhibition taking place this year across the Coachella Valley, California. Its fifth edition, curated by Artistic Director Neville Wakefield and co-curator Kaitlin Garcia Maestas, opened on March 10, 2025, featuring eleven installations by international artists integrated into the desert landscape. Artists were invited to propose alternative ways of perceiving a world "increasingly encircled by the transformational effects of nature and humanity," through physical installations in specific locations within the California desert. In this context, architecture is understood as the most visible evidence of human transformation, while immaterial elements, such as wind and light, highlight the transformative effects not only of human activity but also of nature itself. The exhibition is free and open to all, running through May 11, 2025. Below are images and descriptions of the eleven art installations featured in this year's Desert X exhibition.

James Turrell Unveils Monumental Commission for Wadi AlFann in AlUla

Maria-Cristina Florian — Wed, 29 Jan 2025 06:30:00 +0000

The AlUla Arts Festival, running from January 16th to February 22nd, 2025, features a significant exhibition of works by renowned Light and Space artist James Turrell. Presented by Wadi AlFann, the exhibition, curated by Michael Govan of LACMA, offers a unique preview of Turrell's upcoming monumental commission for Wadi AlFann, a sprawling contemporary art destination in the AlUla region of north-west Saudi Arabia. The exhibition, located in AlJadidah Arts District within AlUla's historic old town, provides context for Turrell's ambitious project, which will involve the creation of a series of chambers within the canyon floor, designed to create a sensory experience of light, color, and perception.

UNAM Sculpture Space: Integrating Art and Culture into Mexico's Natural Landscape

Agustina Iñiguez — Tue, 12 Nov 2024 05:00:00 +0000

Integrating contemporary art with the landscape in a dialogue between human creation and the natural environment, the Sculpture Space of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) represents one of the most important public artworks in Latin America. Both the Sculpture Space and the Pedregal de San Ángel Ecological Reserve at UNAM in Mexico City have recently been awarded the Carlo Scarpa International Prize for Gardens 2023-2024, granted by the Benetton Foundation for Studies and Research based in Treviso, Italy. They were recognized for their high natural, historical, and cultural value as works of preservation and collective art that emerged from a lava surface where new neighborhoods and UNAM’s University City were developed.

Landscape Architect Sara Zewde Reimagines the Land at Dia Beacon, New York

Maria-Cristina Florian — Tue, 12 Mar 2024 07:30:00 +0000

Dia Art Foundation announced a major landscape project to reimagine the land at Dia Beacon, New York. Commissioned landscape architect Sara Zewde of Studio Zewde aims to go beyond the simple arrangement of attractive plants and integrate ideas of ecology, culture, and people into the design. Taking over the museum’s 32-acre campus, the project will create an expanded outdoor park, free to access for visitors and locals alike, complete with native meadows, sculptural landforms, and winding pathways. The project, which has been recently extended to also include the museum’s eight back acres, is expected to open to the public in 2025.

Desert X AlUla 2024: Exploring Unseen Art in Saudi Arabia's Desert Region from February 9 to March 23

Nour Fakharany — Thu, 08 Feb 2024 05:30:00 +0000

Desert X AlUla will open its latest exhibition themed “In the Presence of Absence,” from February 9th to March 23rd, 2024. Featuring 15 commissioned artworks that explore the unseen, the festival takes place bi-yearly in the desert region of Saudi Arabia. This edition of Desert X AlUla is curated by Maya El Khalil, renowned for her art advisory and MENA-focused curation, and Marcello Dantas, an award-winning curator known for his interdisciplinary practices.

Desert X AlUla Announces 2024 Dates for Upcoming Edition in Saudi Arabia

Nour Fakharany — Fri, 15 Dec 2023 05:30:00 +0000

Desert X AlUla has just announced its return in 2024 in the Saudi Arabian Peninsula. Marking the significant highlight of the AlUla Arts Festival, Desert X AlUla is a transient, site-responsive, and inclusive open-air art exhibit that takes place bi-yearly in the desert region of the country. Launching on February 9^th and continuing until March 23^rd, 2024, this edition is curated by Maya El Khalil, renowned for her art advisory and MENA-focused curation, and Marcello Dantas, an award-winning curator known for his interdisciplinary practices.

Jim Denevan's Monumental Land Art Debutes in Abu Dhabi

Nour Fakharany — Wed, 29 Nov 2023 04:00:00 +0000

“Self Similar,” a sprawling and immersive land artwork created by Jim Denevan has just debuted in Abu Dhabi, UAE as part of a more extensive city-wide exhibition. Curated by Reem Fadda, Director of Abu Dhabi Culture Programming and Cultural Foundation, along with Alia Zaal Lootah, this city-wide exhibition showcases 35 distinct site-specific artworks by both local and international artists. Scheduled to run until January 30, 2024, the exhibit is a diverse collection aiming to engage audiences.

Sculpting the Earth: Engaging With the “Land” in Land Art

Matthew Maganga — Fri, 13 Jan 2023 07:30:00 +0000

Artists are frequently inspired by land — be it painter Robert S. Duncanson’s renditions of American landscapes, or William Kentridge’s subversions of colonial-era British paintings depicting African vistas. Some artists, though, have preferred to work directly with the land, creating structures that sit on landscapes, or carving into the land itself. This art style — formally termed as Land Art — gained prominence in 1960s and 70s United States, in the context of the rise of the environmental movement amidst civil rights and antiwar protests, and as artists looked to separate themselves from the art market.

Open Call for Proposals: Contrei live land art festival

Rene Submissions — Tue, 26 Feb 2019 00:00:00 +0000

Open Call for Proposals
Artists, (environmental) Architects, Designers & Makers

In 2020, Contrei live is set to become an art trail of land art and artistic interventions at the intersection between art, design, architecture and landscape. It highlights the region’s landscape in an extraordinary manner, using water as the guiding principle. The project seeks to question, to amaze and create connections between locations, between generations, between art and landscape, between dream and action.

This call for proposal is an open call to artists, (landscape) architects, designers or creators to submit a first draft proposal before April 17th. More information about the

These Balancing Boulders Are Just the Destresser You Needed

Collin Abdallah — Sat, 28 Apr 2018 08:00:00 +0000

Architecture requires patience. Seeing a building through from initial sketches to the first occupant is a process that in most cases takes years, sometimes decades. The various details required throughout the building process at times can be stressful, but the end result is nearly always worth the struggle. The finished form reflects the decisions made throughout the process, and thus becomes a contributing member to the surrounding environment.

IAAC Barcelona Summer Workshops

Rene Submissions — Wed, 14 Jun 2017 18:53:00 +0000

The BCN Summer Workshops is a revolutionary program by IAAC, designed to connect some of the most pioneering minds of Barcelona with like-minded creatives from all around the world. Our 4-day workshops will take place in the Valldaura Estate, located inside the Collserola Natural Park, 30 minutes away from Barcelona. The program will start on July 24th with an inaugural speech from the world-acclaimed chef, Ferran Adriá (date TBC).

FSP Festival Land Art Contest

Rene Submissions — Tue, 23 May 2017 08:00:00 +0000

FSP Freaky Summer Party calls to action!

Create your own land art project and apply to get a grant for its creation. The best project will be constructed and placed on the territory of the festival for 2 days.

FSP Festival grants 1001 BYN to the creation of the project.

We are looking for projects which are sustainable, eco-friendly, recyclable, unique, can not be broken during bad weather, secure, can benefit festival's visitors, politically neutral.

FSP Festivals takes place in Minsk, Belarus on 29-30 July 2017.

Open Call: 2017 LAND ART COMPETITION

Rene Submissions — Wed, 26 Oct 2016 10:30:00 +0000

Nka Foundation invites submissions from creative practitioners and organizations dedicated to community placemaking to participate in its 2017 Land Art Competition. The competition is open to landscape architects, artists, curators, designers, architects, urban planners, structural engineers, university students and others from around the world to submit ideas for large-scale and site-specific public art installations based on site in rural Ghana. The submitted entries can be functional or nonfunctional works but must aim at creating a truly unique experience that becomes emblematic of what an arts village is and how it needs to function as a PLACE.

Forty of the submitted

Constructing The Floating Piers: How the Last Great Work of Christo and Jean-Claude was Built

Pola Mora — Thu, 30 Jun 2016 08:00:00 +0000

Until July 3rd, you can experience the latest and last work of artist duo Christo and Jean-Claude. Called The Floating Piers, the floating dock extends over the water of Italy's Lake Iseo.