Ready to see all of the Desert X 2021 art installations? Here s a map Brian Blueskye, Palm Springs Desert Sun
A structure made of cements and soil. A word garden. A maze made of rugs woven from palm fibers. A homestead.
These are just four of nine installations you can now see at the art biennial Desert X, which opened Friday across the Coachella Valley. Additionally, a mural by Felipe Baeza and sculptures by Christopher Myers, all in Palm Springs, will be on view April 9. Locations for a live smoke sculpture by feminist artist Judy Chicago and artwork by Oscar Murillo are still to be announced.
. Saudi Arabian artist Zahrah Alghamdi poses in front of her art installation What Lies Behind the Walls , displayed as part of the Desert X exhibition near Palm Springs, California, USA. EPA Visitors look at the art installation What Lies Behind the Walls by Saudi Arabian artist Zahrah Alghamdi, displayed as part of the Desert X exhibition near Palm Springs, California. EPA Saudi Arabian artist Zahrah Al Ghamdi walks by her piece What Lies Behind the Walls, during the media preview day of the Desert X exhibit, in the Coachella Valley near Desert Hot Springs, California. AFP Saudi Arabian artist Zahrah Al Ghamdi s piece, What Lies Behind the Walls, is on display during the media preview day of the Desert X exhibit, in the Coachella Valley near near Desert Hot Springs, California. AFP
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Desert X Artists Dig Beneath the Sandy Surface
Artworks in this year’s biennial, scattered around the Palm Springs area, explore issues of land rights, water supply and more.
Nicholas Galanin’s “Indian Land,” part of the Desert X biennial, greets visitors to Palm Springs near its welcome center and tramway.Credit.Jim Mangan for The New York Times
Published March 12, 2021Updated March 13, 2021
PALM SPRINGS, Calif. The odds were fully stacked against the Desert X biennial taking place this year. Bigger and better-organized destination exhibitions have punted on their plans since the pandemic struck, and even in the best of years, Desert X, which commissions site-specific public art in and around Palm Springs, has a hard time raising money to realize its projects. Its decision two years ago to accept funding from the Saudi Arabian government for a spinoff event caused prominent board members to resign and artists to speak out in protest.
Desert X show on carpet of sands, under canopy of stars
11 Mar 2021
Muhammad Yusuf,
Features Writer
Desert X has announced that the third edition of its exhibition will open March 12 – May 16 in the Coachella Valley, Southern California. Curated by Artistic Director Neville Wakefield and Co-curator César García-Alvarez, it will explore the desert as both a place and idea, acknowledging the realities of people who reside there and the political, social and cultural contexts that shape their stories. Desert X is produced by The Desert Biennial and is free and open to the public.
Its guiding purposes and principles include presenting public exhibitions of art that respond meaningfully to the conditions of desert locations, the environment and indigenous communities; promoting cultural exchange and education programmes that foster dialogue and understanding among cultures and communities about shared artistic, historical, and societal issues; and providing an acce