A judge ruled on Monday that the Des Moines Art Center must pause its planned demolition of Mary Miss’s “Greenwood Pond: Double Site” installation.
Land Art
Artist Seeks Restraining Order to Prevent Land Artwork’s Demolition
The Des Moines Art Center cited the “ephemeral” nature of artist Mary Miss’s original materials in its decision to destroy the work.
Iowa Museum Plans to Demolish Land Art Installation
The museum cited the “ephemeral” nature of artist Mary Miss’s original materials as well as Iowa’s extreme climate.
The Unsung Women of American Land Art
Groundswell is a crucial reexamination of important but under-recognized artists working with the land.
Seeking Histories and Futures in Soil
Today’s artists often refrain from imprinting their vision upon the land, instead bringing the soil into the gallery as an archive of nature-human interactions.
Why We Never Visited Michael Heizer’s City
We counted down the minutes until we hit the stretch of highway closest to the installation, but we didn’t stop.
Some Important Questions About Artist Legacies
How is legacy defined, who defines it, whom does it serve?
Art Between Land and Self
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?
Michael Heizer’s Empty Empire
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.
After 50 Years, Michael Heizer’s Colossal Desert Installation Is Finally Finished
Work on the colossal land art project in the remote Nevada desert began in 1970.
New Generation of Land Artists Embodies a Call for Action
From sites to studios to systems, the nature of earthworks has changed since the 1960s and ’70s.
Land Artist Nancy Holt’s Papers Acquired by Smithsonian Archives
Also included are plans for two site-specific projects that were never fully realized: “Sky Mound” (1984–) and “Solar Web” (1984–89).