Desert X
Fusing contemporary with ancient: Desert X opens in Saudi Arabia's AlUla
The third edition of the show, which originated in southern California, features large-scale installations by 17 artists from the region and beyond
Saudi Arabia’s Desert X AlUla biennial announces new curators for 2024 edition
The theme of the third iteration will be “In the Presence of Absence”
California’s Desert X biennial to return in 2025 under Neville Wakefield and Kaitlin Garcia-Maestas
The curators previously worked together on a post-colonial landscape show
Mindful of its footprint, Desert X returns to the Coachella Valley and mulls expansion
The California biennial, which controversially expanded to Saudi Arabia, is eyeing another international edition
From Sharjah to São Paulo: 2023's most interesting biennials
From Okwui Enwezor’s final project to an Indigenous-inspired Liverpool Biennial, here are some key dates for your exhibition calendars
Interview | American artist Jim Denevan on his ephemeral earthworks
The artist, whose work was a centrepiece of the 2022 Desert X AlUla, has been creating complex miles-long temporary installations on the earth since the mid-1990s
Saudi Arabian pavilion: Exhibition rings the changes
Choice of artist Muhannad Shono for the national pavilion is a sign itself of the country’s social and political shift
Making works in the wilderness: artists of Desert X AlUla explain how they took on the testing terrain
On the occasion of the Saudi outdoor art exhibition's opening, four artists—Zeinab Alhashemi, Dana Awartani, Shezad Dawood and Stephanie Deumer—discuss their projects in the desert
'Aggressive, emotional, darkly humorous’: Louise Bourgeois’s closest collaborator on her late works
Plus, Desert X opens second Saudi Arabia edition and Gerhard Richter's 90th birthday exhibition in Dresden
Accessible to all or elitist artwashing? Desert X opens second Saudi Arabia edition
The open air exhibition in the ancient heritage region AlUla spearheads the Middle Eastern nation's attempt at rapid cultural transformation in line with government's 2030 goals
Saudi Arabia's Desert X AlUla biennial returns for second edition next spring
In a new location in the desert complex, the exhibition will explore ideas of “mirage and oasis”
Return to La La Land: art is back in California
Plus, artists' album covers, and Grace Jones in the Work of the Week
Desert X loses venue for Judy Chicago ‘smoke sculpture’
Following environmental concerns, The Living Desert garden and zoo has pulled out of a planned project with the artist this month
Smoke sculptures, word gardens and a ‘jackrabbit homestead’: Desert X announces artist projects for third edition
Judy Chicago, Oscar Murillo, Nicholas Galanin and others to present works in Southern California's first major art event since the pandemic shutdown last year
Desert X postpones opening amid Covid-19 surge in California
The outdoor festival, due to take over Coachella Valley in February, will now wait until lockdown restrictions are lifted
Saudi Arabia continues relentless cultural drive with Jean Nouvel subterranean desert resort
The plans are part of a ten-year agreement between France and Saudi Arabia to develop the AlUla region into a tourism destination
Trampolining in a Saudi Arabian valley? First look at the interactive art biennial Desert X AlUla
Inaugural edition of the monumental show, opening this Friday, is free to the public
Desert X AlUla—the inaugural art biennial in a historic Saudi Arabian valley—announces participants
Wael Shawky, Superflex and eL Seed are among the artists who will base works on the ancient history of the region
Three board members resign as Desert X announces collaboration with Saudi Arabia, Los Angeles Times reports
Ed Ruscha, Yael Lipschutz and Tristan Milanovich have resigned over the decision to launch the sculpture biennial in Al-Ula next year