What does it take to be a collector of land art? By its very nature, the genre has its share of challenges for anyone wishing to make the work their own. Directly embedded in the great outdoors, land ...

Long before Instagram’s developers were even born, Gianfranco Gorgoni made the abstract concept of land art accessible to audiences around the world. In the late 1960s and early 1970s, artists like ...

In the 1970s, Land artists like Michael Heizer, Nancy Holt, and Robert Smithson had a vision: not only to create artworks at monumental public scales, but also to break free from the gallery-collector ...

Installation view of Ecstatic Land at Ballroom Marfa, October 26, 2022–May 7, 2023,; (right to left, top row to bottom row) Benny Merris, "An Other Another 20" (2012); "An Other Another 48" (2014); ...

In 1969, a young artist named Michael Heizer headed into the Nevada desert 80 miles northeast of Las Vegas and cut a pair of trenches into a mesa, running 50 feet deep, 30 feet wide and a combined ...

Earthworks go back to prehistoric times. But our turbulent era is inspiring a new generation of artists. Here are six ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Jonathon Keats is a writer and artist who critiques museum exhibits. When Beverly Buchanan set out to create a monumental work of ...

The vast, misunderstood field of land art will be revisited this fall in a historical survey and new projects on farms and within city limits. “Orisons” by Marguerite Humeau, 2023, curated and ...

The Land Conservancy of McHenry County is hosting the 15th annual "Art of the Land" art show and fundraiser on Friday and Saturday, Nov. 17-18, from 6:30 to 10 p.m. at the historic Starline Factory, ...

In the long afternoon of last year’s summer solstice, Ernest Edwin Higbee Jr. pulled a white Chevrolet Tahoe off the main road of Alamo, Nevada, driving past spindly creosote bush and stalky Nevada ...