Powder Art Foundation Debuts Jenny Holzer, Rose Wylie, and Xu Zhen Sculptures for 2026–2027 Ski Season

Key facts

• Powder Art Foundation unveiled three new sculptures for the 2026–2027 ski season: Jenny Holzer’s THE EYE (2026), Rose Wylie’s Pale-Pink Pineapple/Bomb (2025), and Xu Zhen’s Hello (2021–2022).
• The foundation is located on 8,000 acres in Utah’s Wasatch Mountains and now has 16 works on view.
• Jenny Holzer’s THE EYE is a 300-million-year-old quartzite boulder carved with a phrase inspired by the late Logan, Utah, poet May Swenson.
• Rose Wylie’s Pale-Pink Pineapple/Bomb is a towering bronze sculpture coated in pink paint, inspired by a pineapple found at a Guyanese market, addressing colonization, globalization, and the decline of the British Empire.
• Xu Zhen’s Hello is a brass-and-stainless-steel work transforming a Corinthian column into a monumental snake, described as a clash of cultures.
• The foundation was conceived after Reed Hastings and Alex Zhang bonded over visits to Benesse Art Site on Naoshima, Japan; Hastings acquired a majority stake in Powder Mountain ski resort in 2023.
• PAF has a partnership with Dia Art Foundation and draws on the legacy of Nancy Holt and Robert Smithson.
• Nancy Holt’s Starfire (1986), made of eight recessed fire pits arranged like the Big Dipper and the North Star, is installed at the base of Powder Mountain’s Skylodge.
• A 1980s Bruce Nauman and a 2011 James Turrell from his Ganzfeld series (initially shown at the 54th Venice Biennale) await installation.
• PAF is accessible year-round, with hiking among the installations in warmer months.