Desert X 2025 Opens in Coachella Valley with 11 Site-Specific Installations
On October 13, 2023, the fifth edition of Desert X commenced in California's Coachella Valley, showcasing 11 large-scale public art pieces throughout Palm Springs. Curated by Kaitlin Garcia-Maestas and directed artistically by Neville Wakefield, the lineup features creators such as Alison Saar, Sanford Biggers, Ronald Rael, Sarah Meyohas, Muhannad Shono, Jose Dávila, Kimsooja, and Kapwani Kiwanga. Shono's installation, What Remains, incorporates industrial tarps treated with rainwater, while Rael's Adobe Oasis utilizes 3D-printed mud bricks. At Sunnylands Center & Gardens, Agnes Denes reveals The Living Pyramid. Saar's Soul Service Station includes an interactive gas pump with poetry. Dancers from Jacob Jonas The Company performed around Meyohas's light sculpture. The exhibition will be open until May 11, 2025.
Key facts
- Desert X 2025 opened last Friday in Coachella Valley, California
- The exhibition features 11 site-specific installations by international artists
- Curated by Kaitlin Garcia-Maestas and Neville Wakefield
- Artists include Alison Saar, Sanford Biggers, Ronald Rael, Sarah Meyohas, Muhannad Shono, Jose Dávila, Kimsooja, and Kapwani Kiwanga
- Muhannad Shono's installation uses industrial tarps that became coated with rainwater
- Ronald Rael's work combines 3D-printed mud bricks with traditional indigenous techniques
- Agnes Denes presents The Living Pyramid at Sunnylands Center & Gardens
- The exhibition runs until May 11, 2025
Entities
Artists
- Alison Saar
- Sanford Biggers
- Ronald Rael
- Sarah Meyohas
- Muhannad Shono
- Jose Dávila
- Kimsooja
- Kapwani Kiwanga
- Agnes Denes
- Harryette Mullen
- Jacob Jonas
- Neville Wakefield
- Kaitlin Garcia-Maestas
- Cannupa Hanska Luger
- Raphael Hefti
- Lance Gerber
Institutions
- Desert X
- Jacob Jonas The Company
- Sunnylands Center & Gardens
- Marianne Boesky Gallery
- Aesthetica Magazine
Locations
- Coachella Valley
- California
- United States
- Palm Springs
- New Mexico
- Riyadh
- Saudi Arabia
- Mexico
- Canada
- Chihuahua Desert
- Los Angeles
- Manhattan
- Wall Street
- Thousand Palms
- Desert Terrace Way
- USA
- Australia
- Belgium
- France
- Italy
- Japan
- Korea
- Netherlands
- Spain
- Switzerland
- UK
- New York
- Aspen
- World Trade Center
- Battery Park City
- World Financial Center