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About the Show Deep in the Mojave Desert, there is a little town with a big name and a bizarre history: California City. For decades, real estate developers have sold a dream here: if you buy land now, you’ll be rich one day. Thousands of people bought this dream. Many were young couples and hard-working immigrants looking to build a better future. But much of the land they bought is nearly worthless. In this new podcast from LAist Studios, host Emily Guerin tells a story of money, power and ...

Its not just wildflowers that bloom in California this time of year — its also when massive art installations blossom across the Coachella Valley. Every two years, a group of international artists creates a variety of site-specific works for Desert X in and around Palm Springs, many set against the massive wind farms that pepper the landscape. Visually and tangibly responding to a deeply unpopular Desert X decision to partner with the repressive Saudi Arabian theocracy for an exhibit there, ...

Caltrans is working with Brightline West, the California State Transportation Agency, and the California High-Speed Rail Authority to develop an independent and privately funded electric high-speed rail system that will connect Rancho Cucamonga to Apple Valley. The train will then continue on to Las Vegas. Managing editor Tami Roleff says the public comment period on the proposal is now open… Caltrans is accepting public comment on the second segment of the high-speed rail system that will ru...

Mil-Tree, an organization that integrates veterans into the community through arts and dialogue, is hosting a spoken-word fundraiser and is looking for sponsors. Reporter Heather Clisby has details… “Live From Joshua Tree,” a fundraiser benefitting the Mil-Tree Veteran Project, is currently seeking sponsors. The event will feature seven spoken word artists sharing desert stories and songs and will be available for live streaming on Sunday, April 18, at 7 p.m. Hosted by Mil-Tree Founder Ch...

(Lance Gerber) As an artistic form, the machine-geometry of a classic Minimalist cube has long signaled the heavy industrialization of the modern world — which ravaged Africa, contributing to the water crises that today plague Ghana. Securing the resource for survival requires relentless daily labor. That’s what all those yellow water containers are for. Bringing the local desert into the endurance narrative, Attukwei Clottey spread a puddle-shaped sheet on the ground that links the two cub...

DUBAI: Desert X is an annual art biennial which displays the works of international artists in California’s Coachella Valley, and this year, it is bringing the works of two Arab artists for its 13th edition, which kicked off on March 12. Saudi artist Zahrah Al-Ghamdi is showcasing her installation “What Lies Behind the Walls,” a larger-than-life sculptural wall made out of

Ready to see all of the Desert X 2021 art installations? Heres a map Brian Blueskye, Palm Springs Desert Sun A structure made of cements and soil. A word garden. A maze made of rugs woven from palm fibers. A homestead.  These are just four of nine installations you can now see at the art biennial Desert X, which opened Friday across the Coachella Valley. Additionally, a mural by Felipe Baeza and sculptures by Christopher Myers, all in Palm Springs, will be on view April ...

. Saudi Arabian artist Zahrah Alghamdi poses in front of her art installation What Lies Behind the Walls, displayed as part of the Desert X exhibition near Palm Springs, California, USA. EPA Visitors look at the art installation What Lies Behind the Walls by Saudi Arabian artist Zahrah Alghamdi, displayed as part of the Desert X exhibition near Palm Springs, California. EPA Saudi Arabian artist Zahrah Al Ghamdi walks by her piece "What Lies Behind the Walls," during the media pr...

Desert X show on carpet of sands, under canopy of stars 11 Mar 2021 Muhammad Yusuf, Features Writer Desert X has announced that the third edition of its exhibition will open March 12 – May 16 in the Coachella Valley, Southern California. Curated by Artistic Director Neville Wakefield and Co-curator César García-Alvarez, it will explore the desert as both a place and idea, acknowledging the realities of people who reside there and the political, social and cultural contexts that...

A large maze structure by Mexico-based artist Eduardo Sarabia. A sculptural wall created by Saudi Arabia artist Zahrah Alghamdi that connects the Southern California landscape to other deserts around the world. A smoke sculpture by American feminist artist Judy Chicago.  These are some of the artworks youll see across the Coachella Valley as part of the outdoor biennial art exhibition Desert X when it returns March 12 to May 16.  The exhibition, which offers digital and in-perso...