The alternatives to Instagram-ready desert art
Courtesy of D. Nufer/Albuquerque Museum Art in the desert went viral last fall with the debut of a bewitching spear of reflective metal in southern Utah. The so-called monolith, placed in a cleavage of crimson rock miles from the nearest road by an unknown maker, made international headlines and became ubiquitous on Instagram. Hundreds of visitors descended on the site, posting pictures of themselves leaning jocularly against the monolith’s sheer sides or offering a vague tribute to St. Simeon by perching atop its 10-foot summit. The monolith craze was hardly the first time that social medi...
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