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" " A boy joins the crowd of mobile phone users in the installation "Absorbed by Light," by artist Gali May Lucas, in Liverpool, England on March 22, 2021. PAUL ELLIS/AFP/Getty Images It's pretty easy to spot an Impressionist painting or tell the difference between a Renaissance sculpture and a modern one. But when we try to categorize 21st-century art, it seems defined by diversity and pluralism more than similarity, which begs the question – what art movement are we living through now? "There are no art movements today," says Michael Rooks, Wieland Family curator of modern & contem...
Looking for Art to See While Social Distancing? Here Are 5 Memorable Works at the Latest Edition of Desert X Among the themes artists are addressing in this year's show are mass migration and climate change. April 27, 2021 Installation view of Nicholas Galanin's "Never Forget." Photo courtesy of Lance Gerber, Nicholas Galanin, and Desert X. Now in its third edition, Desert X, the outdoor exhibition in the Coachella Valley of California, features 12 site-specific projects by international artists addressing themes of mass immigration, human rights, environmental catastrophe, and more. The sho...
Desert X 2021, which explores the desert as both a place and an idea. Despite the relatively short hike from the parking lot up to Saudi Arabian artist Zarah Alghamdi's Desert X 2021 installation, "What Lies Behind the Walls ," it still felt like a pilgrimage of sorts. The dark, monolithic wall of textured material loomed in the distance — a mecca to the migratory experience of memory from one desert to another. Mercifully, midday temperatures in Desert Hot Springs were not yet in the full force of summer, so nothing more than a light sweat was kicked up, along with some inevitable dirt. It...