Here are some of the most spectacular works at Desert X 2025, the world's foremost open-air showcase for monumental art.

Desert X turns land in the Coachella Valley into a giant art gallery. The fifth edition, taking place through May 11, ...

Creating the paintings Along with body and artefact designs, ground paintings were an important cultural source for the ...

Desert X is back for its fifth U.S. edition, planting a suite of site-specific installations in Southern California’s Coachella Valley. Curated by Neville Wakefield and Kaitlin Garcia-Maestas, this ...

WITH the death of the prominent western desert artist Jackie Giles, a fast-disappearing realm of culture and tradition suffered another body blow. Mr Giles, as he was invariably known, will be ...

A ground painting is known in Anmatyerr as Ahelh Anety-irrem, meaning “broken” or perhaps even “transformed ground”. The name refers to the process of clearing an even surface on the red ...