Robert Smithson's Spiral Jetty named to National Register of Historic Places
We are pleased to announce that Robert Smithson's landmark earthwork Spiral Jetty (1970) has been added to The National Register of Historic Places.
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Florida Friday Films
In May of 1971 Robert Smithson and Nancy Holt returned to Florida to visit the Florida Keys, with Smithson seeking potential locations for his Island Maze and Forking Island. While these hypothetical earthworks exist today solely through Smithson's drawings, on this trip Smithson did plant an earthwork he called Mangrove Ring—which is also the subject of a short film of the same name by Nancy Holt.
Holt works on view in "Dartmoor: A Radical Landscape" at RAMM
Works by Nancy Holt are currently on view in the exhibition Dartmoor: A Radical Landscape at RAMM—Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery in Exeter, England.
Archived News
Smithson Inspired Sci-fi & Horror Film Series at the Jean Cocteau Cinema in Santa Fe
Join us this weekend at the Jean Cocteau Cinema in Santa Fe, New Mexico, for a special film series inspired by Robert Smithson. As an artist Smithson was fascinated and inspired by popular culture, science fiction, and film, and these influences can be seen throughout his writings and artworks.
Land Arts Lives Conference in Netherlands to feature Holt/Smithson Foundation Executive Director Lisa Le Feuvre
The international conference Land Art Lives presented by Kunstmuseum M. and Land Art Flevoland will take place on October 3, 2024, in Lelystad in the province of Flevoland in central Netherlands.
Chapter Seven of Tuesday Texts
We are happy to announce that throughout October we are publishing a seventh chapter of our Tuesday Text Series as part of our ongoing Scholarly Text Program, which invites thinkers to focus on a single artwork by Holt and/or Smithson.
Every Tuesday we will publish a text to our website that includes images selected by the author, a short bibliography, citation reference, and endnotes pointing to the author’s references.
Letters and early drawings by Robert Smithson published in Centre Pompidou journal
The Fall issue of the Centre Pompidou journal Les cahiers du musée national d’art moderne publishes for the very first time Robert Smithson’s letters and writings from Rome, accompanied by previously unpublished early drawings.
The French language publication includes translations of letters Smithson wrote to Nancy Holt in 1959-1961 and letters Smithson sent to George Lester between 1960 and 1963. George Lester offered Smithson his first solo international exhibition at Galleria George Lester in Rome in 1961.
Fall 2024 Press Round-up
A selection of press featuring Nancy Holt and Robert Smithson from Fall 2024.
Friday Film Screening—Nancy Holt's "Breaking Ground: Broken Circle/Spiral Hill"
In celebration of this week's livestream event From Dawn till Dusk:an online encounter between two earthworks by Robert Smithson on September 10th, today we are hosting a special Friday Film screening of Nancy Holt’s film Breaking Ground: Broken Circle/Spiral Hill (1971/2011).