From Dawn till Dusk on September 10
We are proud to present a special livestream conversation between two iconic earthworks by Robert Smithson: Spiral Jetty (1970) and Broken Circle/Spiral Hill (1971).
Featured News
Friday Film Screening on Sep 6—Robert Smithson's "Spiral Jetty"
In celebration of the upcoming livestream event From Dawn till Dusk:an online encounter between two earthworks by Robert Smithson on September 10th, we are hosting two special Friday Film screenings.
2024 Annual Lecture—Renée Green at Utah Museum of Fine Arts
We are very happy to announce the details of the third edition our Annual Lecture Series, an initiative that invites artists, writers, and thinkers to raise questions and present research extending the creative legacies of the artists Nancy Holt and Robert Smithson. Over the course of a decade, we partner with a different institution each year to host lectures in ten distinct locations, each significant to Holt and Smithson.
Archived News
40th Anniversary of Nancy Holt's Dark Star Park on Aug. 1
The 40th annual Dark Star Park Day will take place on Thursday, Aug. 1, 2024, where the public is invited to watch the shadow alignment that Nancy Holt's Dark Star Park (1979-84) was designed to capture. Every year on Aug.
Henry Luce Foundation to support Holt Studies in 2024
We are pleased to share Holt/Smithson Foundation has been awarded a grant from the Henry Luce Foundation to further our public-facing research into the art and ideas of Nancy Holt.
Nancy Holt's "Going Around in Circles" featured in e-flux Film Staff Picks
We are happy to announce that e-flux Film has selected Nancy Holt’s Going Around in Circles (1973) as the June 2024 edition of their monthly online series Staff Picks.
Thinking with Robert Smithson, a Curator Talk at SITE SANTA FE
Join us at SITE SANTA FE next Thursday May 30 for a presentation by our Executive Director Lisa Le Feuvre on the work of Robert Smithson, considering how Smithson's artworks and ideas resonate with the present moment.
Island Imaginations: Oscar Santillán and Lisa Le Feuvre in conversation on Zoom
Oscar Santillán is one of the five artists selected to participate in Holt/Smithson Foundation’s first artist commission: The Island Project: Point of Departure. Each artist is invited to respond to Little Fort Island, an small island off the coast of Maine, that Nancy Holt and Robert Smithson purchased sight-unseen in 1971.
Winter 2024 Press Round-Up
A selection of press featuring Nancy Holt and Robert Smithson from January through March, 2024.