a sunset at spiral jetty on the great salt lake paired with a view of an earthwork at a sand quarry

From Dawn till Dusk 2025

In September 2025 we presented From Dawn till Dusk, a partnership with Land Art Lives, Land Art Contemporary, and Land Arts of the American West to present the second edition of a special livestream conversation between two iconic earthworks by Robert Smithson: Spiral Jetty (1970) and Broken Circle/Spiral Hill (1971).

Broadcast live from first light at Spiral Jetty and concluding at last light at Broken Circle/Spiral Hill, the digital event formed part of the ongoing Land Art Lives research initiative, which examines the contemporary relevance of Land Art. Spiral Jetty extends from the northeastern shore of Utah’s Great Salt Lake near Rozel Point, where fluctuating water levels and exposed lakebed reflect the site’s ongoing environmental change. Broken Circle/Spiral Hill is situated within a former sand quarry shaped by Ice Age geology, embedding the work within a distinctly altered landscape.

Spanning two time zones, the livestream captured the dynamic and evolving conditions of both earthworks. Land Art Lives broadcast live from Broken Circle/Spiral Hill in the Netherlands, while Land Arts of the American West streamed on site from Spiral Jetty in Utah.

The livestream took place on September 10, 2025, and was hosted online via the Land Art Lives website. It was also broadcast live at Utah Museum of Fine Arts Salt Lake City, USA and Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo, the Netherlands.

Learn more about From Dawn till Dusk on our Programs Page.

Archived News

spiral jetty film still

Films by Holt and Smithson on view at The Museum of Modern Art

Three films by Nancy Holt and Robert Smithson are currently on view at The Museum of Modern Art, New York, in collection gallery 411 of the David Geffen Wing. This presentation focuses on Spiral Jetty (1970), Swamp (1971), and Sun Tunnels (1978). Newly restored scans of the first two works are presented as part of a collaboration between Holt/Smithson Foundation and MoMA to preserve their moving-image work.

four wooden pillars sticking out of the earth with mountains in the background

Chapter Nine of Tuesday Texts

Throughout February 2026, we are publishing the ninth 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. Developed as a tool for researchers at all stages, the Scholarly Text Program aims to publish two essays on each work, presenting differing opinions and approaches and drawing connections to topics that range from geology and ecology to poetry, architecture, public art, sculpture, drawing, film, philosophy, site, and

an image of a sign saying 'sun air'

"Nancy Holt: Light and Shadow Poetics" at the MAK Center for Art and Architecture, Los Angeles

What does it mean to notice how we see? "Nancy Holt: Light and Shadow Poetics" at the MAK Center at the Schindler House in Los Angeles offers an encounter where art and architecture shape perception together. This exhibition to brings Holt’s work into a responsive dialogue with the Schindler House, inviting visitors to experience art and architecture as partners in seeing.

a short typewritten text within a circle, with Nancy Holt's signature in the bottom right corner

Nancy Holt concrete poem on show in Paris at Centre Wallonie-Bruxelles

Nancy Holt started making art in 1966, and her first works took the form of concrete poems: artworks testing the structure, content, and form of language. A key concrete poem, "The World Though a Circle," from 1972 is currently on show in the exhibition Deep Fields at the Centre Wallonie-Bruxelles in Paris until March 23, 2026.

a constellation of the big dipper made of fire pits

Nancy Holt's Starfire acquired by Powder Art Foundation

We are very pleased to share Nancy Holt’s 1986 sculpture "Starfire" has found a permanent home in the collection of Powder Art Foundation in Eden, Utah. Powder Art Foundation is an outdoor art museum that works closely with Dia Art Foundation. "Starfire" comprises eight pits arranged to mirror the Big Dipper constellation and the North Star. The flames create a terrestrial map of the night sky, bringing the energy of distant stars down to earth.