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From Dawn till Dusk 2025

We are proud to partner with Land Art Lives, in collaboration with Land Art Contemporary, 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). 

Broadcasting live from first light at Spiral Jetty and concluding with last light at Broken Circle/Spiral Hill, this special digital event is a part of Land Art Lives, an on-going research project exploring the relevance of Land Art for our current times. Spiral Jetty arcs from the northeastern shore of Utah’s Great Salt Lake, near Rozel Point, into an increasingly long stretch of exposed lakebed, the shrinking edge of the waters reflecting the increasing desiccation of the site. Broken Circle/Spiral Hill is located in a former sand quarry within a landscape shaped by ice age geology.

The livestream will span two time zones, capturing the dynamic, ever-changing life of the earthworks. Land Art Lives will broadcast live from Broken Circle/Spiral Hill in the Netherlands, while Land Arts of the American West (Texas Tech University) will be live on site at Spiral Jetty in Utah.

This will be available as a livestream on September 10, 2025 through the Land Art Lives website and directly broadcasted at Utah Museum of Fine Arts, Salt Lake City, USA and Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo, the Netherlands.

September 10, 2025

6:00am to 1pm Mountain Time

8:00am to 3:00pm Eastern Time

2:00pm to 9:00pm Central European Time

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

Archived News

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Chapter Eight of Tuesday Texts

We are happy to announce that throughout August we are publishing the eighth 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 will be publishing a new essay or selecting an essay first published in 2019 on our website, which all include images selected by the author, a short bibliography, citation reference, and endnotes pointing to the author’s references.

black and white image of a young woman on the left looking at a young man on the right.

Thursday Thoughts: Series One

In May of 2025 we shared our first series of Thursday Thoughts—a weekly series publishing interviews with Robert Smithson or Nancy Holt to our website. Interviews with Holt and Smithson provide a distinct vantage into their artistic process and the evolution of their thoughts throughout time.