Holt and Smithson in the Press: October 2023
From the Ground Up: Women Artists of Land Art
by Tom Teicholz
Forbes, October 8, 2023
“Groundswell: Women of Land Art is a milestone exhibition that just opened at the Nasher Sculpture Center in Dallas, Texas, and that reassesses and reasserts the importance of a coterie of women in the art historical narrative of works that have been labelled as conceptual, environmental, sculptural, and even as performance.”
Divulging the Intimate Secrets of Artists’ Lives
by Arthur Lubow
The New York Times, October 12, 2023
“Does knowing Marie Laurencin’s sexual orientation, and Robert Smithson’s obsession with red, enrich our understanding of their creations? Yes, and no.”
Women of ‘Groundswell’: Thinking Outside the Spiral
by Deborah Solomon
The New York Times, October 18, 2023
“Revisiting the land artists at the Nasher Sculpture Center, a critic finds their work was never more relevant than it is today.”
In Santa Fe, a New Museum Brings the Local Art Scene Up to Date
by Ray Mark Rinaldi
The New York Times, October 12, 2023
“The first show at the new Vladem Contemporary, which opened last month, spotlights works from 1970 to 2000 and centers on New Mexico artists.”
A New Book Celebrates the Groundbreaking Women Who Changed Land Art
by Grace Ebert
Colossal, October 20, 2023
“As with most of art history, land art has generally been dominated by men, although a new book published by DelMonico offers a corresponding, if not corrective, narrative. Groundswell: The Women of Land Art is a 256-page volume that encompasses a range of works by renowned artists like Ana Mendieta, Nancy Holt, and Agnes Dean, to name a few.”
