Robert Smithson's Spiral Jetty photographed from the air.

Visiting earthworks by Holt and Smithson

Earthworks and public sculpture by Nancy Holt and Robert Smithson are located in both the United States and in Europe. Some visits require advance booking as the artworks are sited on private land. In these cases appointments are essential. 

When visiting, please respect the environment and leave no trace of your visit. For more information and for image permissions be in touch with us at contact@holtsmithsonfoundation.org.

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USA

Connecticut

Nancy Holt, End of the Line / West Rock (1985)
Commissioned by and a part of the collection of Southern Connecticut State University
Access is free year round
Location: Southern Connecticut State University, Brownell Hall, 114 Farnham Ave, New Haven, CT 06515

Florida

Nancy Holt, Solar Rotary (1995)
Commissioned by and a part of the collection of University of South Florida, Tampa
Access is free year round during campus opening hours
Location: University of South Florida, Communication & Information Sciences Building Courtyard, Tampa, FL 33620

Massachusetts

Nancy Holt, Wild Spot (1980)
Located on the campus of Wellesley College and stewarded by the Davis Museum
Part of the Estate of Nancy Holt
Access is free year round during campus opening hours
Location: Davis Museum, campus of Wellesley College, 106 Central St, Wellesley, MA 02481

Nancy Holt, Spinwinder (1990)
Commissioned by and a part of the collection of University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth
Access is free year round during campus opening hours
Location: entrance of campus of University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, 285 Old Westport Rd, North Dartmouth, MA 02747

Michigan

Nancy Holt, Annual Ring (1981)
Originally installed in the roof of Federal Building in Saginaw, Annual Ring was relocated to Saginaw State University in 2000 in consultation with Nancy Holt
Managed by the Marshall M. Fredericks Sculpture Museum
Access is free year round during campus opening hours
Location: Saginaw Valley State University, 7400 Bay Rd, University Center, MI 48710

New York State

Nancy Holt, 30 Below (1979)
Commissioned on the occasion of the 1980 Lake Placid Winter Olympics
Sited on the Cornell Uihlein Maple Forest; part of the collection of Cornell University
Access is free year round
Be aware of heavy snow in the winter months
Location: Old Military Road, North Elba, NY 12946

Ohio

Nancy Holt, Star-Crossed (1980)
Commissioned by and a part of the collection of Miami University Art Museum, Ohio
Access is free year round during campus opening hours
Location: Miami University Art Museum, 801 S Patterson Ave, Oxford, OH 45056

Texas

Robert Smithson, Amarillo Ramp (1973)
Located on private land, visits must be booked at least one week in advance.
Contact ar@holtsmithsonfoundation.org for details
Location: Amarillo, Texas

Nancy Holt, Time Span (1981)
Located at Laguna Gloria, The Contemporary Austin
Part of the Estate of Nancy Holt
Access is free year round during museum opening hours
Location: Laguna Gloria, 3809 W 35th St, Austin, TX 78703

Virginia

Nancy Holt, Dark Star Park (1979-80)
Commissioned by and a part of the collection of Arlington Public Art
Access is free year round
Location: 1655 N Fort Myer Drive, Arlington, VA 22209

Utah

Robert Smithson, Spiral Jetty (1970)
Part of the collection of Dia Art Foundation
Access is free year round
Location: Rozel Point peninsula on the northeastern shore of Great Salt Lake, Utah

Nancy Holt, Sun Tunnels (1973-76)
Part of the collection of Dia Art Foundation
Acquired with support from Holt/Smithson Foundation in 2018
Access is free year round
Location: Great Basin Desert in northwestern Utah

Washington State

Nancy Holt, Stone Enclosure: Rock Rings (1977-78)
Commissioned by, and a part of the collection of, Western Washington University
Access is free year round during campus opening hours
Location: Western Washington University campus, 516 High St, Bellingham, WA 98225

Europe

Finland

Nancy Holt, Up and Under (1988)
Access is free year round
Location: Sasintie 555, 39150 Pinsiö, Finland

France

Nancy Holt, Avignon Locators (2001)
Commissioned by and a part of Avignon University
Access is free year round during campus opening hours
Location: Avignon University, 74 Rue Louis Pasteur, 84029 Avignon, France

The Netherlands

Robert Smithson, Broken Circle / Spiral Hill (1973)
Located on private land, visits must be booked in advance on specific dates
Contact bcsh@holtsmithsonfoundation.org for details
Location: Emmen, The Netherlands

Robert Smithson, Spiral Jetty (1970)
Great Salt Lake, Utah
Mud, precipitated salt crystals, rocks, water
Coil: 1,500 ft. (457.2 meters) long and 15 ft. wide (4.57 meters)
Collection of Dia Art Foundation
Photograph: Gianfranco Gorgoni
© Holt/Smithson Foundation and Dia Art Foundation/licensed by VAGA at ARS, New York

Archived News

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Announcing the 2023 Research Fellows

We are delighted to announce our 2023 Holt/Smithson Foundation Research Fellows!

Our Research Fellowships aim to encourage new research on the work, ideas, and creative legacies of Nancy Holt and Robert Smithson. We look forward to thinking with these four Research Fellows to expand and develop critical research on Holt and Smithson.

Nancy Holt standing inside one of the Sun Tunnels, a large concrete cylinder in the desert

2023 Annual Lecture: Rebecca Solnit at the New Mexico Museum of Art

Holt/Smithson Foundation announces the second in the ten-year series of Annual Lectures, 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, the Foundation will partner with a new institution each year to host lectures in ten distinct locations, each significant to Holt and Smithson.

installation view of Nancy Holt: Locating Perception

On Nancy Holt: Rita McBride and Aurora Tang in Conversation

To mark the closing of Nancy Holt: Locating Perception, Sprüth Magers is hosting a conversation between Rita McBride and Aurora Tang at the Los Angeles gallery. Holt's work remains crucial both to an understanding of land-based and conceptual practices of the late 1960s onward, as well as to contemporary approaches to the natural and built environments. McBride and Tang, who have long engaged with related questions in their projects and exhibitions, will discuss Holt's work and their varied practices. 

a collage with an of a large crane and king kong

Research Fellowship Webinar with Margo Handwerker

Join us on Thursday December 15th for a webinar by 2022 Holt/Smithson Research Fellow, Margo Handwerker. Margo will share her research surrounding Robert Smithson's 1972 proposal for Lake Edge Crescents in Ohio.

Information and Registration:
Thursday, December 15th
10:30 AM Mountain Time
Margot will present for 30 - 45 minutes and a question and answer session will follow.
Register in advance for this webinar.