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Desert X 2025
Coachella Valley, CA
March 8 – May 11
Curated by Desert X Artistic Director Neville Wakefield and Co-curator Kaitlin Garcia-Maestas.
The exhibition reflects on the desert’s deep time evolutions reframing ideas and wilderness and exploring themes of Indigenous futurism, design activism, colonial power asymmetries, the impress of humanity on the land and the role of emerging technologies in our contemporary society.
Participating artists
Sanford Biggers, b. 1970, Los Angeles; based in New York City
Jose Dávila, b. 1974, Guadalajara; based in Guadalajara
Agnes Denes, b. 1931, Budapest; based in New York City
Cannupa Hanska Luger, b. 1979, Mandan, Hidatsa, Arikara and Lakota, Standing Rock Reservation, ND; based in Glorieta, NM
Raphael Hefti, b. 1978, Neuchâtel; based in Zurich
Kimsooja, b. 1957, Daegu; based in Seoul and Paris
Kapwani Kiwanga, b. 1978, Hamilton; based in Paris
Sarah Meyohas, b. 1991, New York City; based in New York City
Ronald Rael, b. 1971, Conejos Country, CO; based in Berkeley
Alison Saar, b. 1956, Los Angeles; based in Los Angeles
Muhannad Shono, b. 1977, Riyadh; based in Riyadh
Hear from the curators – Kaitlin Garcia-Maestas and Neville Wakefield discuss their vision for the next exhibition. Listen here.
