Michael Heizer
Remembering Virginia Dwan: the US's first bicoastal gallerist
Hugely influential art dealer whose galleries in Los Angeles and New York launched Minimalism and Land Art in the US
Brazil turns 200—and its National Museum rises from the ashes
Plus, the £50m Joshua Reynolds painting and Michael Heizer’s City
Michael Heizer’s City, a vast art project in the Nevada desert 50 years in the making, will finally open to the public
The artist’s sprawling gesamtkunstwerk has been described as the largest contemporary artwork on earth, evoking the scale of Mesoamerican cities and Indigenous burial mounds
Three exhibitions to see in New York this weekend
From Michael Heizer at Gagosian to Frédéric Bruly Bouabré at the Museum of Modern Art
Moca Los Angeles follows success in halting solar farm near Michael Heizer Earthpiece with announcement of Frankenthaler grant to support solar energy project
The museum plans to use the grant funds to convert Moca Geffen to renewable power sources, the first step in making Moca Los Angeles completely net zero energy
Plans scrapped for solar project that would disrupt Michael Heizer’s Double Negative
A solar farm was cancelled after months of backlash from local residents
Nevada solar power project threatens Michael Heizer’s land art sculpture Double Negative
Local activists are petitioning to protect the artist’s monumental work on the Mormon Mesa
What was the best art book you read in 2020? The Art Newspaper team reveals its favourite publications
From the catalogue for a controversial Guston show to a four-volume tome on Leonardo Da Vinci—and some lighter reads too
White House review could shrink protected land around Michael Heizer’s City
Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke’s report on national monuments recommends reductions but no details revealed
Museums unite in campaign to save massive land art project
Nevada Desert site around Michael Heizer’s City is under threat
Move to protect Heizer’s City from development
Nevada Senator has introduced a bill to preserve the land surrounding the mile-and-a-half-long land art project
Will Double Negative be a no show?
Curators face uphill task getting OK from Michael Heizer and Walter De Maria