is all about water—which might come as a surprise, seeing as how there’s not much liquid of any kind to be found along the dusty stretch of land in south-central California where the biennial exhibition is installed through May 7.
As suggested by that quote, this year’s Desert X—the fourth mounted in the Coachella Valley since the program was founded in 2017—zooms out for a holistic, ecological perspective on the land and art’s place in it. This edition spreads across the land and features the work of 12 artists and collectives, including Tschabalala Self, Torkwase Dyson, and Tyre Nichols, among others.
Desert X blooms in arid lands, Art and ecology join hands. Fine lines drawn in sands of time, Coachella Valley's creative chime.