Last week, both the Utah House and Utah Senate voted to approve Robert Smithson’s seminal land artwork Spiral Jetty (1970) as the state work of land art. Utah lawmakers also recognized various ancient ...

Like any work of art, the value of Spiral Jetty — easily the most recognizable artwork in Utah — depends on how you look at it. Jaimi Butler, the coordinator of Westminster College’s Great Salt Lake ...

It's said that New Yorkers rarely, if ever, visit the Statue of Liberty — as if proximity to a beloved landmark makes the locals forget what a big deal it is. Utahns have a similar relationship with a ...

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Sometimes art makes you go, "Hmm, that's nice." And sometimes it makes you go, "Hmm … what?" Landscapes have inspired artists for a long time, and that is certainly the case with these iconic pieces ...

THE YEAR is 1970 and Robert Smithson is jogging the length of his newly completed artwork, “Spiral Jetty” (pictured). A camera hovers above him; his white shirt catches the sunlight. As he reaches the ...

For most of her life, Teresita Fernández had encountered in person as many artworks by Land Art trailblazer Robert Smithson as most people had—which is to say, zero. “For most of us, the little we ...

Cultural historian Dickey (Ghostland) argues in this gripping examination of America’s continuing embrace of conspiracy theories that “a paranoia of secret, subversive Continue reading » The Country ...