Desert X was founded in 2015 ‘to bring the finest international artists to the Coachella Valley to create art, engage viewers and focus attention on the valley’s environment.’

The bi-annual Zonamaco is running its 16th edition showcasing over 180 galleries from the Americas, Europe and Asia. Expect to see big names, new galleries, innovation and experimentation in the exhibition spaces and the concurrent conference program.

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Miami Art week is upon us. Here is a great little cheat sheet from Artnews.

The Menil Drawing Institute (MDI) will open to the public on Saturday, November 3, 2018. The Menil Drawing Institute (MDI) will open to the public on Saturday, November 3, 2018.’

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After 6 months of renovation and reinstallation, the Menil Museum will reopen to the public this weekend. “We want people to be surprised,” senior curator Michelle White said. “We want people to encounter old friends, but we also want them to see entirely new things — and they will.”

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“With a large image in black and white, it’s very cinematic. Some viewers may glance at this and assume this is a haunting image of the Klan in 1939 in the American South, but when you look very closely, I lure you in with those details. It’s really critical that I blur that line between past and present.”

The 2018 Toni Beauchamp Prize in Critical Art Writing is now open for sumbissions! This year's guest judge is Wendy Vogel, independent writer, art critic and curator based in New York.

Reading Now: The British artist Anish Kapoor has filed a complaint in U.S. District Court against the National Rifle Association of America, citing copyright infringement over the gun rights organization’s inclusion of an image of his 2006 sculpture Cloud Gate.

Reading Now: New York magazine’s art critic Jerry Saltz deliver a speech on the state of the art.

Reading Now: Great article on Dario Robleto's new exhibition, The First Time, The Heart. If you haven't seen it already, you must. Showing at Inman Gallery until May 26th, 2018.

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The Sirens is an exclusive sensory experience in Asteroseismology, taking place at the Integratron on March 1, 2018. Piloting the sonic journey will be special guest, Geologist (Animal Collective’s Brian Weitz).

To great anticipation, the official portraits of Barack and Michelle Obama were unveiled at the National Portrait Gallery on Monday.

Reading Now: At Zona Maco, Artists and Dealers Strive to Find the Positives of US-Mexico Relations in the Age of Trump.

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