Cultural Tourism
Coachella Valley Arts News – July 2021
Palm Springs Noir, a new collection of short stories, upends the desert’s sunny disposition. Photo: Palm Springs Life/Getty Images ART Robert Longo’s Storm of Hope opens at Palm Springs Art Museum (Palm Springs Life)The New York-based artist, who recently purchased a home in Palm Springs, has opened Storm of Hope: Law & Disorder, an…
Read MoreThis Month in the Arts – July 2021
Adam Lerner starts his new job as CEO and executive director of Palm Springs Art Museum on July 15. Photograph courtesy of The Hip Photo. Palm Springs Art Museum has a new director, audiences have returned to CVRep and Palm Canyon Theatre as well as the Palm Springs International ShortFest, the city of Indio has…
Read MoreCoachella Valley Arts News – June 2021
The Forever Marilyn statue (shown in its first location in downtown Palm Springs) is being reinstalled near Palm Springs Art Museum. File photo/Palm Springs Bureau of Tourism ISSUES ‘Forever Marilyn’ installation underway in Palm Springs (The Desert Sun)Installation work on the controversial statue continues until June 17 with a public unveiling ceremony scheduled for…
Read MoreThis Month in the Arts – June 2021
Ghanaian artist Serge Attukwei Clottey’s installation, The Wishing Well, remains on view at the James O. Jessie Desert Highlands Unity Center in Palm Springs. The arts in the Coachella Valley are showing some healthy signs of life — Desert X, for example, saw record visitation to its site-specific art installations, and the Palm Springs…
Read MoreThis Month in the Arts – May 2021
Helen Lundeberg’s Still Life with Pears (1985) is among the artist’s paintings in her focus exhibition continuing through this summer at Palm Springs Art Museum. Photograph courtesy of Palm Springs Art Museum. As more Coachella Valley residents become vaccinated against COVID-19, the area’s arts and culture organizations and venues are coming back to life. On…
Read MoreCoachella Valley Arts News – April 2021
Desert X unveiled The Art of Taming Horses, an installation by New York-based artist Christopher Myers, on Tahquitz Canyon Way in Palm Springs. Photograph courtesy Desert X. ART New Desert X poses a ‘monumental’ question (Palm Springs Life)Artist Christopher Myers’ six sculptures, an installation titled The Art of Taming Horses on Tahquitz Canyon Way, tell…
Read MoreThis Month in the Arts – April 2021
Modernism Week runs April 8–18 with a variety of home tours, including this new design by Ray and Finn Kappe in the Desert Palisades neighborhood in Palm Springs. Photo courtesy Lance Gerber/Palm Springs Life The Coachella Valley has entered the Red Tier, meaning museums can reopen and outdoor shows will go on, albeit with…
Read MoreCoachella Valley Arts News – March 2021
Never Forget, an installation by Nicholas Galanin, a Native American artist from Sitka, Alaska, is one a dozen works in Desert X, an exhibition of site-specific art that continues through May 16 throughout the Coachella Valley. Photograph by Steven Biller. GRANTS AND RESOURCES Study: California lost 175,000 ‘creative economy’ jobs (Los Angeles Times) Arts…
Read MoreCoachella Valley Arts News – January 2021
Artist Pia Camil’s Lover’s Rainbow for Desert X 2019. The 2021 event has been postponed to prevent the spread of COVID-19. GRANTS AND FINANCIAL RELIEF Gov. Newsom proposes $25 million for arts in California (Californians for the Arts)The funds support a grant program for museums and theaters and $15 million to the California Arts…
Read MoreNew Year Brings a Measure of Financial Relief for the Arts
The entrance of the gallery for In Motion: Agam at Sunnylands. Photography: The Annenberg Foundation Trust at Sunnylands. Photograph by Mark Davidson. ©2020 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris Happy New Year from the California Desert Arts Council! We begin our first newsletter of the year with a measure of relief: The stimulus…
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