ROZEL POINT, Utah--From afar, it's hard to tell what it is. And even as you approach it, it's not clear exactly how special it is. Yet, walking through Spiral Jetty, artist Robert Smithson's ...

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 ...

The Holt/Smithson Foundation has released previously unpublished black-and-white archival images of the Spiral Jetty to commemorate 50 years since the death of Robert Smithson on July 20, 1973. One of ...

On the northeast side of the Great Salt Lake, a little over a hundred miles from Salt Lake City, lies perhaps the most notable piece of land art ever made, and due to record-low water levels caused by ...

Robert Smithson, “Spiral Jetty” (1970) (all photos by the author for Hyperallergic) Indeed, the artwork is situated in a part of the lake where the water, or at least what remains of it, is reddish — ...

“We are delighted that Spiral Jetty has received this important recognition, which will help us spread awareness of the iconic artwork and advocate for its long-term preservation,” Jessica Morgan, the ...

Robert Smithson’s Spiral Jetty was built by pushing 6,650 tons of earth and basalt into the Great Salt Lake, forming a spiral 1,500 feet long and 15 feet wide. As massive as the earthwork is, however, ...

A beautiful image of "Spiral Jetty," Robert Smithson's greatest earthwork by Flickr user SP Hansen (via flickr.com/55465670@N02 When we last left you in this saga ...

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In 1970, New York artist Robert Smithson left the confines of a traditional art gallery and headed west to create art in the wild. He decided on the Great Salt Lake of Utah, where he created Spiral ...