New York art foundation acquires art located in Utah desert

NEW YORK (AP) — A New York art foundation says it has acquired ownership of a concrete art installation located in Utah’s Great Basin Desert.

The Dia Art Foundation says the desert work “Sun Tunnels” was acquired from the Holt-Smithson Foundation alongside a room-sized installation “Holes of Light,” which will be exhibited in the Chelsea neighborhood this fall. The New York Times <a target=”&mdash;blank” href=”https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/07/arts/design/dia-sun-tunnels-nancy-holt-land-art.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fdesign&amp;action=click&amp;contentCollection=design&amp;region=stream&amp;module=stream%E2%80%94unit&amp;version=latest&amp;contentPlacement=2&amp;pgtype=sectionfront”>reports</a> both works are by land artist Nancy Holt, who died in 2014.

Holt-Smithson Foundation Executive Director Lisa Le Feuvre hopes the exhibition of “Holes of Light” in New York will draw visitors to the Great Basin Desert.

Dia Art Foundation serves as a steward for multiple site-specific art installations across the world.

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