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Spotlight / Photolog Desert X 2023, Coachella Valley Eleven artists present poetic and immersive works at this year’s Desert X, where works respond to climate change, economic challenges, and social transformations. They include billboards by Tyre Nichols, a woman on horseback by Tschabalala Self, and a car with monster claws by Paloma Contreras Lomas.

News Desert X Reveals Participating Artists for 2023 Sam Gaskin Tschabalala Self, Mario García Torres, and Rana Begum are among those commissioned to realise soul‑preserving works in California’s Coachella Valley this year.

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