**Vivian Suter and Elisabeth Wild.** Installation view. _Karma International_. Los Angeles, 217. Photo credits: Jeff McLane.
Desert X, the international art exhibition, opens today, March 12, until May 16, 2021 at sites across the Coachella Valley. Curated by Artistic Director Neville Wakefield and Co-Curator César García-Alvarez, the third edition of the site-specific exhibition showcases thirteen artists from eight different countries. Desert X 2021 will be among the first art experiences in the region since widespread lockdowns, offering a safe, outdoor experience that is free and open to all.
**EDUARDO SARABIA,** _Paseo Jardín_, 2020. acrylic on paper76 x 76 cm. © Eduardo Sarabia, courtesy Maureen Paley, London / Hove.
Desert X will present projects that look deeper at ideas essential to the sustenance of our future and identity, while re-interpreting the histories, realities and possibilities of the Coachella Valley and its many communities. The 2021 edition refuses the notion of the desert as homogenous entity, exploring, in that sense, many of the issues we face in these difficult times: the history of land rights, ownership and stewardship, the desert as border marked by narratives of migration, social justice and racial demarcations of the West, the gendered landscape and the role of women, children, and the creation of new dialogues between regional and global desert experience.
**ALICJA KWADE (Katowice, Poland, 1979),** _ParaPivot (sempiternal clouds)._ 71690 Channel Run Road, Sky Valley33°55’41.1”N 116°24’42.8”W.
**Oscar Murillo,** _Frequencies,_ 2013 - ongoing. Photo: Nicolas Nazari, Courtesy the artist andFrequencies Projects Foundation.
Artist in Labs Residency 2017. Photo by Zahrah Alghamdi.
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