California's Desert X returns with colourful and provocative installations
Installations set against the arid landscape of California's Coachella Valley for the Desert X biennial art festival include a huge orange block and a rainbow-like arch. More
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Es Devlin creates "afrofuturist" scarred mask for The Weeknd's Coachella set
British designer Es Devlin has drawn on the aesthetic of afrofuturism for The Weeknd's stage set at Coachella music festival, which features a massive cracked mask animated by projection-mapped lighting. More
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Installations and artworks headlining Coachella 2018
While music acts like Beyoncé entertain throngs at this year's Coachella festival, visitors are also treated to large-scale sculptures and installations across the California desert site. Here are some of our favourites from the event this month. More
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The LADG envisions concrete pavilion for Coachella festival-goers
Undulating "concrete blankets" form a series of mountain-like structures in this conceptual pavilion designed by The Los Angeles Design Group for the Coachella festival. More
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Coachella offers experience with art outside the white gallery, says Phillip K Smith III
Music festivals like Coachella are changing the way people experience artworks and installations, according to American artist Phillip K Smith III. More
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Instagram users capture Desert X installations in California's Coachella Valley
The inaugural Desert X art festival is underway in Southern California, where visitors are using Instagram to share images of installations including an entirely mirrored cabin and a seemingly infinite tunnel into the earth. More
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Coachella festival pavilion by Ball-Nogues Studio built using over a tonne of paper pulp
Ball-Nogues Studio created a sinuous orange and purple pavilion that towered over music fans at this year's Coachella music festival by blasting pigmented paper pulp over a string structure (+ slideshow). More
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Neon mirrors by Phillip K Smith III created glowing beacons at Coachella
For this year's Coachella festival, American artist Phillip K Smith III created an installation of shiny cuboids that by day provided a series of mirrors, but by night were transformed into neon towers of light (+ slideshow). More
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The Dome by Héctor Serrano at Coachella
Revellers at this year's Coachella festival in California can visit a silent disco inside a dome of colour-changing balls by Spanish designer Héctor Serrano (+ slideshow). More
