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The article explores the evolution of the Dia Foundation, originally dedicated to monumental public art, into a dynamic museum for contemporary art. It is reported that founded in 1974 to realize ambitious projects like Land Art, Dia has adapted to modern demands while maintaining its artist-centric mission. It is further noted that under Jessica Morgan's leadership, Dia has diversified its collection, expanded globally, and reactivated its exhibition spaces in New York and Beacon.

The article reports that the solar power plant on the Mormon Mesa near Overton, Nevada affect the view of Michael Heizer monumental Double Negative that is a land art installation trenches dug across a natural canyon on the eastern end of the remote desert site. Topics include considered that flat-topped ridge of land is owned by the federal government and overseen by the Bureau of Land Management, so the plan needed to pass an environmental screening process before its approval.

The article discusses U.S. land artworks in need of conservation according to the Cultural Landscape Foundation (TCLF). Land art discussed include the work "Watts Towers" by artist Simon Rodia, located in Los Angeles, California, "Opus 40" by artist Harvey Fite, located in Saugerties, New York, and "The Bay Lights" by artist Leo Villareal, located on the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge in California.

The article offers news briefs related to art as of December 2013. Several letters from the artist Lucian Freud have become available. The third edition of the Land Art Mongolia biennial art exhibition will be held in August 2014. The album cover of the music release "Artpop," by Lady Gaga will feature a sculpture by the artist Jeff Koons.

The article reports on completion of the City land art development at Nevada by artist Michael Heizer by 2021 through attainment of conservation easement donation by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and protection of area from inappropriate developments by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management.

The article offers information on a land art exhibition featuring work of artist Charles Jencks to be held in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland from July 1, 2015.

The article reports that U.S. Senator Harry Reid has introduced legislation to preserve the land surrounding artist Michael Heizer's earthwork "City" located in in Garden Valley, Nevada.

The article discusses the Land Art Road Trip, which is a traveling artists' residency located in the American Southwest and launched in September 2013. Particular focus is given to how the residency offered the chance to visit land art made during the 1970s and 1980s. Several artists and their work are also noted including Robert Smithson and Michael Heizer.

An obituary for the American land artist Walter De Maria is presented.

A brief obituary for the land artist Walter de Maria is presented.

The article previews the art exhibition "Ends of the Earth: Land Art to 1974," which will feature work by artists including Hans Haacke, Robert Morris and Alice Aycock, to be held at the Geffen Contemporary at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles in Los Angeles, California, from May 27th through August 20, 2012.

The article discusses the installation of the land artwork "Levitated Mass," designed by Michael Heizer in 1968, at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (Lacma) in California, following a long process of arranging for a boulder to be sent from a quarry in Riverside County, California.

The article discusses the exhibition "Ends of the Earth: Art of the Land to 1974," a survey of land art at the Museum of Contemporary Art (MoCA) in Los Angeles, California, and the possible lack of inclusion of the artworks "Double Negative," by Michael Heizer, and "Hard Core," by Walter de Maria.

The article reports on the delay of a nuclear waste repository project in Yucca Mountain, Nevada which posed threat to the works of land artist Michael Heizer after U.S. President Barack Obama plans to cut its funding. The storage facility includes a railway that would transport nuclear waste and pass the sculptures and earthen forms of Heizer in Lincoln County. Haizer warned that he would destroy the works if the project will push through. Obama will cut the funding to $198 million from $298 million.

The article offers information on major land art in the U.S. that are under threat from energy and real estate development. These include Robert Smithson's "Spiral Jetty," a spiral constructed in 1970 from basalt rock and earth which juts into the Great Salt Lake in Utah from its northeastern shore, Nancy Holt's "Sun Tunnels," and Michael Heizer's "Double Negative."

The article focuses on the plan of the Dia Art Foundation to raise $1.1 million on April 30, 2008 to protect 6,000 acres of land surrounding Walter De Maria's land art installation "Lightning Field." The plan calls for the creation of a three-mile radius around the installation in western Mexico, in which real estate and industrial development would not be allowed. The idea is to preserve the setting for future generation, according to Laura Raicovich, deputy director at the foundation.

The article reports on the letters, e-mails and calls received by the state of Utah from members of the public protesting against exploratory drilling set to take place less than five miles away from Robert Smithson's "Spiral Jetty" earthwork sculpture. The artwork is one of the earliest and most recognized examples of land art. Joining the campaign against the drilling is the National Trust for Historic Preservation, along with Smithsonian widow, Nancy Holt.