From March 8 through May 11 of 2025, visitors can discover 9 art installations across the Coachella Valley. The thought provoking pieces from international artists can be discovered across Greater Palm Springs, with several clustered in Palm Springs, Desert Hot Springs, and Palm Desert. Download the DesertX app or log onto DesertX.org to plot your journey across the surreal desert landscape and watch as the setting enfolds around each piece. Finding the art is part of the fun.

At the media preview, we listened to numerous remarks from Supervisor V. Manuel Perez: “Hope is though art. Many here in the Coachella Valley may not have money to go to a fancy museum. The studio is the desert. Land art. It is a means to grow internally. No social boundaries, not even a border. Anyone can go to Desert X. Voices and struggles are finally being heard through art.”

This is the fifth year Desert X has bloomed in the desert. A new Desert X will pop up in the agave fields of Mexico soon.

“If I can take your breath away for a few seconds, I’m happy with that.” – artist Jose Davila. Discover his marble boulder blocks brought to the desert in view of the windmills reminding me of chunks of The Getty Museum. “Blocks of marble carved from across the border brought here. A presence here, empty somewhere else.”

Find clouds that sparkle.

“When people begin to think, they become part of your work,” said 95 year old artist Agnes Denes responsible for the Living Pyramid design at Sunnylands.

We met Swiss artist Raphael Hefti, who enlightened us on his artistic process and the overwhelming positive and kind responses he received when asking for volunteers to help install. His ‘streaming ribbon’ cuts across the landscape, often looking like a horizon line or shooting beams, depending on which way you approach. What is your perspective? Find his work in Palm Desert.

Earth is also unable to settle on itself. What is home? How do you carry it with you….when there is no place left to return to. What remains? Showcasing a modern way of constructing home, Ronald Rael’s art is giving a different approach to the building materials and the climate crisis.

The Adobe Oasis is a mud-made home right in the heart of Palm Springs, created by using robotic 3-D printer programming to design the structure entirely out of mud and straw, like frosting on a cake, and this one is surrounding a lone palm.

Artist Alison Saar invites viewers to her roadside Soul Service Station and shares, ” I love that the desert is often considered a void in the landscape, but I see it as a space to empty one’s mind and to fill one’s heart.

Expand your mind. Let the desert act as a canvas.

Looking to stay somewhere memorable as a home base during DesertX? Choose a vintage mid-century modern boutique hotel to soak in the real Palm Springs vibes.

Azure Sky is a dreamy mid-century modern hideaway with a grand poolscape, perfect for a quiet stay with an exclusive feel. Cocktails can be delivered to your lounge chair poolside. Book the grand Agave Suite with kitchenette, large lush bed, and daily breakfast brought to your doorstep. Cruise the mid-century modern neighborhood on the hotel’s complimentary bikes to admire the cacti landscape and vintage homes. Complete each evening with a hot tub soak under the desert stars. You’ll be sure to sleep well under the Azure Sky.

Royal Sun is a newly rebranded retreat for the mid-century mod design lover, with carefully curated art, playful retro design and decor – all in desert hue shades with gold accents, plush furniture, and swanky headboards. The poolside offers dramatic mountain views and is right across from Morton’s Botanical Garden, a favorite stop for many. Here at the retro retreat, order a Michelada poolside, Chilaquiles for breakfast, or a shared kebob board for dinner in their swanky intimate vintage glam restaurant. This hotel often offer great deals and is perfect for the younger hipper traveler who enjoys socializing. Their bar pool lounge fire pit oases is a popular daytime hangout and some of the hottest restaurants in town are a short walk away.