The destination was City, the mile-and-a-half-long, mile-wide monumental sculpture, which revered first-wave contemporary land artist Michael Heizer constructed over 50 years, from 1970 to 2022.

Michael Heizer's "City" remains one of the most ambiguous masterpieces of modern art. Like a phantom, it looms just out of reach, yet lures you in closer and closer with its sheer magnitude.

Posted: June 23, 2025 | Last updated: June 23, 2025 High atop Mormon Mesa in Nevada lies a trench—1,500 feet long and carved into the desert by artist Michael Heizer in 1969.

Artist Michael Heizer laid low at his Nevada compound during the whole run up to — and actual move of — his chosen boulder from a Riverside County quarry to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. But ...