DESERT X A CONVERSATION WITH
CÉSAR GARCÍA-ALVAREZ interview JORGE PEREZCHICA
Born in Mexico and based in LA, César García-Alvarez is the Founder and current Executive & Artistic Director of The Mistake Room (TMR)—LA’s international non-profit contemporary art space. In 2020, García-Alvarez joins returning Artistic Director Neville Wakefield as co-curator for the third edition of Desert X in the Coachella Valley. The international art exhibition will activate California’s desert landscape through site-responsive installations by renowned international contemporary artists. The biennial exhibition, which is free and open to all, has garnered international and critical acclaim. In 2019, Desert X attracted a global audience who made site visits totaling more than 400,000. Ahead of the opening in 2021, Coachella Magazine connected with GarcíaAlvarez to discuss an array of topics from planing to meeting artists, conveying Coachella Valley’s history, art in a post COVID-19 world and more.
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