Steven Biller

A bold exhibition at Palm Springs Art Museum pairs Tom Wesselmann’s 1960s sensuality with Mickalene Thomas’ 21st-century reinvention of beauty, visibility, and agency.

Where’s the best art in Greater Palm Springs? You’ll know it when you see it. Start your tour with these 8 art galleries.

Nearly two decades after she first trained her lens on military exercises at the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center in Twentynine Palms, photographer  An-My Lê returns to the California desert — this time as a High Desert Test Sites fellow — to extend her inquiry into landscape, history, and the sublime.

We preview 23 shows opening this season at galleries throughout the Coachella Valley and High Desert.

Alexis Wilkins — country music singer, songwriter, political commentator, and podcaster — will perform Jan. 31 the third annual Starry Starry Night Gala, a glittering evening of entertainment at Chaparral Country Club in Palm Desert, to support breast cancer research at UC San Diego Health’s Moores Cancer Center.

Heather James marks 30 years with a sweeping exhibition pairing European Impressionists with their American and California heirs.

Editorial director Steven Biller shares why Stewart Galleries in Palm Springs is his go-to for fine art and American and European estate furnishings.

A bold new portrait by Rancho Mirage artist Jim Egan revives the legacy of the Ramona author and Native rights advocate.

Narrow slot canyons twist through a badlands labyrinth carved by wind, flash floods, and geologic time. This moderately challenging, 5.2-mile loop trail in the Mecca Hills Wilderness offers an adventurous hike with 568 feet of elevation. The trail follows the San Andreas Fault through sandy washes and rocky brick-red fault gouge into sculpted ravines. Scrambling through narrow passages adds to the challenge. Take Interstate 10 to State Route 86 south, then turn left at 66th Avenue and again at Painted Canyon Road.

At High Desert Test Sites in Joshua Tree,  Andrea Zittel’s radical experiment has become a global platform for art, inquiry, and life reimagined.