For the first time ever, explore the remarkable story of how the legendary Nevada gathering known as Burning Man evolved through collaborative ritual from humble countercultural roots on San Francisco’s Baker Beach into the world-famous desert convergence it is today. Never-before-seen photographs, artifacts, journals, sketches, and notebooks reveal how this temporary experimental desert city came to be—and how it continues to evolve.
This exhibition is organized by the Nevada Museum of Art.
Many of the items included are drawn from the archive collections of the Center for Art + Environment at the Nevada Museum of Art.
Lead Gift
Bently Foundation
Major Gift
Reno-Sparks Convention & Visitors Authority
Supporting Gifts
Maureen Mullarkey and Steve Miller; Eleanor and Robert Preger; The Private Bank by Nevada State Bank; Volunteers in Art of the Nevada Museum of Art
Additional Gifts
City of Reno; Jan and David Hardie
Media Gifts
KUNR Reno Public Radio; Reno News & Review
City of Dust will travel to the Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian American Art Museum March 30, 2018 – September 16, 2018 as part of their exhibition No Spectators: The Art of Burning Man.
