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= Earthworks (arts exhibition) = Earthworks was an arts exhibition held in October 1968 in the Dwan Gallery in New York. Curated by Virginia Dwan and directed by both Dwan and Robert Smithson it is considered the first Land Art exhibition even though, at the time, Land Art was not a term used to denominate that specific art style.

Announcement
Earthworks was officially announced in the October 1968 issue of Artforum with a full page photograph. Across the lower edge of it, the words "EARTH WORKS OCTOBER DWAN NEW YORK" could be read in a large font of all capitals. That same photograph had been featured the previous month in the September 1968 issue of Artforum as a half-page picture, without text.

The picture consists of a black-and-white photograph of a close-up of the imprint of rugged tire treads on a soggy dirt road with three words in small tupe on the lower right edge of the image: "Photo: Virginia Dwan".

The announcement card had a similar feel, as fine sand covered the surface of the thick letters on the heavy gray-brown mottled cardboard.