Seven Magic Mountains is a vibrant art installation of towering, painted boulders that creates a stunning contrast against the serene desert landscape, perfect for photo ops.
"Vegas via I-15, 10 miles south of the Strip. The massive, 30-foot-high neon-painted limestone totems cut an incredible picture against the desert. The work looks like neon ice cream cones rising from the desert floor, but no, it's not part of the Neon Museum; it's an awe-inspiring installation, for sure, but in an otherworldly way. The work has been so popular that the Nevada Museum of Art, which commissioned the piece along with New York’s Art Production Fund, has already extended its stay several times (it opened in 2016 and had been scheduled to be dismantled in 2021). And while there’s a certain boy-who-cried-wolf quality to this artwork, which has been warning of its dismantling for years, this time it’s serious: its lease expires at the end of 2026, and because of the planned expansion of Harry Reid International Airport, it will have to move by then. So see it before it’s gone—really." - Andrea Bennett
"About 10 miles south of the Strip is Seven Magic Mountains, a group of neon-colored totems created by Swiss artist Ugo Rondinone, and a very popular site with shutterbugs." - Travel + Leisure Editors
"Most people visit Las Vegas for casinos and crazy night clubs, but drive 10 miles beyond the Sin City walls and you’ll come face to face with one of Nevada’s most unique and unknown sights, the Seven Magic Mountains. Built as a public art exhibit by Swiss artist Ugo Rondinone, the 30-foot fluorescent “totems” stand like brightly colored beacons lighting up the desert sky. Rondinone used locally sourced boulders, and chose this location because it’s “physically and symbolically mid-way between the natural and the artificial.” Visitors can walk right up to the stacked boulders, as well as read interpretive signage and use cell phones to listen to an audio tour. Update as of July 2019: Though the Seven Magic Mountains were intended to be taken down in 2018, the Bureau of Land Management issued a three-year permit for the display to remain through the end of 2021." - ATLAS_OBSCURA
"Most people visit Las Vegas for casinos and crazy night clubs, but drive 10 miles beyond the Sin City walls and you’ll come face to face with one of Nevada’s most unique and unknown sights, the Seven Magic Mountains. Built as a public art exhibit by Swiss artist Ugo Rondinone, the 30-foot fluorescent “totems” stand like brightly colored beacons lighting up the desert sky. Rondinone used locally sourced boulders, and chose this location because it’s “physically and symbolically mid-way between the natural and the artificial.” Visitors can walk right up to the stacked boulders, as well as read interpretive signage and use cell phones to listen to an audio tour. Update as of July 2019: Though the Seven Magic Mountains were intended to be taken down in 2018, the Bureau of Land Management issued a three-year permit for the display to remain through the end of 2021." - ATLAS_OBSCURA
"Most people visit Las Vegas for casinos and crazy night clubs, but drive 10 miles beyond the Sin City walls and you’ll come face to face with one of Nevada’s most unique and unknown sights, the Seven Magic Mountains. Built as a public art exhibit by Swiss artist Ugo Rondinone, the 30-foot fluorescent “totems” stand like brightly colored beacons lighting up the desert sky. Rondinone used locally sourced boulders, and chose this location because it’s “physically and symbolically mid-way between the natural and the artificial.” Visitors can walk right up to the stacked boulders, as well as read interpretive signage and use cell phones to listen to an audio tour. Update as of July 2019: Though the Seven Magic Mountains were intended to be taken down in 2018, the Bureau of Land Management issued a three-year permit for the display to remain through the end of 2021." - ATLAS_OBSCURA
