From Bodies to Borderlands: Fall 2021 Exhibitions in Tucson, Arizona
Tucson galleries and museums are tackling an array of topics during the fall 2021 exhibition season, bringing together artists working in neon, sculpture, video, installation art, photography, and more.
Review: Mimi O Chun: It’s all cake at SMOCA
Mimi O Chun: It’s all cake at the Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art magnifies societal ills and amplifies women’s issues through soft materials.
Oct 15
Review: Four Exhibitions in Mesa Explore Visionary Arts
Mesa Contemporary Arts Museum in Arizona explores the Visionary Arts movement with exhibitions featuring Alex Grey and Allyson Grey plus several contemporary artists based in and beyond the Southwest.
Oct 13
Review: Peggy McGivern Retrospective at Taos Art Museum
Peggy McGivern’s retrospective at Taos Art Museum at Fechin Studio enters dreamscapes and everyday scenes, tracing forty years and more than seventy-five works by the Taos artist.
Oct 13
Remote Possibilities at the Harwood Museum of Art
Remote Possibilities: Digital Landscapes from the Thoma Foundation Collection presents digital art at the Harwood Museum of Art in Taos.
Oct 12
Review: Matthew Bourbon: Hive at the Fort Worth Community Art Center
Matthew Bourbon: Hive at the Fort Worth Community Art Center challenges us to settle our buzzing brains through bold color, composition, and paint-manipulation strategies.
Oct 08
A Conversation with the Neon Museum’s Executive Director Aaron Berger
Aaron Berger, the newly appointed executive director of the Neon Museum in Las Vegas, discusses his career, the city’s diversity embedded in the museum’s collection, and his passion for glassblowing.
Oct 07
Santa Fe Independent Film Festival Returns In-Person for 2021
The Santa Fe Independent Film Festival 2021 returns with a full line-up of screenings, panels, and events.
Oct 05
Forever Becoming Highlights Young Phoenix Artists at SMoCA
Eleven young Phoenix artists explore personal trauma, marginalized communities, environmental degradation, and other markers of contemporary society at the Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art.
Oct 04
Review: Rania Matar: SHE at Obscura Gallery
The photography exhibition Rania Matar: SHE at Obscura Gallery centers female complexity and empowerment.
Oct 01
SITE Santa Fe Presents Three New Fall Installations
SITE Santa Fe presents three multi-sensory installations by Joanna Keane Lopez, Oswaldo Maciá, and Johnny Ortiz for fall 2021.
Oct 01
Southwest Art News: October 2021
Catch up on recent art news headlines in the Southwest region, including people on the move, grants, and more.
Sep 29
Review: Hunt Slonem: Curiouser and Curiouser at K Contemporary
Hunt Slonem: Curiouser and Curiouser at K Contemporary in Denver features 200 pieces from the New York artist's career—including his signature bunnies.
Sep 29
Preview the 2021 Santa Fe Studio Tour
Discover work by Santa Fe artists in their working studios at the 2021 Santa Fe Studio Tour October 9-10 and 16-17.
Sep 28
Autumnal Celebrations: Taos Fall Arts Festival and Taos Wool Festival
The 2021 Taos Fall Arts Festival and Taos Wool Festival support local artistic expression while upholding the town’s artistic legacy of gathered celebrations of the land and art.
Sep 27
Strange Worlds and Memories Collide at Denver’s New Meow Wolf
During a long and dizzying tour of the new Meow Wolf in Denver, a local writer homes in on how the immersive experience conjures a Colorado vibe.
Sep 23
Review: The Art of SA Eats/Sabor a San Antonio at the McNay Art Museum
The McNay Art Museum celebrates San Antonio food culture with The Art of SA Eats, an exhibition combining poppy depictions of sweets and recreations of old-school restaurants and signage.
Sep 22
Review: Exposure: Native Art and Political Ecology at MoCNA
At the IAIA Museum of Contemporary Native Arts in Santa Fe, worldwide Indigenous artists render the effects of uranium mining and nuclear bomb testing on their lands and people.
Sep 21
Dallas’s Ash Studios: An Interview with Fred Villanueva and Darryl Ratcliff
Ash Studios is a Dallas community art space inspiring art entrepreneurship and collaborations with the end goal of raising awareness for social justice issues and underrepresented artists.
Sep 20
Art + Environment Conference Virtually Expands at Nevada Museum of Art
Nevada Museum of Art’s Art + Environment Conference transitions to a virtual format with the potential to expand audiences and present more diverse perspectives on Land Art.
Sep 17
Review: Thais Mather: Western Blue at form & concept
Thais Mather: Western Blue at Santa Fe’s form & concept ponders the comprehensive characteristics of the color blue in a cunning display of sculptural installations, micro-pointillist drawings, watercolors, and holograms.
Sep 16
Denver Selfie Museum Isn’t Intellectual, Challenging, or Deep—And That’s Exactly How It Likes It
The Denver Selfie Museum is a pleasant, photogenic distraction during trying times.
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