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FeatureNew MexicoVol. 14 Alien
Enemy Aliens
The Southwest was a central stage for Japanese American incarceration during World War II. In a new exhibition in Santa Fe, descendants cross generational divides to surface submerged histories.
September 04, 2026
From the Editors: Southwest Contemporary Vol. 14 — Alien
Aliens invaded the culture again this year. Southwest writers and contemporary artists had already made compassionate contact.
September 04, 2026
To be alien: Guest Juror Leslie Moody Castro
Leslie Moody Castro reflects on the slippery definition of "alien" through the artists featured in Southwest Contemporary Vol. 14: ALIEN.
September 04, 2026
Tableland Vertigo: Surveying Circles of the Llano Estacado
Crop circles on the High Plains? Julian Francolino meditates on questions of alienness and human intervention in agriculture and art in Eastern New Mexico and West Texas.
September 04, 2026
Guillermo Gómez-Peña’s Guide to Alien Encounters
For nearly four decades, Guillermo Gómez-Peña has revisited alien iconography. Graciela Blandon grapples with his new AI project, and what his little green men teach us about facing the unfamiliar.
September 04, 2026
Accidentally on Purpose: Daniel and Maruca Salazar Reflect on 50 Years as Chicano Artists
Daniel and Maruca Salazar’s retrospective Accidentally on Purpose - Pasó lo que tenía que pasar at Museo de las Americas celebrates fifty years of Chicano art and activism in Denver.
September 04, 2026
Studio VisitColoradoVol. 14 Alien
Kate Casanova: The Spiral of Studio Practice
Shaping a wild array of materials, Denver-based sculptor Kate Casanova explores the "post-human" through gut feelings.
September 04, 2026
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Announcing Southwest Contemporary Weekend 2026
Southwest Contemporary announces a weekend of programming this September, encompassing a convening to consider the state of the Southwest art ecosystem and the second annual Art Party and auction in support of Southwest's independent art journalism.
July 28, 2026
Fifty Years On and With Last Living Member Present, Flagstaff Exhibition Reunites Works by This Hopi Artist Collective
With Artist Hopid Unveiled, the Museum of Northern Arizona celebrates the shared cultural voice of the groundbreaking Indigenous artist collective founded in the 1970s.
August 25, 2026
A Year After NEA Grant Rug Pull, Arts Orgs Share Tactics for a Lean Era
Since a seismic round of NEA grant retractions in 2025, arts organizations have overhauled funding strategies with stability in mind.
August 21, 2026
How a Texas Frame Shop Turned Itself Into a Career Springboard for Artists
They were fast friends who started a frame shop in El Paso. Five years later, their "extra risky" move has paid off for the local creative community.
August 18, 2026
Streaming Killed the Video Stars, Except These Ones
Santa Fe’s last video store, a nonprofit in Albuquerque, and an archive in Texas venerate and preserve analog media in the age of AI.
August 11, 2026
Once an Intern at El Paso’s Rubin Center, Andres Payan Estrada Makes History as Its New Director
As the Rubin Center for the Visual Arts's first homegrown director, Andres Payan Estrada understands the opportunities and challenges of borderlands arts.
August 04, 2026
Southwest Art News: August 2026
Pueblo leaders lobby for Chaco protections, Shepard Fairey unveils New Mexico murals, and more top Southwest art news for August 2026.
August 04, 2026
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Faces of Time: Daniel D Stine on Coming Home to Painting
Ahead of his exhibition Faces of Time at New Concept Gallery in Santa Fe, Daniel D Stine spoke with Jamie McLaren about his influences and meticulous line work.
September 04, 2026
100 Photographers For One Night Only: Explore CENTER’s Portfolio Walk
CENTER's Portfolio Walk brings 100 juried photographers to Santa Fe's Farmers' Market Pavilion, October 24, as part of Review Santa Fe's 25th year.
September 04, 2026
Deborah Fritz Celebrates Complementary Artistic Visions in New Work by Melinda K. Hall and Gigi Mills
Deborah Fritz's two Santa Fe galleries open contrasting exhibitions this September—Melinda K. Hall's playful memory-work and Gigi Mills's contemplative landscapes.
September 04, 2026
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Studio VisitColoradoVol. 14 Alien
Kate Casanova: The Spiral of Studio Practice
Shaping a wild array of materials, Denver-based sculptor Kate Casanova explores the "post-human" through gut feelings.
September 04, 2026
Alien: Kevin Sloan
Kevin Sloan’s paintings of endangered species set against surreal, Edenic backdrops, remind the viewer how much beauty we have left to lose.
September 04, 2026
ArtistsNew MexicoVol. 14 Alien
Alien: Hayley Krichels
Hayley Krichels cuts up the hair, skin, and fingers of her human suit to imagine a new humanity of fragments.
September 04, 2026
ArtistsNew MexicoVol. 14 Alien
Alien: Jess Merritt
Jess Merritt’s mixed-media photographs and sculptures may stir the subconscious, but they're grounded in the Southwest landscape.
September 04, 2026
ArtistsNew MexicoVol. 14 Alien
Alien: Adrian Pijoan
Adrian Pijoan explores Bigfoot, UFOs, and paranormal belief, framing the supernatural as a social practice.
September 04, 2026
Alien: Faye Lenore
Step aside, quirky and drab extraterrestrials. Faye Lenore reimagines alien iconography with atypical panache.
September 04, 2026
Alien: Chantal Lesley
Chantal Lesley uses self-portraiture and the Andean concept of pachakuti to explore identity, belonging, and transformation across borders.
September 04, 2026
Exhibitions
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Accidentally on Purpose: Daniel and Maruca Salazar Reflect on 50 Years as Chicano Artists
Daniel and Maruca Salazar’s retrospective Accidentally on Purpose - Pasó lo que tenía que pasar at Museo de las Americas celebrates fifty years of Chicano art and activism in Denver.
September 04, 2026
Francisco Moreno’s Time-Bending Solo Combines Epic Sweep and Squirrelly Mischief
In Historia Sintética at Dallas Contemporary, Francisco Moreno blends history and fantasy to shape a surreal new reality.
September 04, 2026
Native Artists Depict the American Flag Throughout History in This Small-But-Weighty Survey
As the U.S. hits a major anniversary, the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture gathers American imagery with Indigenous origins.
September 04, 2026
(Re)sounding Basks in the Rapture and Discomfort of Sound Art
Kimball Art Center makes space for this group exhibition to zero in on our ears—and it's all-consuming.
September 04, 2026
Hilma’s Ghost Calls Viewers Into Their Circle of Activist Resistance
"We turn backward to move forward," explains the collective Hilma’s Ghost. Their work challenges erasure in the art historical canon and foregrounds female, queer, and trans artists.
September 04, 2026
Fifty Years On and With Last Living Member Present, Flagstaff Exhibition Reunites Works by This Hopi Artist Collective
With Artist Hopid Unveiled, the Museum of Northern Arizona celebrates the shared cultural voice of the groundbreaking Indigenous artist collective founded in the 1970s.
August 25, 2026
Witchcraft, Esoterica, and the Queer Resistance—A Queer Arcana Uncovers the Links
Esotericism and activism collide in A Queer Arcana, a wide-ranging exhibition of art and ephemera from the LGBTQ+ underground, part of the Palm Springs Art Museum's Q+ Art Initiative.
August 20, 2026
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FeatureNew MexicoVol. 14 Alien
Enemy Aliens
The Southwest was a central stage for Japanese American incarceration during World War II. In a new exhibition in Santa Fe, descendants cross generational divides to surface submerged histories.
September 04, 2026
From the Editors: Southwest Contemporary Vol. 14 — Alien
Aliens invaded the culture again this year. Southwest writers and contemporary artists had already made compassionate contact.
September 04, 2026
To be alien: Guest Juror Leslie Moody Castro
Leslie Moody Castro reflects on the slippery definition of "alien" through the artists featured in Southwest Contemporary Vol. 14: ALIEN.
September 04, 2026
Tableland Vertigo: Surveying Circles of the Llano Estacado
Crop circles on the High Plains? Julian Francolino meditates on questions of alienness and human intervention in agriculture and art in Eastern New Mexico and West Texas.
September 04, 2026
Studio VisitColoradoVol. 14 Alien
Kate Casanova: The Spiral of Studio Practice
Shaping a wild array of materials, Denver-based sculptor Kate Casanova explores the "post-human" through gut feelings.
September 04, 2026
Francisco Moreno’s Time-Bending Solo Combines Epic Sweep and Squirrelly Mischief
In Historia Sintética at Dallas Contemporary, Francisco Moreno blends history and fantasy to shape a surreal new reality.
September 04, 2026
InterviewNew MexicoVol. 14 Alien
MadVan Universe: an interview with Madison Van Der Lingen
Madison Van Der Lingen, an Albuquerque-based fashion designer balancing sustainability and maximalism, comments on the importance of being earnest, even while transcending worlds.
September 04, 2026
The Road
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These Amazing Art Cars of Arizona Are a True Form of Public Art
Massive mutant vehicles, novelty art cars, and custom lowriders—meet some of the makers devoted to this elaborate and often underappreciated art form.
August 06, 2026
Big Art, Hidden Vault, and More Tales from a Storied Strip of New Mexico Highway
From movie scenes to Scientology symbols, Jon Revett reflects on thirty-five years of traveling on the Conchas Highway, in a landscape of shifting cultural narratives.
May 08, 2026
The Office of Collecting and Design Leaves Las Vegas to Become a Roving Museum
Founder of the Office of Collecting and Design Jessica Oreck talks about the museum’s move into a trailer, her collecting origins, and how she meets her community on the road.
March 31, 2026
Tether
Through a tethered balloon camera, Anika Todd surveys Nevada's intertwined histories of speed, surveillance, and war.
March 20, 2026
Loneliness and Longing on Paco’s Trails
An archeologist seeks the carvings of a 20th-century sheepherder, tracing stories of lust and loss across a threatened landscape.
March 20, 2026
FeatureNew MexicoVol. 13 The Road
Return of the Buffalo
On a road trip across the former rangelands of the American bison, Cannupa Hanska Luger envisions a new monument.
March 20, 2026
FeatureSouthwestVol. 13 The Road
Marfas Everywhere
A million-dollar gambit in New Mexico is one of many small-town projects chasing the fabled success of Marfa, Texas. Can it actually be replicated?
March 20, 2026
