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Here’s What it Costs to Run a Gallery in the Las Vegas Arts District
Priscilla Fowler Fine Art, which has closed after eight years, left its owner in debt—and doubting the viability of the Las Vegas Arts District.
July 26, 2024
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Zoë Zimmerman Captures the Elusive Intimacy of Recently Unearthed Fechin House Memorabilia
Zoë Zimmerman's painterly photographs of hair clippings, cigarettes, and other ephemera from a Taos house museum only hint at larger mysteries.
July 25, 2024
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Luchita Hurtado: Earth & Sky Interjected at the Harwood Museum of Art
Explore the dream-like and visionary artworks of Luchita Hurtado at the Harwood Museum in Taos, running from July 27, 2024, to February 23, 2025.
July 24, 2024
![Rendering of a rejected public art proposal with two silver figures running within a metal sphere.](https://southwestcontemporary.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Copy-of-Roger-Reutimann-Kai-Tak-Hong-Kong-Roger-Reutimann-425x425.jpg)
Succumb to Defeat or Persevere: Lessons from Rejected Public Art Proposals at the Arvada Center
I Regret to Inform You: Rejected Public Art explores the process of applying to and proposing a public art project, while grappling with the ubiquity of rejection.
July 23, 2024
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Faced with Attributions Controversy, Harwood Museum of Art Publicly Edits Santeros Exhibition
Despite concerns over artwork attributions, the Harwood Museum unveiled its show Unknown Santeros. Now experts are meticulously reshaping it.
July 19, 2024
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How International Arts Collective The Place Where Clouds Are Formed is Shifting Borderland Narratives
Artists and poets from Indigenous nation bisected by U.S.-Mexico border join with myriad voices to counter borderland crisis narratives in Tucson.
July 18, 2024
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Feral with Possibility: Harry Fonseca’s Queer Coyote Takes Center Stage in Small but Resonant Exhibition at the Heard
In the first exhibition to explore Harry Fonseca’s expressions of “queerness” through his beloved character Coyote, queer-Indigenous performativity takes center stage.
July 16, 2024
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Faced with Attributions Controversy, Harwood Museum of Art Publicly Edits Santeros Exhibition
Despite concerns over artwork attributions, the Harwood Museum unveiled its show Unknown Santeros. Now experts are meticulously reshaping it.
July 19, 2024
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How International Arts Collective The Place Where Clouds Are Formed is Shifting Borderland Narratives
Artists and poets from Indigenous nation bisected by U.S.-Mexico border join with myriad voices to counter borderland crisis narratives in Tucson.
July 18, 2024
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Laboratory Conditions: Despite Spring Layoffs, Meow Wolf’s Union Sees Encouraging Progress
Nearly four years into Meow Wolf's unionized era, employees say things are looking up despite a recent round of staff cuts.
July 11, 2024
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Jeffrey Gibson’s Rainbow-Wrapped Venice Pavilion Has a Gritty Southwestern Origin Story
Meet the team behind the Santa Fe-based mural project that brought Jeffrey Gibson's Indigenous, queer dreamland to the Venice Biennale.
July 09, 2024
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Southwest Art News: July 2024
Barbie mania ends and a new fashion era begins at Phoenix Art Museum, and other recent Southwest art news headlines.
July 03, 2024
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Melissa Joseph Reimagines Artpace Residency as Large-Scale “Love Letter” to San Antonio, Texas
On a recent residency, New York-based artist Melissa Joseph fell in love with the "intertwined" community of San Antonio. The feeling is mutual.
July 01, 2024
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Must-See Southwest Art Exhibitions: Southwest Contemporary’s Summer 2024 Art Guide
Don't miss these essential Southwest summer art exhibitions in New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado, Utah, Texas, and Nevada.
June 27, 2024
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Luchita Hurtado: Earth & Sky Interjected at the Harwood Museum of Art
Explore the dream-like and visionary artworks of Luchita Hurtado at the Harwood Museum in Taos, running from July 27, 2024, to February 23, 2025.
July 24, 2024
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SWC Readers, Snag Your Free VIP Pass to Art Santa Fe
Santa Fe's only contemporary art fair features more than seventy local and global galleries and artists showcasing hundreds of artworks, July 12–14, 2024.
July 10, 2024
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Vladem Contemporary Ignites Santa Fe Nights with Art After Dark
Step into a world of after-hours magic and experience art that transcends time and space at the New Mexico Museum of Art Vladem Contemporary in Santa Fe.
July 09, 2024
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Luchita Hurtado: Earth & Sky Interjected at the Harwood Museum of Art
Explore the dream-like and visionary artworks of Luchita Hurtado at the Harwood Museum in Taos, running from July 27, 2024, to February 23, 2025.
July 24, 2024
![Rendering of a rejected public art proposal with two silver figures running within a metal sphere.](https://southwestcontemporary.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Copy-of-Roger-Reutimann-Kai-Tak-Hong-Kong-Roger-Reutimann-425x425.jpg)
Succumb to Defeat or Persevere: Lessons from Rejected Public Art Proposals at the Arvada Center
I Regret to Inform You: Rejected Public Art explores the process of applying to and proposing a public art project, while grappling with the ubiquity of rejection.
July 23, 2024
![Lithograph of Harry Fonseca's Coyote character in front of a red brick wall, wearing a leather jacket.](https://southwestcontemporary.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/IAC-1705-425x425.jpg)
Feral with Possibility: Harry Fonseca’s Queer Coyote Takes Center Stage in Small but Resonant Exhibition at the Heard
In the first exhibition to explore Harry Fonseca’s expressions of “queerness” through his beloved character Coyote, queer-Indigenous performativity takes center stage.
July 16, 2024
![A dark gallery with visitors viewing a wide screen with pink and purple flower animation by teamLab.](https://southwestcontemporary.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Flowers-and-People-A-Whole-Year-Per-Hour-by-teamLab-2020.-Courtesy-of-the-artist-and-Denver-Art-Museum-425x425.jpg)
In Biophilia, Nature is Exalted, But Does it Compel Connection?
"Biophilic design," which emulates the natural environment, is undoubtedly having a moment. So how does the Denver Art Museum’s latest design exhibition expand on this discourse?
July 05, 2024
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Museum of International Folk Art Presents Amidst Cries from the Rubble: Art of Loss and Resilience from Ukraine
Ukraine's art of loss and resilience shines in new exhibition at the Museum of International Folk Art in Santa Fe. On view through April 20, 2025.
July 02, 2024
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Must-See Southwest Art Exhibitions: Southwest Contemporary’s Summer 2024 Art Guide
Don't miss these essential Southwest summer art exhibitions in New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado, Utah, Texas, and Nevada.
June 27, 2024
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Xicanx Artists Shine Light on San Antonio’s Cultural Landscape in Landmark Exhibition
Xicanx: Dreamers + Changemakers explores themes of community, borderlands, activism, home, identity, and the importance of public murals. On view at Contemporary at Blue Star in San Antonio through October6, 2024.
June 27, 2024
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Melissa Joseph Reimagines Artpace Residency as Large-Scale “Love Letter” to San Antonio, Texas
On a recent residency, New York-based artist Melissa Joseph fell in love with the "intertwined" community of San Antonio. The feeling is mutual.
July 01, 2024
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Utah Artist Fellowships: Celebrating Creativity in the Beehive State
The Utah Division of Arts & Museums proudly presents the 2024 Utah Artist Fellowship Recipients, awarded for their artistic excellence.
June 20, 2024
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Between Sky and Spirit: Aleya Hoerlein’s Artistic Voyage through Abstract Realms
Raised on art and transcendental meditation, Taos-based artist and collectivist Aleya Hoerlein paints beyond this world.
June 12, 2024
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Jarrett West: Working with Poise and Simplicity
Santa Fe–based artist Jarrett West creates large-scale ceramic stonework sculptures that evoke the drama of nature and the organic architecture of New Mexico.
May 24, 2024
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Work in Progress with Nick Larsen
Nick Larsen, who gives a talk about his Nevada Museum exhibition this Thursday, explores an invisible history through collage by “pulling from what already exists to visualize something that doesn’t.”
April 02, 2024
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Jenna Maurice Investigates the Language of the Complicated Human Experience
Jenna Maurice, currently a resident artist at RedLine Contemporary Art Center in Denver, discusses how relationships with humans and the natural environment shine through her artworks. She also ponders nonverbal communication and life’s various gray areas.
March 18, 2024
![Nanavöga by Duwawisioma (Victor Masayesva Jr.) illustrates a katsina resting on a bed of cash and dried pine needles, looking forebodingly across a bridge towards the viewer; one of its eyes is a casino slot machine and the other a film reel.](https://southwestcontemporary.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Victor-Masayesva-Jr.-_Nanavoga_-Negative-Date-1996-Print-Date-2023-Archival-Pigment-Print-23.5x18.75_-©-Victor-Masayesva-425x425.jpg)
An Essential Retrospective of Hopi Artist Duwawisioma at Tucson’s Andrew Smith Gallery
Duwawisioma’s (Victor Masayesva Jr.) retrospective exhibition Màatakuyma at Andrew Smith Gallery in Tucson solidifies the Hopi artist’s importance in contemporary photographic and Indigenous artistic discourse.
March 05, 2024
In Print
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The Insider’s View: Studio Tours Across New Mexico
Artist studio tours across New Mexico illustrate the enduring power of creative exchange—and give visitors an insider's view of the artistic process.
May 24, 2024
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Field Report: Roswell, New Mexico
"Come for the aliens, stay for the art!" sums up the compelling reasons to visit Roswell, New Mexico—a mecca for UFO culture and contemporary art.
May 24, 2024
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Albuquerque Local Gem Exhibit/208 Celebrates 25 Years
Artist Kim Arthun reflects on decades spent holding space for contemporary art for the Albuquerque community.
May 24, 2024
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Maida Branch and Johnny Ortiz-Concha: Life and Art as Sacred Continuum
Maida Branch and Johnny Ortiz-Concha, the New Mexico-based founders of Maida Goods and / shed, reclaim daily life as an artistic practice.
May 24, 2024
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Jarrett West: Working with Poise and Simplicity
Santa Fe–based artist Jarrett West creates large-scale ceramic stonework sculptures that evoke the drama of nature and the organic architecture of New Mexico.
May 24, 2024
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Trash, Trinkets, and Thingamabobs: Exploring Roadside Attractions in New Mexico
An eclectic guide to New Mexico's so-called outsider art monuments made from all sorts of oddities.
May 24, 2024
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Watch Zozobra Burn for the 100th Time
August 2024 will usher in one hundred years of setting Zozobra ablaze—a ceremony of fire, redemption, and the incineration of Santa Fe’s gloom.
May 24, 2024