Cara Despain’s exhibition In Memoriam: Carbon Paintings at Utah’s Kimball Art Center confronted the pressing environmental and moral calamities of the American West.
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Two Las Cruces Exhibitions Explore the Fallout of Nuclear Weapons Testing
Cara Despain: Specter New Mexico at the NMSU Art Museum and Trinity: Legacies of Nuclear Testing at Branigan Cultural Center examine nuclear fallout impacting local Indigenous and settler communities.
Utah Artist Fellowship Program Awards $90,000 to 18 Artists
The Utah Artist Fellowship Program recognizes exceptional creativity in Utah artists with $5,000 awards.
Seven Days In, the New Mexico Museum of Art’s New Director Sets the Stakes
Marisa Sage’s art-is-for-everybody mandate might sound utopian, but at the helm of New Mexico’s most historically freighted museum, it’s a massive administrative challenge.
Southwest Art News: December 2025
Utah-born artist Alma Allen tapped for Venice Biennale, Colorado artist Danielle SeeWalker headed to the West Bank, and more top Southwest art news headlines for December 2025.
Bid Now in Southwest Contemporary‘s First-Ever Benefit Art Auction
Southwest Contemporary‘s Benefit Art Auction is stacked with beloved regional artists, from Judy Chicago to Virgil Ortiz. Support arts journalism and collect powerful artwork through June 7.
Announcing Southwest Contemporary‘s Art Party Fundraiser and Benefit Auction
Southwest Contemporary announces the Art Party, our first fundraiser event and benefit art auction in support of arts journalism in the Southwest on Friday, June 6, in Santa Fe.
Time Zero: How Radical Artistic Interventions Are Exposing the Nuclearized World
Time Zero podcast producer Sean J Patrick Carney on art and the nuclearized world, from the hyperlocal of the Trinity site to the planetary effects of nuclearism.
Fires Fires
“Fires Fires” is a personal essay by Caitlin Lorraine Johnson about the effect of global uncertainty on the small scale of a life.
Say Their Names: Artists Reflect on Nuclear Injustice in New Mexico
Trinity: Legacies of Nuclear Testing—A People’s Perspective at the Branigan Cultural Center in Las Cruces, New Mexico, showcases the work of seventeen artists to shed light on nuclear injustice.
Curator Profile: Jessica Kinsey at Southern Utah Museum of Art
Jessica Kinsey heads a small but growing team at the Southern Utah Museum of Art, a Cedar City institution that aims to replace culturally insular stereotypes with a community focus.
“Great” Salt Lake No More: How Utah’s Worsening Drought is Inspiring Artistic Reflection and Activism
The depletion of Utah’s Great Salt Lake is a symbol of the state’s worsening water crisis and has, throughout the past few years, inspired a diverse array of artistic responses.
Southwest Art News: November 2022
Catch up on recent art news headlines in the Southwest region, including people on the move, grants, and more.
New Salt Lake City Gallery Current Work Arrives at a Transitional Time for the Local Art Scene
Current Work, founded by longtime arts advocate Tiffini Porter, raises the contemporary art bar in Salt Lake City. The gallery also fills several sudden gaps in Utah’s creative ecosystem.
Fall for Southwest Contemporary’s Fall 2022 Art Guide
Fall back into these Southwest area art exhibitions in Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas, and Utah.
Southwest Art News: August 2025
Colorado poet laureate Andrea Gibson dies, Texas artists galvanize support for flood survivors, and more top Southwest art news headlines for August 2025.
Hyperlink and Land Report Collective Re-Activate a Uranium Mine Ghost Town in Remote Wyoming
If you can find it, Wyoming’s uranium mine ghost town Shirley Basin will surprise you with a treasure trove of eclectic art from Hyperlink and Land Report Collective members.
