Land Forms, The Paintings of Robert R. Compton at James Compton Gallery
Experience the vibrant landscape paintings this September in Santa Fe. On view September 13–29, 2024.
September 11, 2024
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ReviewNew MexicoVol. 10 Radical Futures
Trying to See the Constellations for the Stars in Vladem Contemporary’s Dizzying Exhibition Off-Center
Off-Center at Vladem Contemporary is a three-decade survey of New Mexico art with myriad bright spots—but how are they connected?
September 06, 2024
A Double Prism Materializes on Canyon Road through REDHORN and When The Earth Was Young
At Smoke the Moon, two exhibitions of contemporary Indigenous artists consider histories of specific geographies and foster a dialogue countering today’s apocalyptic cynicism.
September 10, 2024
FeatureArizonaVol. 10 Radical Futures
The Ants of Biosphere 2
Seeking fresh hope in the 20th-century futurisms of Arizona architectural marvels Biosphere 2, Taliesin West, and Arcosanti.
September 06, 2024
ReviewUtahVol. 10 Radical Futures
Asserting the Humanity Behind Border Politics through Play and PDA at the Kimball Center
In the Shadow of the Wall at the Kimball Art Center offers poignant and playful perspectives on the border wall, beyond political controversy.
September 06, 2024
FEMA Artworks: Climate Resiliency, Photography and Storytelling at Ogden Contemporary Arts
At Ogden Contemporary Arts, artists share stories of resilience in the face of climate change. On view through October 13, 2024, in Ogden, Utah.
August 21, 2024
Concurrent Exhibitions at the UMFA Highlight Impressionism and Photography’s Mutual Influence
Together, Blue Grass, Green Skies and Photo-Secession present a unique dialogue between painting and photography in new Salt Lake City exhibitions. On view through December 29, 2024.
September 10, 2024
FeatureNevadaVol. 10 Radical Futures
Emily Budd Breaks the Mold: Founder of the Foundry Project Aluminati
Emily Budd, founder of Aluminati, challenges the norms of monument-making, advocating for diversity and inclusion in public art.
September 06, 2024
Past Deposits from a Future Yet to Come: A Sweeping Saga of Everyday Objects in Austin’s Waterloo Park
Teresa Hubbard and Alexander Birchler's colossal new video installation, Past Deposits from a Future Yet to Come, dramatically explores the archeological record of Austin's Waller Creek.
August 20, 2024
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.
September 06, 2024
InterviewNew MexicoVol. 10 Radical Futures
“Can I Sit With You?”: Interview with a Piñon
In an experimental sound artwork, an art and ecology research collective talks with an elder piñon pine about the future and other arboreal concerns.
September 06, 2024
In Woven from the Center, Native Baskets Bear Capitalist Marks—but Cradle Sovereign Values
Surface-level market forces are no match for ancestral traditions in veteran ethnologist Diane Dittemore’s new basketry book Woven from the Center.
August 16, 2024
FeatureNew MexicoVol. 10 Radical Futures
Virgil Ortiz: Historical Memory, Indigenous Futurisms, and the Art of Storytelling in 2180
Drawing from his community’s roots in social commentary, Virgil Ortiz crafts a future without limitations, and his epic series Revolt 1680/2180 reaches a climax this fall.
September 06, 2024
EssayTexasVol. 10 Radical Futures
Farewell to Giants: The Uncertain Futures of Two Crumbling Land Art Works
Jon Revett compares and contrasts two monumental works of art, Amarillo Ramp and Cadillac Ranch, and discusses their possible futures.
September 06, 2024
A Market Cosmology: Five Indigenous Exhibitions and Events to Enrich Your SWAIA Indian Market Experience
While you're in Santa Fe for Indian Market, don't miss these Native arts experiences at Container, Hecho a Mano, Museum of Indian Arts and Culture, and beyond.
August 13, 2024
InterviewColoradoVol. 10 Radical Futures
“I don’t think there’s going to be any future that’s not radical”: an interview with Pamela Zoline
Pamela Zoline speaks with Noah Travis Phillips about the Colorado Plateau, recent work, and the science that excites her.
September 06, 2024
To the Next Five Years and Beyond: From the Publisher
Southwest Contemporary owner and publisher Lauren Tresp reflects on our five-year anniversary—and all of the work that is still to come.
September 03, 2024
Tina Mion Delves Deep Into Family Trauma While Broadening Her Oeuvre at Kouri + Corrao Gallery
Tina Mion ventures into unexplored territory in her exhibition Departures, through death spoon sculptures and paintings about her brother’s death.
August 13, 2024
Studio VisitNew MexicoVol. 10 Radical Futures
Mallery Quetawki: Circulatory Systems + Translational Aesthetics
Mallery Quetawki paints cross-cultural translations that help bridge futures between Indigenous communities and science and medical professionals.
September 06, 2024
WritingsColoradoRadical Futures
The Life-Warmth of the Universe
Noah Travis Phillips’s more optimistic, queer, and contemporary “cover” of Pamela Zoline’s feminist collage sci-fi classic “The Heat Death of the Universe.”
September 06, 2024
Tamarind Presents Tender Observer, Danielle Orchard’s Intimate Exploration of Form and Light
Experience Danielle Orchard's profound sense of storytelling at the Tamarind Institute in Albuquerque. An opening reception and curator tour will take place on Friday, August 23.
August 13, 2024
Accidental Utopia: An Introduction to Radical Futures
In Southwest Contemporary Vol. 10: Radical Futures, curator and conceptual artist Ian Breidenbach ruminates on creative agency and utopian praxis as the guest juror for this issue.
September 06, 2024
Southwest Art News: September 2024
Diné artist joins fight to close uranium hauling loophole on the Navajo Nation, and more Southwest art news headlines for September 2024.
August 30, 2024
Inside Southwest ContemporaryNew Mexico
Critical Commons 2024: Santa Fe
Southwest Contemporary announces Critical Commons 2024: Santa Fe, the fourth iteration of our annual initiative to cultivate creative and critical discourse with a range of events.
August 09, 2024
ArtistsTexasVol. 10 Radical Futures
Bonny Leibowitz: Radical Futures
Texas-based artist Bonny Leibowitz creates hybridized installations of natural and manufactured materials that reflect the impacts of isolation, environmental degradation, and human conflict.
September 06, 2024
Studio VisitNew MexicoVol. 10 Radical Futures
Jason Garcia: The Futurism of Narrative Change
In bold pop culture style, Santa Clara Pueblo artist Jason Garcia envisions Native futures by challenging narratives that have always kept us in the past.
September 06, 2024
Artist-Prisoners Offer “Expansive View of Incarceration” at Museum of International Folk Art
The large-scale prison art show Between the Lines grew from an interactive display focused on trust building with impacted communities.
August 09, 2024
ArtistsNevadaVol. 10 Radical Futures
Nancy Good: Radical Futures
Las Vegas-based artist Nancy Good blends AI-generated imagery with handcrafted process in a new series of cyborgian self-portraits.
September 06, 2024
“These Words Have a Directness”: Anna Tsouhlarakis on the National Tour of The Native Guide Project
As Anna Tsouhlarakis presents an elaborate Northeastern rendition of The Native Guide Project, she looks back on the Southwestern roots of her artistic practice.
August 29, 2024
Years in the Making, Exploding Native Inevitable is a Portrait of a Movement in Full Bloom
With a nod to Andy Warhol's most raucous series, this Scottsdale show of contemporary Native art explodes expectations of medium and message.
August 08, 2024
