Mesmerizing Flesh with Tamara Kostianovsky
Ogden Contemporary Arts presents Mesmerizing Flesh, a solo exhibition of work by globally recognized textile artist Tamara Kostianovsky.
February 09, 2023
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Erin Burrell’s Cartoonish Nudes Upend Masculinity at HeyThere Projects
I Like You, Erin Burrell’s colorfully irreverent exhibition at HeyThere Projects, upends the core tenets of masculinity in one fell swoop.
February 08, 2023
Three Exhibitions at RioBravoFineArt Gallery
RioBravoFineArt Gallery's winter 2023 season in Truth or Consequences features artwork by Nolan Winkler, Darlene Olivia McElroy, Paul White, and Gregory Montreuil.
February 07, 2023
Southwest Artist and Writer Residencies with Winter–Spring 2023 Deadlines
Southwest artist residencies in Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, and some beyond with deadlines between Winter and Spring 2023.
February 06, 2023
Southwest Art News: February 2023
Catch up on recent art news headlines in the Southwest region, including people on the move, grants, and more.
February 06, 2023
Utah’s New State Flag, To the Disappointment of Some, Won’t Depict the State Fish Wielding the State Firearm
During the Utah state and Salt Lake City flag competitions, residents fall in love with Grant Miller’s dark-horse design heavy on clowning state symbols and imagery.
February 03, 2023
American Framing at Palm Springs Art Museum Peeks into America’s Complex Psyche
American Framing, a Palm Springs Art Museum exhibition by Paul Andersen and Paul Preissner, contemplates the pillars of American architecture.
February 02, 2023
Lucha Libre: Beyond the Arenas at ASU Art Museum
Lucha Libre: Beyond the Arenas is a compelling mix of art and artifacts that elevate themes of identity, power, resistance, and performance.
January 31, 2023
A Brief History of Sonoran Modern, Illuminated by Tucson Modernism Week
Sonoran Modern shaped Southern Arizona architecture nearly eighty years ago. Tucson Modernism Week makes a dedicated effort to highlight the region’s distinctive mid-century modern style.
January 30, 2023
Work in Progress with Wren Ross
Wren Ross, a Park City, Utah, painter and social worker, plumbs our collective unconscious with stirring, uncanny work, where movement becomes a crucible for visual creation.
January 27, 2023
Anthony Bondi’s Archive Establishes a Provenance for Las Vegas Arts
Anthony Bondi’s standalone archive of Las Vegas arts from 1990 to 2015 recalls the Underground and the Committee for Public Safety, and sheds a light on the city’s cultural amnesia. […]
January 26, 2023
Many Wests: Artists Shape an American Idea
Many Wests: Artists Shape an American Idea at the Utah Museum of Fine Arts in Salt Lake City examines the perspectives of dozens of artists who offer a broader and more inclusive view of the American West.
January 25, 2023
Core Contemporary in Las Vegas Moves Locations, Expands Scope
Core Contemporary in Las Vegas, under the direction of Nancy Good, focuses on local artist standbys and self-taught outsider artists in exhibition themes ranging from gun violence to queer aliens.
January 25, 2023
The Wright Contemporary Counters Winter Blues with Florals and Blooms
The Wright Contemporary in Taos brings brightness to winter with bloom-inspired artworks in the exhibition Botanicals.
January 24, 2023
Work in Progress with Patricia Sannit
Patricia Sannit, in this deeply personal visit to her Phoenix studio, reflects on the ways loss, vulnerable ecologies, and recent residencies in Iceland and Sweden are shifting her practice.
January 24, 2023
Fate of Utah’s Outsider Art Site The Christian School Remains In Flux
Salt Lake City’s Christian School, the brainchild of late artist Ralphael Plescia, is in limbo as an arts organization’s preservation efforts are hampered by the recent sale of the property.
January 23, 2023
When, Where, and How Did Phoenix’s Downtown Art Scene Commence? Four Local Artists Remember.
Janet de Berge Lange, Jeff Falk, James B. Hunt, and Annie Lopez—in roundtable style—dish on downtown Phoenix’s art scene pre-America West Arena and prior to First Friday.
January 20, 2023
Gerald Peters Contemporary Highlights 1960s Printmaking
Gerald Peters Gallery features two prominent and experimental printmakers of the 1960s, Garo Antreasian and Phyllis Sloane.
January 19, 2023
Albuquerque’s birds + Richard and Richard B Reimagine Art and Dining
Albuquerque’s birds + Richard gallery and Richard B restaurant blur the lines between dinner party and exhibition opening with an invitation to take in art with a side of gastronomy.
January 19, 2023
Work in Progress with Mario Zoots
Mario Zoots is a Denver-based artist who has explored the medium of collage for nearly fifteen years, and pushed against the genre's boundaries and expectations.
January 17, 2023
Riding Off into the Sunsets at Everybody in Tucson
Sunsets at Everybody in Tucson is a group exhibition of 16mm video, silver-gelatin prints, and sculptural fabrications that share formally austere and technically complex approaches to composition.
January 16, 2023
Under New Leadership, the Springville Museum of Art Remains Essential to Utah Arts and Arts Education
Springville Museum of Art, newly helmed by Emily Larsen, is one of Utah’s oldest visual arts institutions—and a crucial component of the state’s arts education networks.
January 13, 2023
A Win for Underserved Communities: New Mexico Sustainable Architecture Firms AOS and MASS Team Up
The combined Santa Fe offices of AOS Architects and MASS Design Group will help expand the humanitarian architecture footprint for Native and non-Native communities in New Mexico and beyond.
January 12, 2023
Alternative Worlds of What Ifs, Brought to You by Angel Cabrales
Angel Cabrales, a devotee of science, sci-fi, and his own cultural heritage based in El Paso, creates alternate worlds that are more playful than the serious and broken one we live in.
January 11, 2023
Arizona Commission on the Arts Currently Fails to Represent the Whole State
Arizona Commission on the Arts' new director says its governing board lacks geographic diversity, which goes against Arizona statute. It’s not the only violation of state law involving the agency.
January 09, 2023
Announcing SWC’s Inaugural Community Editorial Advisory Board
Southwest Contemporary announces our inaugural Community Editorial Advisory Board, a group of arts leaders from across the region who will provide us with critical feedback about important stories we need to tell.
January 06, 2023
Exhibiting an Archive of a Shadow: Southwest Reflections at the Millicent Rogers
At the Millicent Rogers Museum, Southwest Reflections: Between Shadows of the Land takes an interdisciplinary and intercultural approach to the place now known as New Mexico.
January 05, 2023
Curator Profile: María del Mar González-González Sparks Conversations About Latinx Art
María del Mar González-González, a Utah-based curator, bolsters artist voices that are too often relegated to the fringes of discussions about Latinx art.
January 04, 2023
The Center Can Not Hold Illustrates the Temporal Nature of Our Cores
The Center Can Not Hold—curated by Hikmet Sidney Loe and featuring works by Anne Mooney, John Sparano, and Hannah Vaughn—explores the varied meanings of holding space through architecture.
January 03, 2023
Looking Back: Southwest Contemporary’s 2022 in Review
Lauren Tresp, publisher and editor, looks back at 2022, a year of growth, engagement, and relationship-building for Southwest Contemporary.
December 31, 2022
