Jordan Eddy

ProfileUtah

Joe Pachak of Utah vanished and was found deceased. The beloved artist and archeologist's small community cradles his fiery legacy.

Nath Kapoor • September 15, 2026

ExhibitionsSouthwest

The fevered tone of the national political discourse aligns with the Southwest art world, where thirty-six top exhibitions forecast frenetic, empowered conversations this fall.

Jordan Eddy • September 10, 2026

FeatureNew MexicoVol. 14 Alien

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.

Jordan Eddy • September 04, 2026

From the EditorVol. 14 Alien

Aliens invaded the culture again this year. Southwest writers and contemporary artists had already made compassionate contact.

Jordan Eddy and Natalie Hegert • September 04, 2026

Studio VisitColoradoVol. 14 Alien

Shaping a wild array of materials, Denver-based sculptor Kate Casanova explores the "post-human" through gut feelings.

Camille LeFevre • September 04, 2026

EssayNevadaVol. 14 Alien

In the Las Vegas exurb of Pahrump, Nevada, UFO culture and human alienation converge in Mars-like terrain.

Alejandra Lara • September 04, 2026

ReviewTexasVol. 14 Alien

In Historia Sintética at Dallas Contemporary, Francisco Moreno blends history and fantasy to shape a surreal new reality.

Emma S. Ahmad • September 04, 2026

ReviewNew MexicoVol. 14 Alien

As the U.S. hits a major anniversary, the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture gathers American imagery with Indigenous origins.

Kathryne Lim • September 04, 2026

ArtistsNevadaVol. 14 Alien

Step aside, quirky and drab extraterrestrials. Faye Lenore reimagines alien iconography with atypical panache.

Max Stone • September 04, 2026

ArtistsNew MexicoVol. 14 Alien

Jess Merritt’s mixed-media photographs and sculptures may stir the subconscious, but they're grounded in the Southwest landscape.

Adele Oliveira • September 04, 2026

NewsArizona

Tucson artists are reeling—and reminiscing—amid the displacement of a forty-six-year-old photography gallery with international clout.

Lynn Trimble • August 27, 2026

NewsTexas

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.

Graciela Blandon • August 18, 2026

NewsSouthwest

Pueblo leaders lobby for Chaco protections, Shepard Fairey unveils New Mexico murals, and more top Southwest art news for August 2026.

Jordan Eddy • August 04, 2026

NewsColorado

Colorado's Anderson Ranch Arts Center honored Marilyn Minter for its 60th anniversary, affirming its faith in artistic risk and grit-infused glamour.

Emilie Trice • July 30, 2026

InterviewMexicoTexas

Curator Edgar Picazo Merino introduces Sutura, a fall art experience in El Paso and Ciudad Juárez that aims to stitch up a bloody borderlands metaphor.

Jordan Eddy • July 28, 2026

ProfileNew Mexico

On her path to the international art circuit, Emmi Whitehorse had to defend her aesthetic at every turn. The Diné artist reflects on Jaune Quick-to-See Smith, the Venice Biennale, and more.

Camille LeFevre • July 16, 2026

ReviewNew Mexico

Retraction: This review of The Rest Is Drag at 516 Arts has been removed.

• July 14, 2026

NewsSouthwest

Denver museum workers ratify historic union contract, Dallas mural fight escalates to $25 million lawsuit, and more top Southwest art news for July 2026.

Jordan Eddy • July 02, 2026

NewsNew MexicoNew York

New Mexico–based besties Erin Jane Nelson and Sarah M. Rodriguez are both in New York's Whitney Biennial. They have notes on its critical reception.

Sage Vogel • June 30, 2026

ProfileNew MexicoNew York

Nani Chacon's steel gods at the Whitney Museum match Manhattan's skyline. Now she's bringing the project home to the Navajo Nation.

Nancy Zastudil • June 25, 2026

NewsTexas

Young borderlands artists often face a choice: leave or turn art into a hobby. A nascent El Paso group is shooting for a "second chance."

Graciela Blandon • June 16, 2026

ProfileColorado

In the wake of Argentina’s last dictatorship, Ana María Hernando's artwork only grew softer. Her practice is undergirded by "unstoppable" community.

Maddie Browning • June 11, 2026

NewsTexas

At the El Paso Museum of Art, a slate of binational projects blurs everyday logistics with ever-intensifying border politics.

Graciela Blandon • June 09, 2026

FeatureNew Mexico

Native artist James Luna bequeathed his most famous performance to protégé Erica Lord. On the eve of a rare reprise in Santa Fe, she recounts its fraught evolution.

Jordan Eddy • June 05, 2026

NewsSouthwest

Border wall damages ancient Indigenous site in Arizona, Meow Wolf union votes on Santa Fe strike, and more top Southwest art news for June 2026.

Jordan Eddy • June 01, 2026

TravelColorado

Quest to an “authentically dangerous” castle, a James Turrell Skyspace, a water tank-turned-recording studio, and other Colorado art experiences worth a long detour.

Parker Yamasaki • May 28, 2026

Feature2026 New Mexico Field GuideNew Mexico

This summer, Unearthing Futures / Desenterrando Futuros brings together six artists working in adobe, tracing the material from ancestral building tradition to radical contemporary art practice.

Robin Babb • May 22, 2026

Feature2026 New Mexico Field GuideNew Mexico

Collectively governed by New Mexico’s nineteen Pueblos, the Albuquerque center marks its semicentennial as a “little pivot” between worlds.

Jordan Eddy • May 22, 2026

Studio VisitArizona

Neon nearly died at the altar of the LED revolution. Phoenix-based artist Lily Reeves is working to resurrect it, with literal witchcraft.

Royal Young • May 14, 2026

NewsNevada

When Will Durham realized Nevada's iconic neon signs were going dark, he started collecting them. Decades later he's opening The Light Circus Nevada Neon Museum in Reno.

Max Stone • May 13, 2026