Southwest Art News: October 2025
Artists pressure Judy Chicago to cancel exhibition in Tel Aviv, Gallup Arts rejects grant funding in protest of escalating censorship, and more top Southwest art news headlines for October 2025.
October 02, 2025
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Southwest Art News: September 2025
Vail settles lawsuit with Danielle SeeWalker over her painting G is for Genocide, hundreds of culture organizations sign open letter denouncing censorship, and more top Southwest art news headlines for September 2025.
September 02, 2025
“You’re Being Zeroed Out”: How IAIA Battled Its Biggest Funding Threat in Decades
Institute of American Indian Arts leaders on turning the tides in their federal funding fight—and why it’s not over yet.
August 26, 2025
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.
August 05, 2025
Feature2025 New Mexico Field Guide
Kat Kinnick: Collages of Geographical Memory
Artist Kat Kinnick draws from her New Mexico surroundings to visualize a world more aligned with nature.
May 23, 2025
Ex-Employees Shed Light on CCA Santa Fe’s Bitter Unionization Battle
Center for Contemporary Arts Santa Fe kicked off the year with a labor organizing win for staff, but not without union-busting allegations and three staff departures.
March 20, 2025
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For Futuros Ancestral, Cultural Preservation is Synonymous with Innovation
New Mexico's fiber artists at Futuros Ancestral are weaving technology with tradition to preserve heritage textile practices for future generations.
March 07, 2025
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
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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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
Southwest Art News: May 2024
Catch up on recent art news headlines in the Southwest region, including people on the move, grants, and more.
May 01, 2024
Southwest Art News: April 2024
Catch up on recent art news headlines in the Southwest region, including people on the move, grants, and more.
April 02, 2024
Southwest Contemporary’s Spring 2024 Art Guide
From airborne sculptures unveiling alternate dimensions to place-based meditations on healing, these spring 2024 exhibitions reveal truths about the past and present to inspire meaningful engagement with an unfolding future.
March 06, 2024
Southwest Art News: March 2024
Catch up on recent art news headlines in the Southwest region, including people on the move, grants, and more.
March 04, 2024
Southwest Artist and Writer Residencies with Spring 2024 Deadlines
Southwest artist residencies in Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas, Utah, and more with Spring 2024 deadlines between February 17 and May 31.
February 16, 2024
