Jordan Eddy

From the EditorAt Large

A shadowy outlet is scavenging content from reputable art publications. It's a striking example of an AI-driven scam targeting artists.

Jordan Eddy and Lauren Tresp and Natalie Hegert • June 22, 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

From the Editor2026 New Mexico Field Guide

This edition of the New Mexico Field Guide is an invitation to take in a dynamic year of New Mexico arts programming—and then experience it in motion.

Jordan Eddy and Natalie Hegert • 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

NewsSouthwest

IAIA fights another proposed federal funding elimination, Acoma Pueblo challenges AI data center developer, and more top Southwest art news for May 2026.

Jordan Eddy and Rocío Marisol Rodríguez Linares • May 01, 2026

InterviewNew Mexico

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.

Jordan Eddy • April 09, 2026

NewsSouthwest

New Mexico Governor vetoes arts-related funding, Colorado lawmakers propose artist-first business bill, and more top Southwest art news for April 2026.

Jordan Eddy • April 01, 2026

FeatureSouthwestVol. 13 The Road

A million-dollar gambit in New Mexico is one of many small-town projects chasing the fabled success of Marfa, Texas. Can it actually be replicated?

Jordan Eddy • March 20, 2026

From the EditorVol. 13 The Road

Southwest Contemporary: The Road reconstitutes even the busiest Southwest arteries as byways that tether far-flung places and people.

Jordan Eddy and Natalie Hegert • March 20, 2026

NewsSouthwest

Texas university cancels ICE-critical exhibition, History Colorado expands its Borderlands initiative with Ken Salazar, and more top Southwest art news for March 2026.

Jordan Eddy • March 03, 2026

NewsNew Mexico

The just-announced curator of SITE Santa Fe's next biennial reveals his multi-venue ambitions for a show punctuated by immersive "moments of encounter."

Jordan Eddy • February 03, 2026

NewsSouthwest

IAIA avoids being federally "zeroed out," historic Native lawmaker and artist Ben Nighthorse Campbell dies, and more top Southwest art news for February 2026.

Jordan Eddy • February 03, 2026

ReviewNew Mexico

Tewa artists and scholars offer a challenge—along with tea, letters, and a remarkable map—to an institution whose namesake claimed their ancestral lands.

Jordan Eddy • January 27, 2026

NewsSouthwest

Roswell Museum's one-year update after major flood, three international biennials tap Southwest creatives, and more top Southwest art news for January 2026.

Jordan Eddy • January 06, 2026

EssayAt Large

At the unofficial wake of a legendary art magazine, a SWC editor weighs the real-world purpose of arts journalism.

Jordan Eddy • December 18, 2025

ExhibitionsSouthwest

The Southwest art world doesn't hibernate. SWC editorial director Jordan Eddy selects thirty-five exhibitions—and three hot trends—for the cold season.

Jordan Eddy • December 16, 2025

NewsSouthwest

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.

Jordan Eddy • December 02, 2025

FeatureNew MexicoVol. 12 Obsession

Abstract painter Agnes Martin sought isolation in New Mexico to stoke her obsessive practice. She found vibrant community.

Jordan Eddy • September 05, 2025

FeatureSouthwestThe Hyperlocal

Two fires marked Burmese artist Sitt Nyein Aye’s life. After his tragic death in Colorado, a tribute to his "Little Myanmar" of the Southwest.

Jordan Eddy • August 21, 2025

NewsSouthwest

Trump tries to zero out IAIA's federal funding, Pussy Riot founder arrives in Santa Fe after Los Angeles turmoil, and more top Southwest art news headlines for July 2025.

Jordan Eddy • July 01, 2025

NewsNew Mexico

SITE’s citywide exhibition Once Within a Time is about surreal flow—not completionism. Here’s your primer, with tips from insiders Cecilia Alemani and Brandee Caoba.

Jordan Eddy • June 24, 2025

NewsNew Mexico

FBI returns stolen paintings to Taos museum, Tulsa institution repatriates Native remains and artifacts, and more top Southwest art news headlines for June 2025.

Jordan Eddy • June 03, 2025

Feature2025 New Mexico Field Guide

Charged with reviving SITE Santa Fe’s storied biennial, world-renowned curator Cecilia Alemani unveils Once Within a Time, a citywide chorus of regional and global voices.

Jordan Eddy • May 23, 2025

NewsSouthwest

Suki Seokyeong Kang dies amid landmark Southwest show, Nevada Humanities gets a lifeline after NEH cuts, and more top Southwest art news headlines for May 2025.

Jordan Eddy • May 01, 2025

NewsSouthwest

Meow Wolf announces New York project, Georgia O'Keeffe protégé Juan Hamilton dies, and more top Southwest art news headlines for April 2025.

Jordan Eddy • April 01, 2025

ExhibitionsSouthwest

Catch these must-see spring art shows across the Southwest, featuring artistic time travelers Kent Monkman, Jorge Rojas, Lynn Hershman Leeson, and more.

Jordan Eddy • March 25, 2025

NewsNew Mexico

Santa Fe's fifteen-year Rubber Lady project was a master class in fugitive—and funny—social subversion. At Vladem Contemporary, the artist unmasks herself.

Jordan Eddy • March 18, 2025

New MexicoStudio VisitVol. 11 The Hyperlocal

Las Cruces–based artist Eva Gabriella Flynn's meticulous maps and flags hover in an uncertain space between two nations, to playful and political effect.

Jordan Eddy • March 07, 2025

ArtistsArizonaVol. 11 The Hyperlocal

Shaunté Glover explores the muscular narrative power—and queer, femme force—of women’s basketball through the lens of South Phoenix.

Jordan Eddy • March 07, 2025