Reno Museum to Steward One of the Country’s Largest Aboriginal Art Collections
Two major donations to the Nevada Museum of Art of Aboriginal and Native American artworks tie into the Reno institution’s capital expansion project.
Two major donations to the Nevada Museum of Art of Aboriginal and Native American artworks tie into the Reno institution’s capital expansion project. By Gabriella Angeleti
ReviewNevadaVol. 9 Living Histories
The Emotional Show's consideration of sentiment and inner sensation has become pronounced in relevance following the terrifying December 6 shooting on the UNLV campus. By Brent Holmes
FeatureNevadaVol. 9 Living Histories
Brent Holmes finds kinship in the Barton Brothers, two early, unsung homesteaders to Nevada, through the shared experience of being Black in the American West. By Brent Holmes
Las Vegas artist Jeannie Hua conceptually illustrates the Tonopah tailings burial site and asks the viewer to ponder the historic neglect of Asian Americans who settled in the American West. By Gabriella Angeleti
Ceramicist Elaine Parks, in the under-appreciated northern Nevada landscape, carefully combs the environment to find and fashion objects that command awareness and attention. By Aleina Grace Edwards
Ben Aleck's exhibition at the Nevada Museum of Art looks at thirty years of work by the artist and Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe member who has witnessed key Native American political moments. By Coco Picard
Paul R. Williams, the first Black architect to be licensed to work in the Western United States, is the subject of a multi-venue exhibition of photographs by artist Janna Ireland. By Gabriella Angeleti
Multi-media artist Ruby Barrientos channels their ancestors and their anger to create spirited paintings and sculptures rooted in the past, but deeply relevant to the present political moment. By Aleina Grace Edwards
Reno-based artist Hannah Eddy, in her bold paintings and murals, strikes a balance between fun visuals and fervent reminders of what we have to lose with climate change. By Aleina Grace Edwards
The Rita Deanin Abbey Art Museum in Las Vegas, dedicated to the late artist, traces Abbey’s prolific but underappreciated career that remained cemented in Southern Nevada. By Gabriella Angeleti
The Reno-Tahoe International Art Show returns for its second year and at double the scope, with big ambitions to position the region as a major cultural destination. By Aleina Grace Edwards
The University of Nevada, Reno’s low-residency MFA Interdisciplinary Arts program celebrates its most recent summer residency—and announces that applications are open to join the program in January 2024. By MFA-Interdisciplinary Arts and Reno and University of Nevada
Modern Desert Markings at the Barrick Museum of Art in Las Vegas showcases contemporary takes on classic Land Art works by Michael Heizer, Walter de Maria, and Jean Tinguely. By Steve Jansen
ArtistsNevadaVol. 7 Finding Water in the West
Matthew Couper’s practice appropriates aspects of Western art history, including the Trecento, Quattrocento, and the Baroque, to create work that is familiar with a nod towards history repeating. By Denise "The Vamp DeVille" Zubizarreta
ArtistsNevadaVol. 7 Finding Water in the West
Searchlight, Nevada-based duo Kim Garrison Means and Steve Radosevich seek to answer the question, "what is there even to protect out there?" By Maggie Grimason
Studio VisitNevadaVol. 7 Finding Water in the West
Nanda Sharif-pour discusses her use of living plants, soil, and video in her work from her Las Vegas, Nevada greenhouse. By Laurence Myers Reese
FeatureNevadaVol. 7 Finding Water in the West
The decline of the Colorado River through drought and other factors has prompted artists to call attention to this event. Does art have the power, though, to mitigate the crisis? By Hikmet Sidney Loe
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. […] By Brent Holmes
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. By Laurence Myers Reese
Southwest Contemporary's final 2022 gift guide travels to Las Vegas, Nevada, where shoppers can score amazing coffee, miniature neon deserts, and a photo sesh inside a life-sized cabinet of curiosities. By Laurence Myers Reese
Wendy Kveck’s Prompt: at ASAP in Las Vegas explored the ways we stage ourselves and our art while employing a feminist practice that confronts and amplifies women as cultural markers. By Hikmet Sidney Loe
Two Cultures, One Family, a group exhibition curated by Dr. Erika Abad at the Marjorie Barrick Museum in Las Vegas, constitutes a cross-cultural call and response. By Brent Holmes
In Forgotten Artifacts at Core Contemporary, Las Vegas artists, Las Vegas artists show cast-metal sculptures evoking a landscape without humans. By Laurence Myers Reese
Kim Stringfellow presents the current iteration of her exhibition The Mojave Project, which expands ideas of the Mojave Desert and its inhabitants through transmedia representations. By Hikmet Sidney Loe
During former Senator Harry Reid’s eulogies, Hikmet Loe heard that Searchlight, Nevada, is a ghost town—which clashed with her experience of a land teeming with life. By Hikmet Sidney Loe
FeatureNevadaVol. 5 Collectivity + Collaboration
Spirit of the Land is a love letter to the Southern Nevada desert: a series of exhibitions opening in late March across three venues celebrates the East Mojave landscape. By Hikmet Sidney Loe
AH’-WAH-NEE brings together Indigenous women artists throughout the Southwest for an exhibition about feminine Indigeneity at Donna Beam Gallery at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. By Laurence Myers Reese
The Bullfrog Biennial contrasts contemporary art with the landscape of the desert in rural Beatty, Nevada, about 120 miles from Las Vegas. By Laurence Myers Reese
Aaron Berger, the newly appointed executive director of the Neon Museum in Las Vegas, discusses his career, the city’s diversity embedded in the museum’s collection, and his passion for glassblowing. By Hikmet Sidney Loe
Nevada Museum of Art’s Art + Environment Conference transitions to a virtual format with the potential to expand audiences and present more diverse perspectives on Land Art. By Natalie Hegert
NevadaFeatureVol. 3 Inhale Exhale
Nevada artist Jung Min rejects the societal ideals of beauty, identity, and neatness—instead, she finds beauty in the grotesque. By Marcus Civin
NevadaArtistsVol. 3 Inhale Exhale
Rossitza Todorova's latest series explores how landscape embodies the idea of time: past, present, and future. By Southwest Contemporary
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