Southwest Art News: February 2026
IAIA avoids being federally "zeroed out," historic Native lawmaker and artist Ben Nighthorse Campbell dies, and more top Southwest art news for February 2026.
February 03, 2026
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Southwest Art News: January 2026
Roswell Museum's one-year update after major flood, three international biennials tap Southwest creatives, and more top Southwest art news for January 2026.
January 06, 2026
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Our Year in Review—And the Top 10 Southwest Contemporary Stories of 2025
Southwest Contemporary reflects on 2025: 181 articles, 125+ artists featured, and 330,000 readers reached. As AI threatens journalism and the arts, discover why reader support matters more than ever.
December 23, 2025
Editor’s Picks: Southwest Contemporary‘s Winter 2025-26 Art Guide
The Southwest art world doesn't hibernate. SWC editorial director Jordan Eddy selects thirty-five exhibitions—and three hot trends—for the cold season.
December 16, 2025
Southwest Art News: December 2025
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.
December 02, 2025
Southwest Museum Shop Gift Guide: Don’t Just Shop Local—Support Artists
Your 2025 holiday guide to affordable gifts by local artists at Southwest museum stores, in person and online. Shop Black Friday, Museum Store Sunday, and beyond.
November 25, 2025
Formulas or Feelings: Artists Tackle The Tough Question of How To Price Their Art
From pure intuition to a pricing calculator, artists and gallerists across the Southwest reveal how they actually put numbers on their work.
November 18, 2025
Southwest Art News: November 2025
Southwest artists contribute to insurgent Met show, Meow Wolf workers stage walkout in Dallas, and more top Southwest art news headlines for November 2025.
November 04, 2025
Southwest Labyrinth: Your Underground Guide to the Region’s Mural Scene
Quest through this five-state guide to the most mercurial art field, featuring insider tips on essential Southwest murals, from alleyways to art districts.
October 21, 2025
The Publisher’s Picks: Southwest Contemporary’s Fall 2025 Art Guide
Just in time for cooler temps, SWC publisher and editor Lauren Tresp picks twenty-two must-see exhibitions across the Southwest.
October 14, 2025
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
Could Rejecting State Art Grants Be the New Anti-Trump Resistance?
As Trump “reviews” the Smithsonian and NEA rules shift, New Mexico arts groups are weighing whether to reject state grants tied to federal funding.
September 18, 2025
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
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Exiled Artist Named “War and Peace” Never Gave Up Faraway Fight for Democracy
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.
August 21, 2025
Peek Inside Mysterious Southwest Land Artworks You May Never Visit
From James Turrell’s Roden Crater in Arizona to Charles Ross’s Star Axis in New Mexico, some Southwest land art is stubbornly elusive.
August 14, 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
If You’re Looking for the Best Southwest Landscape Art, Become a Gamer
Exquisitely detailed and experimental depictions of the Southwest abound in today's video games—so why aren't they considered landscape art?
July 10, 2025
Modern Nature: The Contemporary Art Guide to Southwest Botanical Gardens
Southwest botanical gardens have reshaped their grounds as living museums for stunning—and challenging—contemporary art. Discover seven culture-filled desert oases.
July 03, 2025
Southwest Art News: July 2025
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.
July 01, 2025
Counterculture Summer: Southwest Contemporary’s Summer 2025 Art Guide
Don’t sit it out. These sixteen explosive exhibitions across the Southwest will keep the fire lit for your summer of resistance.
June 18, 2025
Amid Breathtaking NEA Cuts, Southwest Arts Organizations are Reeling—and Rallying Support
The Trump administration's shadowy National Endowment for the Arts grant retractions have Southwest arts organizations banding together to track the cuts and gather supporters.
May 15, 2025
Southwest Artist and Writer Residencies with Summer 2025 Deadlines
Apply for artist and writer residencies with summer 2025 deadlines in Arizona, California, Colorado, New Mexico, Texas, Utah, and Wyoming.
May 12, 2025
Southwest Art News: May 2025
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.
May 01, 2025
Southwest Art News: April 2025
Meow Wolf announces New York project, Georgia O'Keeffe protégé Juan Hamilton dies, and more top Southwest art news headlines for April 2025.
April 01, 2025
Spring Forward: 14 Time-Bending Southwest Art Shows for Spring 2025
Catch these must-see spring art shows across the Southwest, featuring artistic time travelers Kent Monkman, Jorge Rojas, Lynn Hershman Leeson, and more.
March 25, 2025
Time Zero: How Radical Artistic Interventions Are Exposing the Nuclearized World
Time Zero podcast producer Sean J Patrick Carney on art and the nuclearized world, from the hyperlocal of the Trinity site to the planetary effects of nuclearism.
March 11, 2025
Southwest Art News: March 2025
Santa Fe mourns Gene Hackman, Austin's Big Medium closes, another staff departure from CCA Santa Fe, and more top Southwest art news headlines for March 2025.
March 04, 2025
Southwest Artist and Writer Residencies with Spring 2025 Deadlines
Apply for artist residencies with spring 2025 deadlines in Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas, Utah, Oklahoma, California, and beyond.
February 10, 2025
Southwest Art News: January–February 2025
Jaune Quick-to-See Smith dies, Texas officials seize Sally Mann photos, and more top Southwest art news headlines for January and February 2025.
February 04, 2025
Beautiful Corners: A Road Trip to Witness Larry Bell’s First Cube, and His Last
Artist Jon Revett makes a pilgrimage to see his mentor Larry Bell's career retrospective in Phoenix, and view what the Light and Space master calls his last cube in Taos.
January 30, 2025
