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ArtistsNew MexicoVol. 12 Obsession

Artist Taylor Engel’s varied and chaotic artworks envelop viewers in a shared experience of all-consuming obsession, codependency, and repetition.

Rica Maestas • September 05, 2025

ArtistsNew MexicoVol. 12 Obsession

Albuquerque-based artist Justine Kablack devoutly repeats images of the road, embracing its contradiction as both limitless and constrained.

Maggie Grimason • September 05, 2025

ArtistsNew MexicoVol. 12 Obsession

Albuquerque-based artist jesse lovell’s practice has expanded over the years to include P.I. work, living somewhere between caricature and sousveillance.

Nancy Zastudil • September 05, 2025

ArtistsNew MexicoVol. 12 Obsession

Santa Fe–based artist Hilary Nelson plays between image and object, with their sculptural experiments centering around an obsession with the back jack

Nancy Zastudil • September 05, 2025

ArtistsNew MexicoVol. 12 Obsession

By dismantling and depicting dead machines, artist Karl Orozco imagines new life cycles for our throwaway technologies.

Joshua Ware • September 05, 2025

ArtistsUtahVol. 12 Obsession

Salt Lake City–based artist Carol Sogard obsessively collects and catalogues the remains of a world in crisis, wherein action, if not optimism, may be an obligation.

Maggie Grimason • September 05, 2025

ArtistsArizonaVol. 12 Obsession

In video performance and charged sculptures, Philip Gabriel Steverson channels rage and pain at the loss of his mother through a devotion to healing.

Nicholas Frank • September 05, 2025

ArtistsColoradoVol. 12 Obsession

Denver-based artist Joel Swanson’s obsessive processes explore how formal and corporeal repetitions function as methods of discipline.

Joshua Ware • September 05, 2025

ReviewNew MexicoVol. 12 Obsession

Natural entropy is a tool—and a sustainable ethos—for ten artists in Abstracting Nature at the Albuquerque Museum.

Robin Babb • September 05, 2025

ReviewTexasVol. 12 Obsession

Curator Fabiola Iza brings together eleven artists for an exhibition that investigates the shadowy corners of perception. 

Nicholas Frank • September 05, 2025

ReviewColoradoVol. 12 Obsession

Kent Monkman’s exhibition at the Denver Art Museum is a provocative and stunning survey that champions the marginalized while subverting history. 

Raymundo Muñoz • September 05, 2025

ReviewUtahVol. 12 Obsession

In Step After Step at Kimball Art Center, artists leave their studios behind to claim the moving body as a revolutionary artistic method.

Ana Estrada • September 05, 2025

ReviewArizonaVol. 12 Obsession

Artists working along the U.S.-Mexico border bring the rasquachismo aesthetic to Ya Hecho: Readymade in the Borderlands as the U.S. government escalates its anti-immigrant stance.

Lynn Trimble • September 05, 2025

SponsoredTexasVol. 12 Obsession

Discover Ruby City, San Antonio's stunning contemporary art center born from Linda Pace's vivid dream. This jewel-like red building by David Adjaye houses 1,400+ works, sculpture gardens, and free programming.

Ruby City • September 05, 2025

SponsoredNew MexicoVol. 12 Obsession

Experience New Mexico's living history with this immersive, two-day cultural tour bundle. Explore Acoma Pueblo's Sky City and UNESCO World Heritage Site Chaco Canyon with expert local guides.

Heritage Inspirations • September 05, 2025

SponsoredColoradoVol. 12 Obsession

Catch Beau Carey's innovative landscape paintings at Visions West Contemporary in Denver, October 3-November 15, 2025, with an opening reception on October 3, 6-8 pm.

Visions West Contemporary • September 05, 2025

SponsoredNew MexicoVol. 12 Obsession

Explore affordable art classes at the Georgia O'Keeffe Museum for all skill levels with sliding-scale pricing, online and in person.

Georgia O'Keeffe Museum • September 05, 2025

SponsoredNew MexicoVol. 12 Obsession

Discover cutting-edge photography by more than ninety global artists at CENTER's one-night-only Portfolio Walk, November 1 in the Santa Fe Railyard.

CENTER Santa Fe • September 05, 2025

SponsoredArizona

Join ASU Art Museum's opening celebration on September 13 for Tierras Reimaginadas: Migration and Michelangelo Lovelace: Art Saved My Life.

ASU Art Museum • September 02, 2025

NewsSouthwest

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.

Erin Averill • September 02, 2025

SponsoredArizona

Explore the vibrant Scottsdale art scene with galleries, museums, public art installations, and exciting arts events in this free guidebook.

Experience Scottsdale • August 29, 2025

Curator ProfileArizona

Venezuelan curator Gabriela Rangel and her international circle discuss her "double viewpoint" of the Global North and South, and what it means for MOCA Tucson.

Mari Carmen Barrios Giordano • August 28, 2025

SponsoredNew Mexico

Catch Grammy winners, NEA Jazz Masters, and more top artists at the 19th Annual New Mexico Jazz Festival, September 4-28, 2025, in Santa Fe, Albuquerque, and Taos.

New Mexico Jazz Festival and Outpost Performance Space • August 27, 2025

SponsoredTexas

Experience ¡Cuidado! at the Blaffer Art Museum in Houston, June 7–September 27, 2025, a video installation by X Arriaga Cuellar and Adán Vallecillo that explores Honduran care workers' labor.

Blaffer Art Museum • August 26, 2025

NewsNew Mexico

Institute of American Indian Arts leaders on turning the tides in their federal funding fight—and why it’s not over yet.

Erin Averill • August 26, 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

CareerArizona

Whether you're a local Arizonan looking for community support or a visitor looking for an idyllic new setting to inspire, let our roundup of Arizona Artist Residencies guide you to your next opportunity.

Lauren Tresp • August 19, 2025

NewsSouthwest

From James Turrell’s Roden Crater in Arizona to Charles Ross’s Star Axis in New Mexico, some Southwest land art is stubbornly elusive.

Lynn Trimble • August 14, 2025

NewsNew Mexico

While you’re in Santa Fe for Indian Market, don’t miss these Native art experiences featuring Cara Romero, Fritz Scholder, Diego Medina, and more.

Dan Ninham • August 12, 2025

Studio VisitTexas

Sculptor-photographer Virginia L. Montgomery is based in Austin but her work lives on a different plane, somewhere between science and dreams.

Ariana Akbari • August 07, 2025