McKay Otto’s Fascinating Journey to Now
Texas artist McKay Otto creates ethereal, geometric paintings on translucent canvases that evoke lightboxes.
January 27, 2022
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The Art of Anila Quayyum Agha is a First of Its Kind at UNM Art Museum
UNM Art Museum in Albuquerque presents an exhibition by Anila Quayyum Agha, a Pakistani American artist whose work is influenced by women’s social issues.
January 25, 2022
How Cahokia PHX Centers Indigenous Arts, Culture, and Collaboration
The new Cahokia PHX art space, located in the Roosevelt Row arts district in Phoenix, illuminates Indigenous arts and culture through social tech and creative collaborations.
January 24, 2022
San Antonio’s Presa House Celebrates Five Years of Supporting Artists
Presa House Gallery in San Antonio, Texas focuses on Latinx artists across south Texas, the Rio Grande region, and Mexico—and skirts that whole "artists-must-make-sales" model.
January 21, 2022
Denver Filmmaker Wins Coveted Creative Capital Award
Denver-based Mexican immigrant filmmaker Raúl O. Paz-Pastrana, director of a feature-length documentary about migrant labor at the Kentucky Derby, is one of few Southwest recipients of a Creative Capital Award.
January 19, 2022
Work in Progress with Sammy Seung-Min Lee
Denver artist Sammy Seung-Min Lee engages paper through unique and distinct processes in creating wall pieces, architectural installations, artist books, and performances.
January 18, 2022
Review: Carlomagno Pedro Martínez at Art Museum of Southeast Texas
Internationally renowned Oaxacan artist Carlomagno Pedro Martínez uses folk iconography to restage moments of Mexican history in barro negro (black clay) at the Art Museum of Southeast Texas in Beaumont.
January 17, 2022
UMFA Acquires Works by Famed Japanese American Artist Chiura Obata
The Utah Museum of Fine Arts acquired thirty-five works by Chiura Obata, a visionary whose imprisonment at the Topaz camp is among the nation’s most shameful episodes of racial injustice.
January 14, 2022
How a Photography Workshop Guides Military Veterans in Personal Expression
Military veterans' participation in a five-month workshop culminates in a public exhibition and catalogue at the Colorado Photographic Arts Center in Denver.
January 12, 2022
Live, Laugh, Cancel: How Art Disrupts Capitalism
d. ward writes about an art installation around Taos Plaza that disrupts traffic, and the flow of capitalist desires.
January 11, 2022
Ten Mural Artists Making their Mark in the Southwest
Mural artists in the Southwest find inspiration in popular culture, social justice issues, and their own cultural heritage. Here’s a look at ten artists and what makes their work unique.
January 10, 2022
Work in Progress with Laura Spalding Best
Arizona artist Laura Spalding Best creates oil paintings on found objects, exploring the intersection of natural and built environments while confronting the impacts of climate change on the desert Southwest.
January 07, 2022
Review: The Dirty South at Contemporary Arts Museum Houston
Artists in The Dirty South at Contemporary Arts Museum Houston work with materials and subject matter that reflect a century-long tradition of regional dialogue between Black visual art and music.
January 05, 2022
Anonymous Art Collective Depicts Victims of Police Violence in SLC Murals
In Salt Lake City, Utah, murals of individuals killed by police have become a community site of remembrance and activism.
January 04, 2022
Southwest Art News: January 2022
Catch up on recent art news headlines in the Southwest region, including people on the move, grants, and more.
January 03, 2022
Southwest Contemporary’s Studio Visits of 2021
A handy roundup of Southwest Contemporary's studio visits with Southwest artists in 2021.
December 27, 2021
Southwest Contemporary’s Favorite Exhibition Reviews of 2021
Southwest Contemporary’s favorite exhibition reviews of 2021, from Ed Ruscha in Oklahoma City and Hong Hong in Houston to group shows in Albuquerque and Tempe, Arizona.
December 28, 2021
Southwest Contemporary’s Most-Read Articles of 2021
A list of our most-read articles of 2021 ranges from a Joshua Tree field report to an exhibition review of printmaking works by José Guadalupe Posada.
December 29, 2021
Better Layovers Through Airport Art
From Banksy prints in Austin to skateboard decks in Phoenix, you’ll find intriguing art at airports across the Southwest, so leave a little time for looking during your holiday travels.
December 22, 2021
Work in Progress with Jay Chung
In our latest studio visit, Dallas-based painter Jay Chung addresses climate change and challenges perceptions of the human figure.
December 21, 2021
In a Secret Airport Tunnel, Mysterious Mosaics Shine in the Dark
In an off-limits, decommissioned tunnel at the Albuquerque International Sunport, nobody knows the origins of stunning mosaic artworks.
December 20, 2021
Local Albuquerque Gift Guide
Our final installment of the 2021 local gift guide spotlights Albuquerque holiday shopping opps—think tickets to Hamilton or a staycation in Los Ranchos de Albuquerque.
December 16, 2021
Debra Baxter: Love Tears at form & concept
In Debra Baxter’s exhibition Love Tears, the artist uses a vocabulary of minerals and metal to examine how grief and longing have manifested within material culture throughout history.
December 15, 2021
Review: Ciara Elle Bryant’s Server: Love Ta, Love Ta Love Ya at the MAC
Ciara Elle Bryant’s installation Server: Love Ta, Love Ta Love Ya at McKinney Avenue Contemporary collages photographs to create a visual bibliography while building a physical space for Black representation.
December 15, 2021
Rees Bowen’s Evolving Art Practice
Artist Rees Bowen works across multiple media and is an adept collaborator, creating custom commissions for designers and corporate collections and large-scale, site-specific installations for architects and contractors.
December 14, 2021
Local Phoenix Metro Gift Guide
Shop local in Phoenix, where you can support Arizona artists when you buy desert-themed charcuterie boards, cactus maps, rattlesnake rattle rings, and other holiday gifts with a creative twist.
December 14, 2021
Review: Oscar Muñoz: Invisibilia at Phoenix Art Museum
Oscar Muñoz: Invisibilia takes an in-depth look at fifty years of works that highlight the Latin American artist’s compelling examination of life’s fleeting moments via multiple artistic processes and media.
December 13, 2021
Local West Texas Gift Guide
A gift guide with local picks and online options from retailers throughout West Texas—from San Angelo over to El Paso.
December 10, 2021
Work in Progress with Terry Maker
Colorado artist Terry Maker investigates the potential of discardable items—papers, markers, straws, even candy—by transforming them, through arduous processing, into ethereal yet witty wall reliefs and other objects.
December 09, 2021
Master Santeros Conserve 1830s Works by José Rafael Aragón
Gustavo Victor Goler and a team of master santeros conserve the devotional works of José Rafael Aragón at the San Antonio de Padua church in the New Mexico village of Cordova.
December 08, 2021
