Native Artists Depict the American Flag Throughout History in This Small-But-Weighty Survey
As the U.S. hits a major anniversary, the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture gathers American imagery with Indigenous origins.
September 04, 2026
Politics
Hilma’s Ghost Calls Viewers Into Their Circle of Activist Resistance
"We turn backward to move forward," explains the collective Hilma’s Ghost. Their work challenges erasure in the art historical canon and foregrounds female, queer, and trans artists.
September 04, 2026
Can International Art Star Olafur Eliasson Provoke Urgency to Restore Great Salt Lake?
After decades of decline and political inaction at Great Salt Lake, Olafur Eliasson flies in with a temporary public art project. Can this art-world Hail Mary provoke positive change?
April 16, 2026
New Mural Guidelines in Phoenix May Support Local Artists—or Restrict Them
As Phoenix overhauls its mural directives, local artists are weighing how more structure could professionalize—or narrow—the field.
April 14, 2026
Plot Thickens in Colorado Censorship Row as Artist—and Her Subjects—Speak Out
A Denver museum’s alleged act of censorship is stirring national debate, as stakeholders clash over who gets to tell the story—and who gets heard.
November 11, 2025
Manic ExxonMobil Impersonators Pitch a Rising Protest Aesthetic: Razor-Sharp Silliness
The Yes Men used slick branding to spoof ExxonMobil in New Mexico. Inside the cloak and dagger intervention by a wave of "laugh-tivists" with a serious cause.
October 30, 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
“You’re Being Zeroed Out”: How IAIA Battled Its Biggest Funding Threat in Decades
Institute of American Indian Arts leaders on turning the tides in their federal funding fight—and why it’s not over yet.
August 26, 2025
FeatureSouthwestThe Hyperlocal
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
An Artist Who Braids Cultures, from the Porcelain Trade to Beyoncé
Jennifer Ling Datchuk's live-wire practice is rooted in ceramics but branches into performance, installation—and biting cultural critique.
July 24, 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
Meet the “Sad Little Houses” of Dallas, and the Artists on the Front Lines of the Housing Crisis
Three artists confront the Texas housing crisis with street-level projects using piñatas, murals, gentrification walking tours, and more.
May 06, 2025
Hank Willis Thomas’s Pop Culture Platitudes Belong to an Alternate Timeline—Not the One We’re Living In
Hank Willis Thomas's LOVERULES offers a comprehensive survey of a decade's worth of artwork but flounders in our current political crisis.
May 02, 2025
Tempe Artists Seek Answers Amid Alternative Art Space Redevelopment
The City of Tempe says there are no plans to demolish DIY arts hub Danelle Plaza, but the mayor is sending different signals. Local artists are demanding clarity.
February 04, 2025
