Southwest Contemporary
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Southwest Contemporary is the leading resource for contemporary arts and culture in the Southwest. Headquartered in Santa Fe, New Mexico, and in print since 1992, Southwest Contemporary publishes curated and critical perspectives on contemporary arts and culture throughout the Southwest, supports Southwest-based artists and arts organizations through their print and digital platforms, and..
Southwest Contemporary
5d ago
The Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art made last-minute revisions to a traveling show of women, queer, and trans artists. Museum leadership and a co-curator differ on what happened.
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Southwest Contemporary
1w ago
Gerald Peters Contemporary kicks off a season of compelling shows including explorations of American narratives through diverse perspectives, trends in female pop art, a special guest-curated exhibition by Erin Joyce and Ninabah Winton, and more.
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Southwest Contemporary
1w ago
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.
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Southwest Contemporary
1w ago
In Southwest Contemporary Vol. 11: The Hyperlocal, curator and guest juror Jaime Herrell explores how the artworks in this issue transform personal experiences into universal connections.
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Southwest Contemporary
1w ago
Since the Hermits Peak/Calf Canyon Fires, Jess Lanham has been creating work about the stark changes in her hometown of Las Vegas, New Mexico, using fragments and wildfire ash.
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Southwest Contemporary
1w ago
Denver-based artist Sammy Lee makes highly portable sculptures from paper, but a longing for home is embedded in her materials.
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Southwest Contemporary
1w ago
Salt Lake City–based artist Joshua Graham explores site-specificity through walking and collecting, gathering objects in the foothills above the city and reconfiguring them in the gallery.
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Southwest Contemporary
1w ago
Urgent Care Art’s pop-ups in quotidian Tucson spaces juxtapose the healing and fear inherent to queer visibility.
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Southwest Contemporary
1w ago
Selective histories have long defined Santa Fe's main gallery district. Kyle Maier's digital Canyon Road History project aims to round out the picture.
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Southwest Contemporary
1w ago
Houston-based artist Cindee Klement depicts otherwise invisible systems and their interconnections to encourage local ecological recovery in the Energy Capital of the World.
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