ASU Art Museum

Arty Girl: "The Other Mainstream II" at ASU Art Museum

Arty Girl: Nadia Hironaka at ASU Art Museum

Cuba's Blue Period

Letters

From the week of March 22, 2001

Eat Your Art Out

A kickass benefit for a kick-butt institution

Art Scene

Capsule Reviews: Our critics survey the local art scene

Art Scene

Our critics survey the local art scene

Art Scene

Our critics survey the local art scene

Art Scene

Our critics survey the local art scene

Art Scene

Reviews

Art Scene

Reviews

Art Scene

Current shows, exhibitions, and installations

Art Scene

Current shows, exhibitions, and installations

Arty Girl: ASU Art Museum in Miami, FL

Finally, a reason I would actually want to go to Florida. No offense to anyone from that place. It's just that I'm a native Phoenician - I don't like humidity, warm beach water offends me and I've always thought Florida was for people who don't know California exists.Today through Friday, the Aqua A ... More >>

Arty Girl: Conversation with Angela Ellsworth at ASU

"Breathing is Free" by Jun Nguyen-Hatsushiba.There's not much I can say about Angela Ellsworth that my beloved colleague, Kathleen Vanesian, hasn't.So after clicking those links I graciously provided for you (you're welcome), you now know that Ellsworth is truly a gem in our local arts scene.And you ... More >>

Arty Girl: Street Party on Saturday

Courtesy of Martha Mary.If you're not an outdoorsy type - if you hate exercise and dislike hiking or camping - this time of year is filled with regret. You look outside and realize how lovely the weather is, and then continue with your indoor activities.I don't blame you. Even in the most comforta ... More >>

Blood Work

Outspoken artists explore race, gender, and sexuality

Vinyl Exam

Outspoken artists explore race, gender, and sexuality

Folk Score

Form follows fun

Latin Lover

Collector finds high culture in low places

Clay Gone Wild

Statues sans limitations

Heil to the Chief

ASU's Art Museum is planning a show to coincide with this fall's presidential debate. The art would make Michael Moore blush.

Gal Friday

Ladies of The Biz act up

Here Comes the Fun

ASU Art Museum hosts family affair

Spring Screening

ASU's Film and Video Fest gets fresh

Art During Wartime

A pair of ASU lectures arrive in the nick of time

Masking Tape

ASU video exhibit shows artists not quite being themselves

Stilled Life

Taking a dead-on approach to the gripping, gruesome photographs of Joel-Peter Witkin

Gasp From the Past

Retro-ridden 'No Absolutes' is a deconstruction zone hardly worth the detour

Fair to Middlin'

State fair means music -- and the most toothless people you'll ever see

Loop Sided

Sloane McFarland's video paean to Homer and Joyce is excruciating, captivating

"Sites" Seeing

Art and the urban environment hold a lesson for the future

Forest Gumption

Better lathe than never for a furniture exhibition by Arizona's finest woodworkers

Anatomy Lessons

International artists try their hand at the human form

ASU Art Museum Opens "Native Confluence: Sustaining Cultures" Both Literally and Figuratively with Postcommodity Installation

Friday night was not your typical art opening at ASU Art Museum's Ceramics Research Center - no gallery goers milling about, gawking at art objects carefully mounted on vitrine-capped pedestals spaced strategically throughout a pristine gallery space. No, this was literally an opening celebrating ... More >>

Arty Girl: Indie Chic @ 10th Street

By "T"eresa on flickr Creative Commons.A skilled crafter can make magic with this...​It's really no news that crafting has become a very hot thing in Phoenix. I guess we could blame it on the need for indoor activities during the summer months. Regardless, it seems like everyone is knitting, sewin ... More >>

Changing the Channels

Exhibit envisions Phoenix as the next Venice or Frisco

Arty Girl: Canalscape Opens Tomorrow at ASU

Courtesy of ASU.​I am such a moron sometimes, I swear.I can name a handful of people I personally know who have coughed up a bunch of dough and trekked across the globe to Venice, Italy. And, of course, I've always wanted to go, too. Why? For the beautiful canals, of course.I grew up in the Arcadi ... More >>

Arty Girl: ASU Art Museum Hires Director

By kevindooley on flickr Creative Commons.This will be Gordon Knox's view on the way into work come January.​I can't remember the last time ASU Art Museum had a Director. And, man, am I relieved to hear they have finally filled the position. Gordon Knox will take the helm on January 11th, working ... More >>

Victory Over Capitalism

It’s handmade or it’s off with their heads at alt craft fair

Arty Girl: SMoCA, ASU Art Museum, and the Heard Museum Go Off Tonight

http://www.flickr.com/photos/sunshinecity/2337456192/Please, take your time to think about this important decision.​Life's full of tough choices.Tonight, Valley art enthusiasts have their pick of the litter with three big events happening at three different museums across town: Scottsdale Museum o ... More >>

Street Party to Benefit ASU Art Museum

Courtesy of ASU.​Let's party.ASU is throwing a street party this Saturday. If you go, not only will you enjoy a heck of a line-up of music, art, and activities, but you get to walk away feeling like a champ. You see, any dough you spend at the party benefits the ASU Art Museum.So you get to party ... More >>

Watch It

ASU takes movie viewing out of the theatre

Epic Super Hero Battle, AZ Bike Week, The PBR Spring Situation, Johnny Cupcakes, and More,

AZ CacophonyHoly look-alikes Batman! Some of the action from last year's Epic Super Hero Battle.​ If comic book flicks have taught us anything, it's that sequels can be a hit or miss proposition. Sure, Superman II, Spider-Man 2, and The Dark Knight were cool as hell, but they were in the minority ... More >>

Lectures at ASU Art Museum and ASU Ceramics Research Center Tonight

Courtesy of ASU Art Museum.Part of the "Ceramic Design: Manufactured Brilliance and Beauty in Daily Life" show.​"Life's full of tough choices, isn't it?"-Ursula, the Sea Witch from Disney's The Little MermaidUrsula was so right on with that line. Especially when it comes to tonight, when there ... More >>

Train Spotting

Transportation moves us at ASU Art Museum

Artist Clare Patey Discusses Food Celebrations and Education at ASU Art Museum

Courtesy of the ASU Art Museum Clare Patey​Perhaps on Tuesday, Clare Patey will explain just what the Sacred Mayonnaise Ritual is -- it takes place during her annual "Feast on the Bridge," which re-purposes a public bridge in London to create a serious (and outrageous) food party. Patey's ... More >>

Cleaning the "Meat Wall" at ASU Not as Dirty as It Sounds -- Or Is It?

ASU Art MuseumMuseum intern Aubree Jacobs brushes up Adriana Varejão's Ruina de Charque-Quina (the meat wall.)​Sheesh, not even a week after students are returning to campus at ASU and this headline shows up on the ASU Art Museum website: "Cleaning the meat wall (yes, that says "meat wall")" ... More >>

Claire Lawton on How the Mural Scene Boomed but Some Galleries Went Bust

ASU Art MuseumMuseum intern Aubree Jacobs brushes up Adriana Varejão's Ruina de Charque-Quina (the meat wall.)​Sheesh, not even a week after students are returning to campus at ASU and this headline shows up on the ASU Art Museum website: "Cleaning the meat wall (yes, that says "meat wall")" ... More >>

Where The Wild Things Are

ASU Art MuseumMuseum intern Aubree Jacobs brushes up Adriana Varejão's Ruina de Charque-Quina (the meat wall.)​Sheesh, not even a week after students are returning to campus at ASU and this headline shows up on the ASU Art Museum website: "Cleaning the meat wall (yes, that says "meat wall")" ... More >>