First Friday heats up tonight with creative works going up all over the city. Here are our picks for shows you will not want to miss this Friday. “Animal Party” The latest exhibition at Modified Arts really does feel like a party at first glance, with all of the saturated…
Ten years old might sound way too young to have a facelift, but it isn’t if you’re Mesa Arts Center. This week, MAC announced that internationally renowned artist and designer Cecil Balmond has been selected to create a shade structure that will connect the Mesa Arts Center’s North Plaza with…
If you have a box full of Pez dispensers buried in the back of your closet or a book of state quarters discretely hidden between copies of the latest bestsellers, then we have something in common. Peter Held has us thinking about these kinds of assemblages, if you will, for…
Jennifer Gross’s latest solo exhibition “Garden Delights” on view at Practical Art this month may or may not be a reference the infamous Hieronymus Bosch triptych The Garden of Earthly Delights. But Gross and Bosch do share a slight inclination towards the bizarre and an ability to bring their visions…
Say what you will about modernists, they are magnets for attention in the art world. Chippewa artist George Morrison had a long and varied career that included forays into Cubism, Surrealism, and Abstract Expressionism. With work that took the form of drawings, paintings, prints, and sculptures, Morrison often explored the…
Juanito Laguna and Ramona Montiel are fictional characters, but you can find them on Facebook. Created by Argentinian multimedia artist Antonio Berni in the 1960s to address some of the socioeconomic stresses plaguing his home country, Juantio and Ramona have since gained cult status as popular folk heros whose stories…
Artists have always looked to nature for inspiration, but this time around, it’s literal. Vision Gallery’s latest exhibition “Flourish: Artworks Inspired by Our Gardens” is a collection of natural, floral, and botanical artworks that pay homage to the things we grow in the cultivated spaces of our world.The exhibition features…
Somewhere between skinny jeans and facial hair, bicycles became, arguably, the most essential hipster accessory, and it might just be Portland’s fault. In the new documentary Aftermass: Bicycling in a Post-Critical Mass Portland, filmmaker Joel Biel explores Portland’s storied history with cycling both as a mode of transportation and as…
Be prepared to get in touch with your inner luddite at ASU Art Museum’s “The Garden in the Machine.” The exhibition title references The Machine in the Garden, a book from the 1960s that investigates the tension between pastoral ideals and technological advances in 20th century America. “The Garden in…
It’s easy to feel sluggish during the Phoenix summers, but that’s no excuse for becoming a total shut-in. You know what museums and galleries have (in addition to really great art)? Air conditioning. And if that’s not enough to get you excited, the artwork will be. To help you out,…
We’re not sure if it’s just the social media buzz, but it sure feels like the 2014 World Cup has been one for the books. From a player with vampire-like tendencies to teams that can really get their groove on, we’ve been entertained in unexpected ways over the past month…
First Friday heats up tomorrow with creative works going up all over the city. This month, Phoenix’s favorite art-filled evening falls on the Fourth of July. Artlink’s First Friday Trolley Tour will be taking a brief hiatus for the holiday weekend, but don’t let that deter you. Most galleries and…
It’s always nice when Phoenix gets recognized by a national art organization, but it’s even nicer when the recognition comes with a little bit of dough. Earlier this week, Roosevelt Row Community Development Corporation became one of 55 organizations chosen to receive a grant from ArtPlace, a well-supported association dedicated…
Normally, when we hear that an artist makes pictures of dogs, we have to stop ourselves from scoffing. But painter Ally Glowacki, who recently graduated from ASU’s MFA program, has us re-thinking our canine imagery prejudice. In her latest solo exhibition, “Dog Days of Summer”, currently on view at Tempe’s…
After a successful debut last fall, Halt Gallery is back with a pair of summer exhibitions that will make you happy to have braved the higher temps of June’s Third Friday. The curating duo behind Halt Gallery, Julia Bruck and recent Big Brain Award Winner Becky Nahom, is bringing two…
The entrance to the new Lisa Sette Gallery requires a small descent. It’s exciting approaching the semi-subterranean Al Beadle building on Catalina Drive just west of Third Street. Excuse the rather obvious metaphor, but coming into the space really does feel a bit like discovering a treasure buried just below…
Earlier this year, we got the news that Lisa Sette Gallery would leave Scottsdale and relocate to a beautiful space in midtown Phoenix. This month, we will finally have the chance to take a look at the new digs, while enjoying the gallery’s inaugural group exhibition “Hello Midtown!”…
A photo-based app deserves some photography-specific love. We’ve already featured 10 Phoenix artists to follow on Instagram, and we’ve also talked to local experts about the intersection of photography and technology. Today, we’re continuing down this path to bring you some of our favorite Phoenix area photographers to follow on…
First Friday heats up tonight with creative works going up all over the city. Here are our picks for shows not to miss this evening. Bassim Al-Shaker Bassim Al-Shaker garnered international recognition last summer when the New York Times ran a profile on the Iraqi artist, who came to Arizona…
Pop art fanatics, prepare yourselves. ASU Art Museum announced that it has been gifted six rare prints by famed artist Andy Warhol. The original screenprints will be on display in the lobby of the ASU Art Museum through September and will remain in the museum’s permanent collection thereafter. Since Warhol’s…
All dancers are creative, but Ballet Arizona’s most recent performance gives a few of its members the chance to be creators as well. Innovations is a showcase of new choreography by Tzu-Chia Huang, Nayon Iovino, Myles Lavallee and Astrit Zejnati. “All four of these artists have a passion that we…
Things can get a little sluggish during Phoenix summers, but Palabra Collective isn’t showing any signs of slowing down. The art gallery/hair salon just moved to a new (bigger) location off of Seventh Street, and owner Jorge Torres is opening a satellite Palabra pop-up gallery at UNION at the Biltmore…
