Art
Art That Rides the Radio Waves to Resistance
In Broken Boxes artists share stories about their lives and experiences instead of relying solely on institutional didactics to “explain” what their work is about.
Nancy Zastudil
Art
Artists Embrace the Monsters That We Make
Real or imagined, the monsters envisioned in the show Among Monsters do not exist without us.
Books
The Farm at Black Mountain College You Didn’t Know Existed
A new book centers the voices of those whose hands built the historic school and whose dreams shaped its programs, all of which involved a little-known farm.
Art
Rosemary Meza-DesPlas Draws on the Power of Hair
“Drawing” with her own hair, the artist addresses cultural stereotypes and sociopolitical issues including feminism, personal agency, and aging.
Art
The Queer Artists Who Helped Shape the Southwest
Out West has no strict or static boundaries, no assumptions about or prescriptions for what 20th-century “queer art” in the region may have been.
Art
Will There Be Fish This Year?
Texture, pattern, repetition, and practice combine with chance and the reality of climate change in the work of Dominick Porras.
Interview
Harmony Hammond’s Ongoing Revolution
The mainstream art world might finally be catching up with Hammond, who has been breaking barriers for more than six decades.
Art
Celia Álvarez Muñoz Unbinds the Artist Book
The artist’s work embodies a level of confrontation that makes me contemplate our choices to explore or ignore what’s right in front of our face.
Art
The Democratic Power of the Risograph
The risograph’s handmade aesthetic has become associated with posters, broadsheets, zines, and pamphlets, and has been embraced by small publishers.
Books
Renny Pritikin’s Adventures in Bay Area Art
The curator, writer, and teacher’s memoir winds its way through his four-decade career, arriving, geographically and conceptually, back where he started.
Art
The Art of Being Alone, Together
In a group show, women artists look at the physical experience of the pause — of being in places where time and memory loosen their grip, making way for what’s next.
Art
The Art World Isn’t Enough
Albuquerque artist sheri crider uses her work to transform people’s lives and create actionable change in criminal justice reform.