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Las Vegas
Native Leaders Object to Sale of Little Bighorn Artifacts
Among the 479 items listed in the Guns of History Auction in Las Vegas were several Lakota objects.
Chronicling Contemporary Art in Las Vegas
An online platform creates a community around southern Nevada’s transitory creative life, but there’s a problem with its name.
Politics and Joy Come Together in an Artist’s Tribute to Her Murdered Father
Elena Brokaw’s work serves as a reminder of the tangible remains of American foreign interference and state-sanctioned violence in Guatemala — the pieces left over, decades after the collective American conscience has moved on.
Meet the US Southwest’s Art Community: Chase R. McCurdy Says Artists Live “With a Certain Spirit”
An interview series spotlighting some of the creative community members in the US Southwest. Hear from artists, curators, and art workers about their current projects and personal quirks.
In Las Vegas, an Artist’s Neon-Tinged Compositions Riff on Social Media Aesthetics
Though social media and the artsy sensibilities of ad marketing are cribbing the same aesthetic ideas, the details of Mikayla Whitmore’s photography are distinctly unique and homegrown.
Queer Artists in Their Own Words: Denise R. Duarte Helped Lead the Charge for LGBTQ Equality in Nevada
LGBTQ Pride Month is now. Every day in June, we are celebrating the community by featuring one queer artist and letting them speak for themselves.
A VR Exhibition Pays Tribute to a Long-Gone Vegas Casino
The Sands, opening on August 12, features works by 15 artists on rotating display in a one-to-one virtual replica of the Lower East Side gallery Essex Flowers.
An Online Exhibition Explores the Cultural Legacy of Prohibition
The Mob Museum in Las Vegas explores the jazz, flappers, and mob violence of America’s Prohibition era in a new online exhibition.
What Is James Turrell Doing in a Las Vegas Louis Vuitton Store?
SAN FRANCISCO — On a hot desert afternoon nothing sounds better than the arctic blast of a shopping center. Yes, it is a “dry heat,” but at 110 degrees, the relevance of humidity levels dissipates. So what store should you go to? If it were me, I’d call Louis Vuitton at City Center and make an appointment to see the new James Turrell! Number one: yes, you read that right — there is a permanent installation by Turrell at Louis Vuitton City Center. Number two: yes, you read that right — you will have to make an appointment to see the work.
No Vacancy in Vintage Vegas
As an adult, I fly back to Las Vegas frequently and I relive my youth by driving around the city in a rent-a-car with my camera in tow capturing the city I once knew. In this piece for Hyperallergic, I am posting photographs from my ongoing photo documentary series consisting of Las Vegas hotel & motel photographs from 2007 to the present.
Vegas Underground: A Destitute Community With Art
Underneath Las Vegas are 200 miles of flood tunnels that are also home to 1,000 people and an art gallery. According to the Daily Mail, “… the destitute and hopeless have constructed a community beneath the city and have even dedicated one section of tunnels to an art gallery filled with intricate graffiti.” [Daily Mail]