Current exhibitions by Jim Hodges at Barbara Gladstone, and Laleh Khorramian at Nicole Klagsbrun, along with Lars Von Trier’s Melancholia evoke the current winter solstice –  2012 zeitgeist. We seem to be especially attracted to disaster, …

For those who may have sat in Eames chairs a good portion of their life, but are unfamiliar with the larger arc of the couple’s career, the new documentary, Eames: the Architect and the Painter currently screening …

While viewing Arlene Shechet’s compelling show, In the Thick of It, at James Kelly Contemporary, the term beginner’s mind popped up because this is the paradoxical work of an expert in unknowing, in openness. It teeters …

Thunderbird Jewelry of Santo Domingo Pueblo, curated by folklorist J. Roderick Moore and by Wheelwright Museum curator Cheri Falkenstien-Doyle, should be seen as a contemporary art installation in its own right. Three hundred necklaces arranged along …

A recent New York Times headline about waning American influence in the context of the G20 summit caught my eye the same day I saw the Walton Ford show at Kasmin. Somehow I was surprised that …

Often, for artists, a move to New Mexico from Los Angeles or New York has been perceived as a drop out of sight, off the map, and even into insanity. This may be offset if the …

Hiroshi Sugimoto’s talk at Chinati,  where he had an exhibition opening, revealed intelligence and humor of a time traveling artist-magician. One thread of his work, which includes not only photography, but architecture and theatre, is to …

This year’s pilgrimage to Marfa on the occasion of Chinati’s 25th Anniversary Weekend was well worth the effort, not only for the main events, but for the many other surprises, some in unconventional venues like Tableaux …

As part of SFAI’s seasonal program, Half Life: Patterns of Change, Greg Sholette and Monika Bravo exhibit two works each in contrasting modes; Sholette works a didactic satirical vein while Bravo shows a lyrical streak. Any …

Befitting a “progressive” festival in recession times, or some might even say, collapse times, prices in the art booths ranged from low to free, but energy levels were high at After Hours Alliance Festival in Santa …