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“No one calls you honey when you’re sitting on a throne.” So read the words written across Brooke Grucella’s large-scale painting that visitors see when they enter the “Push Comes to Shove” exhibition at Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art. On view through January 2017, the exhibition includes work by 19 artists from…

Phoenix artist Amanda Mollindo is the latest creative to win a Good ‘N Plenty Award from Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art. The annual awards, which were established in 2012, encourage artists and other creative types to develop projects that address local needs and engage community members.  Six artists pitched ideas…

Say goodbye to Nancy HIll’s Grand Avenue art space.

Judge Dredd, Prez, and more.

Twenty artists with ties to Arizona will show works at Miami-area art fairs when Art Basel Miami takes place in December. Their works will be part of exhibitions presented by either Lisa Sette Gallery or {9} The Gallery, both based in Phoenix.  Art Basel is a renowned art fair founded…

No need to knock on wood, Phoenix. Porter Barn Wood is doing just fine. So well, in fact, that on November 5, the family-owned reclaimed barn wood and lumber purveyor will open a showroom and workshop.  Since 2011, Porter Barn Wood has offered wood siding, beams, floorboards, and more in…

There’s no shame in being a cheapskate — especially here in Phoenix. Why? Well, because there’s so much stuff to do. Take a look at New Times’ calendar for proof. Here’s something you might notice while doing so: A lot of the time, said stuff is free, or at least cheap…

Once again, metro Phoenix art galleries are offering up some pretty impressive exhibitions. You’ll have to do at least a bit of planning ahead if you hope to hit them all during Third Friday on October 21. So we’ve got a list of new shows, and tips for making the…

Meet Tara Sharpe, painter, director, and friend to many. Sharpe started her creative career early. She entered art school at 12, attending and graduating from the Dreyfoos School of the Arts in West Palm Beach, Florida. Then, she was accepted to a summer residency for Fine Art at the School of Visual Arts…

Desert Viking is the latest real-estate development firm to stake a claim in downtown Phoenix’s Roosevelt Row, an area that has been named one of the nation’s best neighborhoods and art districts. Desert Viking announced on October 19 plans for a revitalization project called The Blocks of Roosevelt Row. It’s…

Longtime downtown Phoenix arts scene staple Five15 Arts representatives signed an agreement with Phoenix Center for the Arts to use their exhibition space from January through September 2017, according to an October 16 Facebook announcement on Five15’s Facebook page. The collective lost its longtime Roosevelt Row gallery space at the end of…

Now in its 17th year, the annual “Chaos Theory” exhibition at Legend City Studios brings together a significant number of Phoenix-area artists for a single-night exhibition that’s become a staple of the local arts scene. This year’s exhibition, held Friday, October 7, continued that tradition. It featured nearly 80 artists invited…

The 2016 edition of New Times’ Best of Phoenix is out now. Here’s our list of the best art and artists the Valley has to offer. Best Art Gallery: Lisa Sette Gallery Designed by Midcentury Modern architect Al Beadle, this semi-subterranean gallery wrapped in a white scrim beautifully backlit at…

The Valley is drawing design professionals from across the country to the Phoenix Convention Center and other spots throughout town for the 2016 Phoenix Design Week, held October 21 to 28, and featuring the Method+Madness Conference. Founded by Lost Creature in 2009 and now presented by AIGA Arizona, PHXDW 2016…

New Times’ Best of Phoenix is out now. Here’s our list of the best border-inspired art and artists. Best Border-Related Museum Exhibition: “Landlocked” by Miguel Angel Ríos Between the latter days of MTV music videos and early days of Periscope livestreaming, Mexico-based artist Miguel Angel Ríos picked up a video…

Lotus Contemporary Art gallery is relocating to Scottsdale. Gallery owner and artist Denise Fleisch will reopen the space, previously located in the Roosevelt Row arts district of downtown Phoenix, on Thursday, October 6, with an exhibition titled “Unraveled” at 7077 Main Street #6. Lotus Contemporary Art, Five15 Arts, and Galleria…

The 2016 edition of New Times’ Best of Phoenix is out now,featuring a series of “as told to” profiles that explore how our city’s proximity to Mexico makes it better. I was born and raised in Hermosillo, the capital of Sonora, and moved to Phoenix 15 years ago. I never…

It’s absolutely possible to have too much of a good thing. During just a few short hours this Friday, October 7, well over a dozen new art exhibits are happening in downtown Phoenix. Sure, it’s theoretically possible to see them all. But you won’t have much fun if your Friday…

The images are unsettling: photographs of moist, pink skin, stretched and bloated; rows of wet, shiny teeth glistening from a cavernous maw; clumps of straw-like blond hair bursting from the neck hole of a starched white shirt. Created by an anonymous Scottsdale artist, these digital montages are as troubling as…

The City of Phoenix has announced plans to remove 15 5-foot-tall planters that were installed on Roosevelt Street last summer. Part of a street improvement plan for the Roosevelt Row arts district in downtown Phoenix, the terracotta-colored planters hold trees intended to give shade. But the community wasn’t impressed. Leaders for…