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Anthony Hopkins basks in the afterglow with cast at Wynn Las Vegas’ ‘Awakening’ By Katie Ann McCarver
Sir Anthony Hopkins is the unseen narrator of the show, which opened about a year ago at the Wynn.
Retired Las Vegas airman finds purpose in pandemic: artworks from pine cones By Hillary Davis
The coronavirus pandemic kept Ray Chicoine at home when the active great-grandfather would have been out and about, riding his bicycle a few times a week to the gym, driving his camper van to southern Utah or visiting Nellis Air Force Base for …
Neon Museum resident artist Julie Henson gets deep into Vegas’ fabric By Leslie Ventura
Henson is working on a variety of sculptures that will translate the Neon Museum’s behemoth relic signs into softer fabric forms, using materials you’d typically find in showgirl costumes.
Repaired and ready: Venue where a young Dylan played reopens By Chris Carola, Associated Press
Bob Dylan would surely still recognize the low-ceilinged room in Caffe Lena where he played a couple of gigs almost 60 years ago.
Fans mourn George Michael as charities praise his good works By Gregory Katz, Associated Press
Fans placed flowers and other tributes at his homes in north London and in Goring, England, where he died of apparent …
‘City’ artist Michael Heizer reveals his softer side in MCQ prints show Dawn-Michelle Baude
The seven drypoints, screenprints, lithographs and etchings on display engage familiar Heizer content, but reveal a jaunty freedom massive earthworks could never incorporate.
Biblical temptresses in neon: San Francisco-based Whitney Lynn looks at Las Vegas in the larger context of time By Kristen Peterson
Old Masterworks live in the vernacular of Vegas Vic and the Hacienda’s Horse and Rider.
Mermaids in the desert give love to Coney Island By Kristen Peterson
A bunny rabbit drinking a Bud Light and an 8-foot mermaid walk into a bar.
Photographer Yousuf Karsh and the intimacy of the 20th century elite By Kristen Peterson
Bellagio Gallery of Fine Art offers a look at the cultural, academic, scientific and political lives of significance.
Somewhere between real and surreal in Myranda Bair’s ‘High Noon’ Dawn-Michelle Baude
"Bair’s skill as a scientific illustrator comes to the fore. She is a gifted draftsman."
Barrick Museum director Aurore Giguet is leaving Las Vegas By Kristen Peterson
After 20-plus years at the Barrick, she has accepted a position as executive director of the Everhart Museum of Natural History, Science and Art in Scranton, Pennsylvania.
A creative space: Art, literature and the five senses at the Nest By Kristen Peterson
The Reading Room's art of the story.
CAC’s latest Juried Show makes a resonant statement about the physicality of art Dawn-Michelle Baude
The works were selected by Mary Leigh Cherry of Cherry and Martin Gallery in LA.
Burning Man, Fine Art and Kitsch walk into a bar ... By Kristen Peterson
“Why should art, of all things, be free from critical dissection?”
This Week in Arts: Philharmonic’s Gershwin, Rondinone’s public art and female figurines at the Barrick By Kristen Peterson
There's a new website for Ugo Rondinone’s “Seven Magic Mountains.”
Stretching the canvas: A new program places artists' work on billboards By Kristen Peterson
Wendy Hickey's promoting of the arts on available billboard space comes to town.
Erik Beehn's masterful flowerpot manipulations at MCQ Dawn-Michelle Baude
Art that raises deeper questions of how we see in a world deluged by digital photos.
Altering art: The unfortunate fable of ‘holy cheeseburger’ By Kristen Peterson
Unless a contract says otherwise, artists who sell their works no longer have a voice in what happens to them.
With content that’s traditional and sacred, Eyob Mergia paints his homeland Dawn-Michelle Baude
The 72 paintings in Eyob Mergia’s The Philosophy of Form and Color are inseparable from the artist’s biography.
Britney Spears-Larry Rudolph relationship spins on its Axis By John Katsilometes
Sometime between three and five years ago, Larry Rudolph was hit with an epiphany in Las Vegas — in the form of a mega-nightclub …
With dimension and illumination, Audrey Barcio’s towers enthrall Dawn-Michelle Baude
The installation’s success depends, in part, on its simplicity.
Art critic Dave Hickey talks about Facebook — and his two new books about Facebook By Kristen Peterson
"I have nothing in common with children today."
‘Yousuf Karsh: Icons of the 20th Century’ comes to Bellagio Gallery of Fine Art By Kristen Peterson
Capturing a century, from Audrey Hepburn to Brigitte Bardot to Humphrey Bogart.
Artist Brent Holmes' new exhibit looks at Hellenistic ideas in 21st century Las Vegas By Kristen Peterson
Inverting Platos Theory of Forms
Fun with politics: An exhibit at Brett Wesley takes on election-season madness By Kristen Peterson
Amid patriotic bunting, the humorous works capture the circus of the American election season and its players.
Exit interview: Gina Quaranto on the Arts District, closing Blackbird and her final show By Kristen Peterson
"I’m ready to move on, to not have that stress on my back."
CAC reopens this week showcasing some of Las Vegas’ more celebrated artists By Kristen Peterson
Revisiting an annual tradition.
Settlers + Nomads: Artist Wendy Kveck launches website highlighting contemporary art in Las Vegas By Kristen Peterson
“All have glitter and dust on their boots and have been influenced or inspired in some way by this unique place we call home or pit stop..."
Valentin Yordanov’s abstracts explore the color and shape of cities By Kristen Peterson
Mapping non-place and everyplace.
High-tech: Julian Kilker’s photos are worth slowing down for By Kristen Peterson
Visual data in a data-obsessed society.
Contemporary Arts Center returns with permanent home and new exhibit By Kristen Peterson
New home in Soho Lofts in time for the Think Vegas symposium.
The presence of absence at Satellite Contemporary’s ‘Foreign Bodies’ exhibit By Kristen Peterson
Motivated by physicality, a tangible expression of presence and of the body.
Luis Varela-Rico's sculpture honoring native culture approved for Main Street By Kristen Peterson
“So often we are forgotten. [He] created a work that represents inspiration and hope, serving as a symbol not only for Native peoples’ leaning on each other for support, but for all of us as a community to support each other.”
An art museum in Downtown Las Vegas is closer to becoming a reality By Kristen Peterson
"We are a very active board. We're busy. We're rolling up our sleeves."
Two artists converse in paint, ceramics and midcentury motifs at MCQ Dawn-Michelle Baude
How do you translate historic midcentury motifs into contemporary art?
Nathan Douglas’ ‘Passing By’ balances between reality and dream life in the LA landscape By Kristen Peterson
The tumbleweed, a symbol of vast, ephemeral Western life, becomes “Tumble Weave” in Douglas’ work.
Donna Beam Fine Art Gallery shines a light on contemporary Cuban art By Kristen Peterson
Through Windows, Through Curtains, Call on Us
Concrete messages from fictional artists in '13 Baristas' Dawn-Michelle Baude
The messy situation at Brett Wesley Gallery.
Artist Jacqueline Ehlis’ house of mirrors Dawn-Michelle Baude
Whimsy gives way to examining reflectivity.
Las Vegas artists say farewell to the Riviera at Blackbird By Kristen Peterson
3D-scanning the Riv.
Elaine Wynn eyes the bigger picture By Jori Finkel, New York Times News Service
Known for being more even-keeled than her headline-grabbing former husband, Steve Wynn, the Las Vegas casino mogul and blue-chip art collector, Elaine Wynn is now ...
Moving Pictures: Brian Henry's digital marvels illuminate--and sell-- the Vegas idea By Kristen Peterson
At 38, designer Brian Henry's imprint is all over Las Vegas Boulevard.
Sculpture: In the yard of a Cuban refugee, an art mystery unfolds By Kristen Peterson
Highlighting artist Rafael Espino.
Veteran local artist Alex Huerta lands his first solo gallery show By Kristy Totten
The pieces in his Vintage Urban Collection exhibit are his most popular to date.
Functional paintings and the high-end retail boutique art installation at Cosmo's P3Studio By Kristen Peterson
Artist Thomas Willis and his Retrofit Painting brand.
Picasso’s prints offer a generous glimpse into the artist’s creative process Dawn-Michelle Baude
Bellagio exhibit highlights the evolution of Picasso.
Mixed media: Artists take on the expanse of Basin and Range Dawn-Michelle Baude
Shows dedicated to cultural touchstones often succumb to fawning and cliché. Not so here.
Artist Miguel Rodriguez gets '86d' in '8 Miles Out, Six Feet Under' By Kristen Peterson
What would happen if the power grid went out?
Comic style: It's Supa when 1960's San Francisco pops up in the future By Kristen Peterson
A retro futurist rainbow youth quake.
Eric Burwell uses the materiality of paint to push the stuck medium Dawn-Michelle Baude
The abstract compositions exhibit harmony and balance, and an intriguing feel for color.
Artist Kim Johnson's 'Wunder Kammer' considers our interactions with the world around us By Kristen Peterson
The awe and wonder.
Opening dialogue: A Downtown space explores all things photography By Kristen Peterson
A darkroom, a gallery and two seasoned photographers
Murals in progress: Sush Machida brings his Japanese-inspired contemporary style to Child Haven By Kristen Peterson
The Las Vegas artist transforms the walls of Child Haven
‘Helen: A Literary Magazine’ publishes its music issue packed with amazing art By Kristen Peterson
The beat, the melodies, the sound waves and experiences.
Zap! goes on: tagging won’t stop urban beautification By Kristen Peterson
Artists have volunteered to touch up their vandalized works.
Urban walls: writer Ed Fuentes talks Las Vegas street art By Kristen Peterson
The 100 Centennial murals are great.
‘12 Inches’ and more: Sin City gallery kicks off a three-month celebration of provocative art By Kristy Totten
“So much art you can barely fit it in.”
Swiss artist Ugo Rondinone’s ginormous rock totems in the Nevada desert By Kristen Peterson
"It really synthesizes who we are."
Broadcasting from the Neon Boneyard: artist David Sanchez Burr’s community radio By Kristen Peterson
Artist residency begins at the Neon Museum.
Traditional commemorative sculpture meets car fetish in ‘Car Show’ Dawn-Michelle Baude
Reframing infamous 20th-century tragedies
Las Vegas Arts Commission is accepting donated funds for a public art project By Kristen Peterson
The city has $145,000 set aside for the art.
Chance reactions: Beauty in the disjointed at Wasteland Gallery By Kristen Peterson
Going for the full collision.
Nurturing the visual arts at Las Vegas Academy By Kristen Peterson
In-depth training and studio practices ready them for futures in art.
The fight to preserve Michael Heizer’s land art in the open desert hits home By Kristen Peterson
Dave Hickey and Michael Govan discuss Heizer's "City"
Lucky DeBellevue at Cosmo’s P3: Sculpting with pipe cleaners and painting with inked rubber Dawn-Michelle Baude
An artist of materials.
Unique Vladimir Kush-Tommy Ward event to raise money, and awareness, for Lou Ruvo Center By John Katsilometes
In the latest fundraising effort for Keep Memory Alive, artist Vladimir Kush is partnering with Las Vegas singer-songwriter Tommy Ward for an event billed “Kush & Ward: Sights & Sounds” set for April 25 at Kush Fine Art Gallery.
‘Recombinations,’ impermanence and other tales of landscape in Las Vegas By Kristen Peterson
Looking at the bi-product of transience in this town
Beautiful deterioration: Local artist brings ‘Urban Decay’ to the Funk House By Kristen Peterson
Printed on metal, Jay Scott's photos are a rich and thoughtful nod to beautiful decay.
Going beneath the surface: Artist Nancy Good’s unmasking By Kristen Peterson
Transparency in digital composites.
Out of the galleries and into the streets: 10 years of Zap! in Vegas By Kristen Peterson
What a difference a painting makes.
John Millei’s deliberate confidence gives his work gravitational pull Dawn-Michelle Baude
You don’t see this exhibition. You experience it.
Inspired by video games, Kent Caldwell creates familiar fantasies in ‘Otherlands’ By Kristy Totten
"I'm building things I think my 5-year-old self would geek out about."
The memory, history and myth behind Deborah Aschheim’s drawings By Kristen Peterson
Looking at the people looking at the Kennedys.
Following David Sanchez Burr’s itinerant radio/art experience By Kristen Peterson
Sanchez Burr is the Neon Museum's first artist in residence.
Car Show: Remembering Tupac, Selena and the OJ spectacle By Kristen Peterson
Three iconic tragedies of the ’90s involved cars that became celebrities themselves.
Vegas artist Dray opens a new gallery—and turns his focus to Buddha By Kristy Totten
Year of the Buddha features more than 60 pieces made in various styles and mediums, from aerosol to acrylic.
Weekly Q&A: Emmanuel Ortega on the visual history of Mexico By Kristen Peterson
“Tourists want to see Frida Kahlo with a monkey on her shoulder.”
Contemporary Arts Center kicks off book club with Dave Hickey’s ‘Pirates and Farmers’ By Kristen Peterson
After film screenings and a pop-up exhibit, CAC starts a new art-ed adventure with the former notable resident's essay collection.
Artist Jska Priebe highlights local musicians in ‘Composition’ By Kristen Peterson
Priebe takes the digital immediacy out of an image-based industry by painting oil portraits of Las Vegas talent.
Michael Light’s aerial photography looks at the luxury and ruins of Lake Las Vegas and Black Mountain By Kristen Peterson
Shot mostly from a helicopter (occasionally a small fixed-wing plane) Light’s work is among the most compelling and awe-inducing visual representations speaking to the audacity of the Valley’s famous building boom.
Yoko Ono brings her activist art back to the Cosmopolitan By Kristen Peterson
Spot it on the marquee and in the registration lobby.
Art exhibit: Satellite Contemporary’s ‘Heroes’ taps into art mentors from around the world Dawn-Michelle Baude
Artistic affinity remains at the secret center of most art making.
Art to see right now By Kristen Peterson
Alterwitz, 'Santa Confessional' and a UNLV MFA avalanche.
Lady Gaga engaged to ‘Chicago Fire’ actor Taylor Kinney Associated Press
Lady Gaga is no longer caught in a bad romance: She's engaged to actor Taylor Kinney. The pop star shared the news on her Instagram account Monday. She posted a photo of a ring on her finger ...
Protecting ‘City’: ‘Levitated Mass’ more than screening in campaign for Heizer national monument in Nevada By Kristen Peterson
Conservation Lands Foundation is working to rally local support for the project.
Artist D.K. Sole’s resonant works, assemblages of the unseen Dawn-Michelle Baude
Materials matter. Wire is key.
Artist Laurie Simmons finds a place in the Strip’s bombastic visual chatter By Kristen Peterson
Simmons has us rethinking the “ideal.”
The Art of Dialogue: Cappuccino potato chip inventor opens Downtown art gallery By Kristen Peterson
Undoing boundaries, opening discourse.
A community garden in the Las Vegas Arts District? Maybe By Kristen Peterson
Art and arugula and maybe a little Bloomberg money.
Vegas for Real: Yes, people live here By Kristen Peterson
Catherine Borg's Scouted aims to present a more dimensional view of Las Vegas.
Will artist Michael Heizer’s ‘City’ become a national monument? By Kristen Peterson
A push to have “City” designated as a national monument has begun.
Paint-your-own-pottery studio opens, art gallery relocates in Las Vegas By Tristan Aird
Art enthusiasts in the Las Vegas Valley received a couple extra gifts this holiday season in the form of business openings. Also around the valley, plans are in the works for Rainforest Café to eventually move ...
Trifecta owner Marty Walsh reflects on her gallery and the local arts scene By Kristen Peterson
Trifecta owner Marty Walsh closes her Arts Factory space, which became a staple of the arts scene for its consistency and quality, at the end of January.
Artist JK Russ and the bird women of Cosmo’s P3Studio By Kristen Peterson
Leggy and feathered bird women, chic and defiant on the harsh landscape.
Celebrating Christmas, Vintage Vegas style: The Blue Angel of Glen Heather By Kristen Peterson
“We wanted to do a Las Vegas Christmas."
Artist Justin Favela’s piñata-inspired Nativity—Vegas, Mexico and Bethlehem By Kristen Peterson
Justin Favela at the Mexican Consulate
Pushing color to the cusp of recognition: Three questions with David Ryan By Kristen Peterson
Balancing discrete shapes with analog sensibility.
Depicting death: Artists take on the great inevitable By Kristen Peterson
In our leftovers we all look the same.
Wendy Kveck’s hard-hitting ‘Stanley Hall’ brings Trifecta to stunning close Dawn-Michelle Baude
Kveck’s fascination with the grotesque surrenders to the sensuality of the beautiful.
43 Days: Artist Javier Sanchez in solidarity with Mexico’s missing students By Kristen Peterson
“In Mexico every day is the day of the dead, and the day of the disappeared, and the day of the mutilated, and the day of the bereaved. "
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