According to what?
Even those unfamiliar with contemporary Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei have likely seen his work. The Beijing-born artist, whose works are currently exhibited in “Ai Weiwei: According to What?”...
View ArticleQuestioning the cause of death
An EastLake Mortuary casket sits centered along one wall of an intimate performance space at Phoenix Center for the Arts, where BlackPoet Ventures performs “The Death of the Last Black Man in the Whole...
View ArticleRelease the fear
You’ll find a large collection of weapons at the intersection of Central Ave. and Roosevelt St. in Phoenix — all used in crimes, but later melted down and incorporated into the base of a sculpture...
View ArticleAll eyes on art
Walls dotted with eyes greet visitors to the Arizona Latino Arts & Cultural Center in Phoenix — where artist Pitufo Azteca (Aztec Smurf) curates an exhibition inside Galeria 147, one of several...
View ArticleCultural savant
A cascade of chairs hangs inside the exhibit space at Scottsdale Civic Center Library, where an eclectic assortment of chairs below sit anchored by a giant white sphere punctuated with a scoop of...
View ArticleArt meets activism
History looks different depending on the lens you use to explore it. At the Museum of the City of New York, one lens is activism. The museum’s “Activist New York,” the first exhibition in the Puffin...
View ArticleSize matters
“The Brothers Size,” a delightfully unconventional bit of theater being performed through Sunday, Oct. 5 by Stray Cat Theatre in Tempe, is a visceral exploration of brotherhood by blood and...
View ArticlePushing paper
Landmines. Breast cancer. Aging. They’re all explored in paper works currently on view at Shemer Art Center in Phoenix, where the “Pushing Paper” exhibit and a solo exhibition of works by John Risseeuw...
View ArticleA migration tale
Poetic justice abounds in works of opera, yet poetry is sometimes in short supply. Instead of the usual themes of lust, murder, envy and excess the mariachi opera “Cruzar la Cara de la Luna” (“To Cross...
View ArticleExhibitions raise genocide awareness
A trio of exhibits featured in Genocide Awareness Week , which takes place April 13-18 at Scottsdale Community College, serve as moving reminders that both historical and contemporary acts of genocide...
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