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Barrick Museum temporarily closed

May 22, 2013 4:12pm
The Marjorie Barrick Museum will go under the knife one more time, starting this week. The UNLV...

Review: RC Wonderly favors arrangement over creativity in new exhibit

May 15, 2013 3:07pm
Artist RC Wonderly made a name for himself as an art handler for creative consultant...

UNLV’s BFA show finds young artists getting ready for what comes next

May 08, 2013 6:49pm
The recent BFA artist talks at UNLV were filled with bits of sharp things, wounds,...

Robert Beckmann takes us through his painting ‘The Three Graces’

May 08, 2013 5:30pm
“’The Three Graces’ acknowledges the vast and amazing forces of change happening in our...

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<p>Nanda Sharifpour / PHOTO: JEFERSON APPLEGATE</p>

Iranian refugee artists find a new freedom in Las Vegas

Updated: Jan 16, 2013 3:36pm
They weren’t “fired,” just told they didn’t have any classes to teach the following semester at the university where they were both tenured art professors. They weren’t “threatened,” just asked to...

First Friday Roundup

Updated: Jan 09, 2013 3:46pm
YOBANA GRACIANOIn FluxA butterfly folds into its gossamer casing and emerges as a brilliant new being. Likewise, humans pull their thoughts and strength into their core and may reinvent and transform...

First Friday Listings

Jan 02, 2013 5:06pm
Hours: 5-10p. Shuttle service: 5-11p, with stops and parking at El Cortez, Golden Nugget, Arts District hub (Colorado and Main) and the Clark County Government Center. Additional $5 parking lots can...

Selection criteria: Jason Adkins wants you to recreate works at his Cosmo exhibit

Jan 02, 2013 4:48pm
On second thought, Banksy wasn’t quite right.Henderson artist Jason Adkins — a painter known for his large, writhing abstracts and a sculptor known for arrangements of stacked boxes — was prepping...
<p>A scene from Michael Barrett&amp;#8217;s first Trifecta performance</p>

Artist Michael Barrett will do something unusual on Friday night

Dec 27, 2012 3:06pm
2012 was a bust-out year for performance art in Las Vegas. One of the vanguard figures in this vanguard movement is artist Michael Barrett. This week will see Standing Room Only: Episode Two, the...
<p>Jevijoe Vitug at London Biennale</p>

The Las Vegas art scene showed considerable growth and maturity in 2012

Updated: Jan 03, 2013 11:28am
A couple months back, L.A. Times art critic David Pagel, lecturing at UNLV, talked about the early days of the Los Angeles art scene and a “circling of the wagons” to protect the, at that time,...
<p>Michael Barrett / PHOTO: JEFERSON APPLEGATE</p>

Donkey Boy builds his dream house: At home with artist Michael Barrett

Updated: Dec 26, 2012 5:09pm
It’s hard to imagine a better place for an artist to live and work than Michael Barrett’s small cottage at Casino Center and Coolidge, in the heart of the arts district. Here’s how he directs you to...

Review: Brent Holmes’ latest exhibit questions the changing worth of money

Dec 12, 2012 7:02pm
Immediately upon entering the 303 North Studio exhibit Crass Doesn’t Sell, guests are informed the currency in their wallets is not valid. Instead, they are offered the opportunity to exchange it for...

First Friday roundup

Updated: Dec 12, 2012 5:01pm
BRENT HOLMESCrass Doesn’t SellAttacking corporate consumerism and knocking the “sacred” act of art-making down a few pegs are not novel ways to shake up the establishment. However, it’s kinda hard...

First Friday Listings, 12.6.12

Dec 05, 2012 4:52pm
Hours: 5-10p. Shuttle service: 4:30-10:30p. Free parking at the Clark County Government Center and the City Hall parking garage; $5 parking lots and free shuttles also available. For more info, visit...