Spent some time at SAM, great Ai Weiwei exhibit, lots and lots of stuff in the permanent collection.
Art
Anna Sui at PHX Art – May 2025
Anna Sui, queen of creating little mini universes. You wanna be a rockstar? Grunge-girl? Pirate? It’s like anything is possible. And the soundtrack ROCKS.
Scottsdale Ferrari Art Week – Inaugural 2025 Edition
First described to me as Art Basel in the desert, clearly by someone who hasn’t been to Art Basel, if this was the intent. Artists are struggling right now, and anything that gets more exposure is probably ok.
Quiltcon 2025 – Phoenix
Accidentally stumbled into the biggest US quilt show of the year, which just happened to be in Phoenix this time.
Vision Gallery Annual Quilt Show – Chandler AZ
This is the second time I’ve caught the annual quilt show at Vision Gallery in Chandler. Maybe I’ll get off my duff and submit something for the next one.
LightBloom by HYBYCOZO – DBG – Nov/Dec 2024
Combination of two different dumps from the Lightbloom exhibit at Desert Botanical Garden. Artist(s) are HYBYCOZO, and it’s some really cool engineering as well as art!
Phoenix Art Museum – Jan 2024
PHX Art – Dec 2024 – Fashion archives exhibit and random shots.
Jim DeWitt Estate Sale – Richmond CA – Winter 2024
Jim was a prolific artist, not just in marine themed paintings. He’s got a large body of work made up of portraits and figurative collections as well.
LACMA and La Brea Tar Pits
LACMA. La Brea. Typical LA visit stuff. LACMA is such a monster of a museum, there’s gotta be stuff here for nearly everyone. And some deadstock denim.
Mickalene Thomas at The Broad – LA
Yes. All that. Yes, I said. And a bag of chips.
Meow Wolf Santa Fe
I can see where this would either be the best place to trip or the worst place to trip.
Museum of International Folk Art – Santa Fe – May 2024
Weird and yet oh so cool as shit at the same time. Def make a spot on your calendar to check it out if you’re gonna be there.