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Catherine Velasquez works in 542 square feet, and the limitations of that space have become part of her process. “Working out of my 542-sq ft apartment has its challenges,” she says, “but it’s also pushed me toward more intentional time spent researching dynastic works and periods, reading up […]
When FIFA painted over one of Wyland’s whale murals in Dallas after it had been there for nearly 30 years, the artist sued. He cited the 1990 Visual Artists Rights Act, which gives artists certain “moral rights” even after they no longer own the work. In Utah, meanwhile, […]
Meet the Fletchers, on view at the Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art through July 25, introduces visitors to three of the most important figures in 20th-century Utah art: Calvin Fletcher, Irene Fletcher, and their son Dale. Together, the exhibition argues, they embraced modern ideas and methods that […]
Monica Pasqual left for Salt Lake City the day an earthquake shook the valley—the same week the world shut down for COVID-19, the same week her brother lay dying of the virus. She drove from the Bay Area, where she’d spent decades as a music producer and recording […]
It’s called the problem play. A problem because no one can agree what it is—tragedy, comedy, satire—least of all audiences, who think they’re in for one thing and discover another. So it’s rarely staged (1999 was the last time it appeared in Cedar City). But it opened the […]
“It is so strange that simply placing two objects next to each other helps you to see each of them better. Sometimes it is what they have in common that is most striking, but I have always been drawn to the contrasts because they remind me of my […]
The late, great Philip Guston once said, “I’m a night painter, so when I come into the studio the next morning the delirium is over. I know I won’t remember the details, but I know I will remember the feeling of the whole thing.” Isn’t that the great […]
Wallace Stegner. Maurine Whipple. Levi Peterson. Brady Udall. There are a few others, but it’s a rather short list of authors with works vying for the title of Great Utah Novel. Of course, coronating such a subjective title is nigh impossible, but there are clear contenders. Karin Anderson’s […]
Phil Sherburne was born a carpenter, building since he made a chair for his sisters when he was 5 years old in the south end of the Salt Lake Valley. Inspired by French spoke-shave technique built by proletariats for their friends and family, Sherburne was charmed by the […]
Sanpete County might well be celebrated as the home of more near-misses than any other Utah locale. It contains what cartographers assure us is the precise center of the entire state of Utah, an isolated and hard-to-find spot marked by a stone that invokes the Romantic poet Percy […]
Blending the arts and athletics isn’t something you encounter every day, but when it happens, it’s magic. That magic is unfolding in Salt Lake City thanks to local artists Aimee Odum, Catherine Velasquez, and Dax Hansen—the organizers behind Artist Run Club SLC. Artist Run Club SLC launched in […]
Lindey Carter’s large canvases anchor the upstairs space at Phillips Gallery this month. Scattered among Carter’s large pieces are smaller oils on panel by David Cassil. The two bodies of work share a register of muted atmosphere and restrained color close enough that, without prior knowledge of the […]
On September 15, 2023, Chuck Landvatter and some twenty or so other artists transformed the narrow run of asphalt and the brick in the alley behind Fice and Copperplate Press into a spectacular exhibition for a single night: Salt Lake’s Finest Billionaires: Backdoor Bandit Group Show. The height […]
For four days every June, Washington Square fills with white tents and the people who’ve staked their practice on them. These are the artists who loaded their work into vans before dawn, who built the walls of their temporary galleries by hand, who know by now exactly how […]
John O’Connell came to painting late, but spent the rest of his life making up for lost time. He died June 14, after more than two decades as associate professor of Painting and Drawing at the University of Utah. He was 64. Born in Worcester, Massachusetts, O’Connell grew […]
For many contemporary artists, the space between lived reality and digital reality is becoming increasingly blurred and perhaps more ethically complex. For Allison Joy McKinney, these distinct realities merge. To understand the world more deeply, McKinney captures images of objects, people, and moments—sometimes seemingly fleeting—and reimagines them digitally. […]
There are a couple of things that won’t make sense at first glance. What does London have to do with wildlife? What’s a Utah artist doing there? And isn’t that painting a landscape? Start with the announcement: Salt Lake City-based painter Nadia Cross has been named a finalist […]
The downstairs gallery at Bountiful Davis Art Center hosts the staff group show — a fitting metaphor for what lies beneath the institution above. Paintings, pottery, sculptures, mixed media. Self-taught and art-school trained. The variety is a showcase of the different approaches that make this fine center of […]
Another year, another Springville Salon, another chance to reflect on the art scene in Utah. As the recently closed Salon 100 show at Springville demonstrated, the Salon has a storied past. Perhaps most importantly, its more than 100-year history illustrates Utah’s ongoing commitment to the arts, even during […]
