Phoenix Art Museum

Phoenix Art Museum The Southwest’s largest art museum, home to a collection of more than 21,000 objects in the heart of downtown Phoenix. Curtis.
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Top exhibitions are shown alongside the Museum’s collection of more than 20,000 objects of American, Asian, European, Latin American, Western American, modern and contemporary art, photography, and fashion design. Phoenix Art Museum hosts photography exhibitions through its landmark partnership with The University of Arizona’s Center for Creative Photography. Visitors can also enjoy the Lemon Art

Research Library, the largest specialized fine arts library in the region, along with the Dorrance Sculpture Garden, the Thorne Miniature Rooms of historic interiors and a collection of works by renowned Arizona artist Philip C. For additional information please visit phxart.org or call 602-257-1880.

This First Friday PhxArt will premiere Coyote Appears at Muhaḍagĭ Doʼag (Greasy Mountain), a new commission by contempor...
06/05/2026

This First Friday PhxArt will premiere Coyote Appears at Muhaḍagĭ Doʼag (Greasy Mountain), a new commission by contemporary photographer Cara Romero, whose first major museum exhibition, Cara Romero: Panûpünüwügai (Living Light), is currently on view at PhxArt through June 28, 2026.

The artist’s first triptych, the large-scale photograph was created at South Mountain Park and Preserve in Phoenix and depicts Dre Noline who is both San Carlos Apache and Salt River Pima-Maricopa reclining within the landscape and embodying the human connection to Coyote and all animals.

Grounded in regional, collaborative storytelling with Native peoples, Coyote Appears at Muhaḍagĭ Doʼag (Greasy Mountain) is emblematic of Romero’s practice in touching on universal themes of women’s empowerment, environmental stewardship, and the role of landscape in shaping identity. The image’s model connects us to Coyote, who exists as both herself and a conduit for the Coyote spirit. She wears ashell necklace, a Pima cotton dress, and Pima sandals, markers of her ancestral connection to this landscape and peoples of Phoenix. Romero made the Coyote mask and collaborated with fiber artist Leah Mata-Fragua to create the model’s necklace. The sandals are the model’s personal shoes, an intimate detail demonstrating the way Romero invites her sitters to take part in the creative process alongside her.

🎟️ Grab your First Friday tickets: https://bit.ly/4x5rV5z

Image Credit:
Cara Romero, Coyote Appears at Muhaḍagĭ Doʼag (Greasy Mountain), 2026, archival pigment print. © Cara Romero. Image courtesy of the artist.

Join us at Phoenix Art Museum for the Matriarch Mixer, presented in collaboration with the Indigenous Community Collabor...
05/29/2026

Join us at Phoenix Art Museum for the Matriarch Mixer, presented in collaboration with the Indigenous Community Collaborative and inspired by Cara Romero: Panûpünüwügai (Living Light).

"We are the story. The light. The lineage."

Rooted in this powerful theme, visitors are invited to explore identity, resilience, and community through immersive activities, storytelling, and shared experiences. Inspired by Romero’s exploration of light as a carrier of memory, this space is open to all to reflect, participate, and connect through art.

Schedule of Events:

🎨 5:15–6 pm | Commission Reveal with Cara Romero
🎤 6–7 pm | Open Mic with Rashaad Thomas
🪶 7–7:45 pm | Bird Singing Performance in the Dorrance Sculpture Garden

Throughout the Evening:

💫 Move through a space inspired by Cara Romero: Panûpünüwügai (Living Light) and reflect on presence and connection
📹 Share your story through a short video prompt and contribute to a living archive created live during First Friday
✍️ Visit the Journal Prompt Writing Table with Sketchclub Cafeto add a drawing or written reflection centered on lineage and memory
🎶 Live Music with DJ J-ME LEE
🌮 Local food vendors and drinks available for purchase from Skoden Coffee
🖼️ Docent-Led Tours at 5:30 + 6:30 pm

🎟️ Grab your tickets: https://bit.ly/4vjLMw7

First Fridays are made possible through the generosity of APS, with additional support from Arizona Community Foundation.

Unlimited art. All summer. Just $75. 🌞Summers in Phoenix are hot, but Phoenix Art Museum is the perfect indoor escape. F...
05/28/2026

Unlimited art. All summer. Just $75. 🌞

Summers in Phoenix are hot, but Phoenix Art Museum is the perfect indoor escape. From Memorial Day through Labor Day, get out of the heat and into our air-conditioned galleries with the PhxArt Summer Pass.

For just $75, pass holders get:

🎟️ Unlimited visits from May 27–September 6, 2026
👫 Free general admission for two adults and all youth (17 and under)
🎬 Free monthly film screening
🛍️ 10% off at the award-winning Museum Store
🎨 Free access to art-making activities + more

And if you don’t want the fun to end after Labor Day, apply the cost of your Summer Pass toward an annual Family Level Membership or above, starting at just $99*

Grab your PhxArt Summer Pass today: https://phxart.org/summer-pass/

*General Admission access during regular Museum hours. Does not include special exhibition tickets during Pay-What-You-Wish Wednesdays and First Fridays or discounts at Alden restaurant. Valid May 27–September 6, 2026. Cannot be combined with other offers. May be applied to an annual Family Level Membership or above at the end of the access period.

05/23/2026

It's your LAST CHANCE to experience Eric Fischl: Stories Told at Phoenix Art Museum. Closing June 14, this powerful exhibition brings together 40 large-scale works by renowned figurative painter Eric Fischl (), tracing his career from the late 1970s to today.

Raised in both Long Island and Phoenix, Fischl studied at Phoenix College and Arizona State University before becoming one of the most influential figurative painters of his generation. Stories Told explores the complexities beneath everyday life — family dynamics, social tensions, memory, masculinity, privilege, and the uneasy spaces between public and private life — through emotionally charged, deeply human scenes.

This exhibition also celebrates Fischl’s lasting connection to Phoenix and his impact on the local arts community through decades of mentorship and philanthropy. Don’t miss your chance to see this extraordinary exhibition before it closes.

🎟️ Grab your tickets: https://phxart.org/visit/tickets/

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Exhibition Sponsors:
The exhibition is presented by the Men’s Arts Council, with leadership support from Margaret T. Morris Foundation, and Steven Martin and Anne Stringfield.

Major support provided by Michael and Nancy Gifford, James and Janet Dicke, Bruce and Suzie Kovner, and DL Withers Foundation.

Additional support is provided by Rafael Jablonka, Erica Samuels, and Skarstedt Gallery.

In-kind support provided by Kimpton Hotel Palomar Phoenix.

Contemporary art exhibitions and projects are made possible in part by the Rob Walton, Jordan Rose, and Rose Law Group Fund for Contemporary Art. All exhibitions at Phoenix Art Museum are underwritten by the Phoenix Art Museum Exhibition Excellence Fund, founded by The Opatrny Family Foundation, with additional major support provided by Joan Cremin.

Leadership support for the exhibition publication, Eric Fischl: Late America, is provided by Skarstedt Gallery.

On view June 13 | Janet Cardiff and George Bures Miller: The Instrument of Troubled DreamsExperience Janet Cardiff and G...
05/15/2026

On view June 13 | Janet Cardiff and George Bures Miller: The Instrument of Troubled Dreams

Experience Janet Cardiff and George Bures Miller’s acclaimed interactive audio installation, on view in Arizona for the first time.

Born in small rural towns in Canada, artists Janet Cardiff (b. 1957) and George Bures Miller (b. 1960) have collaborated for more than three decades, developing a singular practice rooted in sound, storytelling, and immersive installation. Working with film, robotics, and advanced audio technologies, their work blurs the boundaries between memory and narrative, inviting viewers into shifting worlds where space, time, and perception are constantly in flux.

In The Instrument of Troubled Dreams, visitors are invited to take a seat at a modified 1960s Mellotron keyboard and become active participants in the work itself. Each of the instrument’s 72 keys triggers a distinct sound, musical fragment, or spoken narrative—from a raven crossing the gallery to soldiers searching an apartment to a carnival drifting past on a barge.

As visitors improvise, they construct their own evolving audio landscapes—composing fragmented, cinematic narratives that shift with every interaction. The result is an experience that is at once intimate and expansive, structured and unpredictable, echoing the unstable nature of memory itself.

Janet Cardiff and George Bures Miller: The Instrument of Troubled Dreams marks the artists’ second presentation at Phoenix Art Museum and the Arizona premiere of this major interactive work.

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Image Credits:
Cardiff & Miller, The Instrument of Troubled Dreams, 2018. Interactive audio installation with ambisonic sound. © 2026 courtesy the artists. Oude Kerke Amsterdam.

Join us for a special screening of the silent-era masterpiece The Passion of Joan of Arc, one of cinema’s most transcend...
05/14/2026

Join us for a special screening of the silent-era masterpiece The Passion of Joan of Arc, one of cinema’s most transcendent and emotionally powerful works, directed by Carl Theodor Dreyer.

Spiritual rapture and institutional hypocrisy come to stark, vivid life in one of the most transcendent masterpieces of the silent era. Chronicling the trial of Joan of Arc in the hours leading up to her ex*****on, Danish master Carl Theodor Dreyer depicts her torment with startling immediacy, employing an array of techniques—expressionistic lighting, interconnected sets, painfully intimate close-ups—to immerse viewers in her subjective experience. Anchoring Dreyer’s audacious formal experimentation is a legendary performance by Renée Falconetti, whose haunted face channels both the agony and the ecstasy of martyrdom.

🍿 We're thrilled to now offer concessions! Grab your favorite movie snacks, including popcorn, soda, and candy, to enjoy during the film.⁠

📅 Date: Wednesday, May 20
🕛 Time: 6 pm⁠
📍 Location: Whiteman Hall at Phoenix Art Museum⁠

🎟️ FREE for Members | $8 for non-Members⁠
Grab tickets: https://bit.ly/49DqJfh

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Films@PhxArt is made possible by Fit Via Vi Films ().

This month's Lemon Library Book Club pick is What We Keep: 150 People Share the One Object that Brings Them Joy, Magic, ...
05/13/2026

This month's Lemon Library Book Club pick is What We Keep: 150 People Share the One Object that Brings Them Joy, Magic, and Meaning by Bill Shapiro and Naomi Wax—a heartfelt collection exploring the deeply personal stories behind the objects we treasure most.

Selected in connection with themes of memory, collecting, and preservation, this fascinating book offers an intimate look at the sentimental items people choose to hold onto, from everyday keepsakes to extraordinary heirlooms. Through thoughtful storytelling and striking photography, What We Keep reflects on the emotional ties between people and the things that shape their lives.

Following the discussion, Phoenix Art Museum Archivist Aspen Reynolds will lead a special conversation on the “why” and “how” of museum collections, sharing insights into what makes objects valuable and how to best preserve your own meaningful items at home.

Join fellow readers for an evening of storytelling, nostalgia, and reflection before exploring the ways art, objects, and memory intertwine.

✨ Grab your copy and join us on Wednesday, June 3 at 6:30 pm at Phoenix Art Museum.

Reserve your spot: https://bit.ly/48WEwxq

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The June Book Club is sponsored by Collectors Study Club in memory of treasured members Emily Stephenson, Anne Gale, Steve Thomas, Jennifer Sands, Joan Myers, Mary Wentworth, Tish Smidt, and Anne Zeller.

How can photography preserve the stories our bodies carry?Join us for In Conversation: Muscle Memory, where curator Emil...
05/07/2026

How can photography preserve the stories our bodies carry?

Join us for In Conversation: Muscle Memory, where curator Emilia Mickevicius sits down with artists Claire A. Warden, Marcus Chormicle, and Mehrdad Mirzaie. Inspired by Muscle Memory: Lens on the Body, this conversation will explore how each artist uses photography to document strength, vulnerability, and the passage of time.

From intimate, everyday moments to larger narratives of identity and migration, their work reveals how the body becomes an archive—holding experiences that shape who we are. Together, they’ll reflect on the camera’s ability to capture what is subtle, fleeting, and deeply human.

📅 May 13 | 6:30 pm
📍 Great Hall South
🎟 Free RSVP

RSVP here 👉 https://bit.ly/42ja90p

This Mother’s Day, step into the romance and richness of 17th-century Italy. Whether you’re celebrating Mom, bringing th...
05/06/2026

This Mother’s Day, step into the romance and richness of 17th-century Italy. Whether you’re celebrating Mom, bringing the whole family, or carving out a morning for yourself, consider this your passport to something special.

From 10 am–1 pm, your ticket includes a curated experience of art and creativity.

Included with your admission:
🎻 Live music by Sweetwater Strings
🍷 Complimentary wine and spirits tasting by RNDC and Maverick
📸 Professional family portraits and prints by Kenzie Rich Photography
🎨 Design a personalized tote bag with birth-month flowers
🔑 Craft a macramé keychain with custom Shrinky D**k charms
🖼️ Decorate a custom frame for your favorite people
🎬 1 pm special screening of Mamma Mia! in Whiteman Hall

Available for purchase:
🥂 Bellini and spritz bar by ARTenders
🍦 Authentic gelato by Fabio On Fire | Panini & Gelateria
🧀 Charcuterie bar by Charcute Mobile
☕️ Espresso bar by Fiore della Vita
🛍️ Enjoy 10% off at The Museum Store for all moms

🎟️ Reserve your tickets: https://bit.ly/3QSUZMP

Join Emilia Mickevicius, Norton Family Assistant Curator of Photography at the Phoenix Art Museum, for an intimate Curat...
05/02/2026

Join Emilia Mickevicius, Norton Family Assistant Curator of Photography at the Phoenix Art Museum, for an intimate Curator Tour exploring Muscle Memory: Lens On The Body.

During this in-gallery conversation, Mickevicius will guide visitors through the Norton Gallery, examining how photographers across generations have captured the vitality, complexity, and quiet tension of the human form. From moments of stillness to implied motion, the works on view reveal how the body becomes both subject and storyteller.

Through highlights from the exhibition, the tour will explore how artists use the camera to document strength and vulnerability—tracing the ways movement, gesture, and presence are translated into powerful visual narratives.

📅 Thursday, May 7, 2026
🕡 6:30–7:30 pm
📍 Norton Gallery, Phoenix Art Museum

🎟️ Free with General Admission | Space is limited
👉 Tickets: https://11000a.blackbaudhosting.com/11000a/tickets?tab=2&txobjid=625b93b9-7ffb-42f6-8fee-0142eb3f29b8&_gl=1*1oy71du*_gcl_au*NDk3NzU1MTQ0LjE3NzU1MTMxMjU.*_ga*MjAyODgwMTA5Ni4xNzc1NTEzMTI1*_ga_TGREJD84ZV*czE3Nzc1OTAxODEkbzE4JGcxJHQxNzc3NTkwNzMwJGo1NyRsMCRoMA..

Curator Tours offer a dynamic opportunity to engage directly with museum curators, providing deeper insight into current exhibitions and artworks on view, along with time for Q&A.

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Muscle Memory: Lens on the Body is co-organized by Phoenix Art Museum and the Center for Creative Photography. The exhibition is curated by Emilia Mickevicius, PhD, the Norton Family Assistant Curator of Photography.

All exhibitions at Phoenix Art Museum are underwritten by the Phoenix Art Museum Exhibition Excellence Fund, founded by The Opatrny Family Foundation, with additional major support provided by Joan Cremin.

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