Something that I've always taken with me wherever I've gone is my memories of the monsoon season… [and] watching the clouds building. You see them far away and hope that they will come your way and break the heat. And there's a kind of magical quality to that…and what a relief [it] brings to people out here and the life of the desert.
image credits : (cover) Onorio Marinari (1617-1716), Saint Sebastian. Oil on canvas. Haukohl Collection. Photo Credit: MNAHA, Tom Lucas; (above) Hurvin Anderson, Twins, 2015. Acrylic on linen. Courtesy of Iris and Adam Singer. Installation view of The Collection: 1960 - Now, 2024. Photo: Leon Huynh (@ok.leon)
Jeremy Mikolajczak
The Sybil Harrington Director + CEO
Donald Opatrny Chair of the Board of Trustees
editorial staff
Samantha Andreacchi
Executive Editor
Samantha Santos
Associate Editor
Airi Katsuta
Creative Director
contributing editors
Nikki DeLeon-Martin
Deputy Director
Helen Jean
The Jacquie Dorrance Curator of Fashion
Claudia López
Senior Interpretation Specialist
Emilia Mickevicius
The Norton Family Assistant Curator of Photography
Colin Pearson
Curator of Asian Art
Charlotte Quinney
Senior Manager of Interpretation
Christian Ramírez
The Cohn Assistant Curator of Contemporary Art + Director of Engagement
Aspen Reynolds
Archivist
Rachel Sadvary Zebro
Associate Curator of Collections
PHOENIX
BOARD
2025
CHAIR
Donald Opatrny
VICE CHAIRS
David Lenhardt
Andrew Cooper
SECRETARY
Terry Roman
TREASURER
Blair J. Portigal
Ruben E. Alvarez
Alice Bazlen
Drew M. Brown*
Joel Coen
Mike Cohn
Gloria Cowen
Jacquie Dorrance*
Carter Emerson
Michele Feeney
Martin Galbut
Eric Garcia
Jeannine Gillikin
Michael Greenbaum*
Judy Goldberg
Sara T. Gordon
John W. Graham
Nancy Hanley Eriksson
Oliver Harper, MD
Lila Harnett*
John Horseman
Barbara Noble Howard
Lindsay Jewell
Ellen Katz*
Don Kile
Sally Lehmann
Beth McMullen
Mitch Menchaca**
Jeanne Miraglia
Bettina Nava
Rose Papp
Sally Pope
Jordan Rose
Vanessa Ruiz
Iris C. Singer
Rob Taylor
Catherine Tuton
Meredith von Arentschildt
*Honorary Trustee
**Ex-Officio
Dear Friends,
There’s a popular misconception that the Valley slows down during the height of the summer. And while that may be true as many residents take worthy summer vacations and moments of respite from the heat, Phoenix Art Museum continues to serve as a vibrant and engaging space where there’s always something new to see and do. With new presentations of artworks in our fashion and contemporary art galleries, along with an ongoing roster of events, the Museum remains active, with multiple new exhibitions in the coming months that feature a range of media, approaches, and perspectives.
This June, we’ll premiere Funny Business: Photography and Humor, the first original exhibition from our Norton Assistant Curator of Photography, Emilia Mickevicius, that promises a tongue-in-cheek deep-dive into the comedic approaches to the medium. Then, in July, we are honored to present our next iteration of the Arizona Artist Awards exhibition, featuring work by 2024 Scult Artist Award recipient Safwat Saleem and Lehmann Emerging Artist Awardees Omar Soto and Elizabeth Z. Pineda. This annual program is central to our ongoing commitment to Arizona-based artists, and we hope our entire community joins us for the opening celebration.
Finally, in August, PhxArt will debut the Arizona premiere of Florentine Baroque: The Haukohl Collection, with stunning paintings, drawings, and sculptures from the most important collection of Florentine Baroque art outside of Italy. This will be the Museum’s first traveling exhibition of historical European art in more than a decade and will transport you to the time of the Medicis and the height of artistic creation in Florence.
In addition to seeing so many great works of art on view, I also hope you take advantage of our public programs this summer. Our popular film program offers something for every
FROM THE DIRECTOR
film fan, and families can continue to enjoy Storytime in the Galleries and our increasingly popular in-gallery artmaking Create Playdate program. And, of course, every First Friday, community members are invited to experience all we have to offer with paywhat-you-wish admission, our resident DJ, and delicious food and drinks.
Every success we’ll have this season— and every season—at Phoenix Art Museum is all thanks to you, our community of Members, donors, partners, and neighbors who support the arts across our shared state. I’d like to especially acknowledge the immense generosity of our recent Holiday Luncheon, pARTy, and after pARTy chairs this year. The efforts of pARTy chairs Jordan Rose and Rob Walton and Jay Franke and David Herro, along with afterpARTy chairs Andrew and Jennifer Cooper, resulted in the highest-grossing pARTy in the Museum’s 65+ year history. This included a transformative $1 million gift from Jordan Rose and Rob Walton in support of our contemporary art program. I also extend my deep thanks to Barbara Lytle and Catherine Tuton, chairs of the Arizona Costume Institute Holiday Luncheon, who hosted a record-breaking event this past December featuring the iconic Christian Siriano.
We at PhxArt are humbled to work with such a dedicated community of friends and supporters who believe in the transformative power of art and the vitality it brings to our broadest community. Thank you for all you do.
With gratitude,
Jeremy Mikolajczak
the sybil harrington director + ceo phoenix art museum
FAMILY FUN DAYS
June 29 | September 14
10 am – 5 pm
Make Memories Together!
Featuring free admission, art-making activities, performances, and more.
PhxArt Family Fundays are made possible through the generosity of Men’s Arts Council and Applied Materials Foundation.
LATE-NIGHT HOURS
Wednesday – Friday | 10 am – 8 pm
Pay-What-You-Wish Wednesdays
3 – 8 pm
Pay-What-You-Wish Wednesdays are made possible by SRP and City of Phoenix.
First Fridays | 5 – 8 pm
PhxArt First Fridays are made possible through the generosity of APS and Lexus.
MUSEUM NEWS
LENHARDT LECTURE
In February, PhxArt presented the 2025 Lenhardt Lecture, featuring multimedia artist Charles Gaines in conversation with Thelma Golden, Director and Chief Curator of the Studio Museum in Harlem. Gaines and Golden discussed the career and impact of the preeminent figure in conceptual art, who is widely known for converting images and text-based documents into numerical structures, musical notations, and other sign systems through rigorous translation mechanisms. Following the conversation, visitors experienced a multimedia performance of Gaines' work Manifestos 3 (2018). Gaines’ work is on view through July 6, 2025 at PhxArt in the exhibition Charles Gaines: Numbers and Trees (Arizona Series).
The Lenhardt Lecture is made possible through the generosity of The Dawn and David Lenhardt Contemporary Art Initiative.
ERIC FISCHL LECTURE
On April 2, in partnership with Phoenix College (PC), PhxArt hosted the 2025 Eric Fischl Lecture Series. In celebration of the event’s 20-year anniversary, the lecture featured its namesake—contemporary painter, sculptor, author, and PC alumnus Eric Fischl. The evening included an exhibition of artworks by PC students, a presentation of the esteemed Vanguard Awards, and a conversation between Fischl and special guest Eleanor Nairne, the Keith L. and Katherine Sachs Curator for Modern and Contemporary Art at the Philadelphia Museum of Modern Art.
image credits : Brad Kahlhamer, All Happy with a Fat Kid , 2000. Oil on canvas. Gift of Kent and Vicki Logan in honor of the Museum's 50th Anniversary. Installation view of The Collection: 1960 - Now, 2024. Phoenix Art Museum. Photo: Leon Huynh (@ok.leon)"
NEW TRUSTEES
PhxArt has appointed two community and business leaders to the Museum’s Board of Trustees.
CATHERINE TUTON
Catherine Tuton has a passion for serving her community and has been actively involved in various charitable endeavors over the past three decades in both California and Arizona. She embarked on her early career as an interior designer, bringing beauty and functionality into people’s lives through her creative vision. However, her desire to make a difference extended far beyond the realm of interior design. Tuton has served at Girl’s Inc., A21, Phoenix Heart Ball, American Heart Association’s Women of Impact, Go Red for Women’s Executive Team, CASA, Working Wardrobes, UMOCA, Habitat for Humanity, St. Vincent De Paul, Arizona Costume Institute, Orange County Food Bank, Arizona Women’s Board, and the HonorHealth Women’s Board. Together with her husband, Jim, she also serves various organizations both locally and beyond through their foundation, the JDT Family Foundation.
JEANNINE GILLIKIN
Jeannine Gillikin is a Senior Partner at PwC who specializes in providing tax advice on merger and acquisition transactions. During her 30+ year career at PwC, she has developed extensive experience advising private equity buyers on complex deals, with an emphasis on designing international structures. She has also served in various firm and client leadership roles and is the Global Lead Tax Partner for several of PwC’s private equity funds. A leader of a diverse team that delivers a broad range of consulting services, she considers her most rewarding role to be mentoring her team, particularly her female colleagues. Gillikin and her husband, Ben, relocated to Paradise Valley in 2022 after spending 25 years in the San Francisco Bay Area with their five children. Their move to the Phoenix area has sparked a newfound passion for collecting art, and Gillikin considers her experience with the arts a highlight of her time in Phoenix. Gillikin has a passion for focusing her impact on the community immediately surrounding her and is most excited about the positive impact the institution has on the local community.
NORTH WING RENOVATION
This July, the second floor of the Museum’s North Wing, including the Ballinger Gallery, the Art of the Americas + Europe galleries, and the Thorne Miniature Rooms, will be closed to the public to undergo renovations and reinstallation. The galleries will reopen this fall with a fresh look and exciting displays of renowned PhxArt Collection favorites presented in new contexts. More information on the upcoming wing reopening will be available soon on phxart.org.
IN MEMORIAM: MYRNA HARRISON
On January 6, 2025, artist and longtime PhxArt supporter Myrna Harrison passed away at the age of 92. The daughter of animator and director Ben Harrison and hat designer, Ruth Hildebrand, Harrison was destined for an artful life. She studied at Music and Art High School in New York, and after a brief stint at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque, she returned to New York City to study art with Morris Davidson and Jack Tworkov, before attending the Hans Hofmann School of Fine Art. Harrison eventually joined the abstract-expressionism movement but, in the 1960s, went on hiatus from the art world, beginning a career in higher education at institutions throughout northern California. In 1980, she moved to Phoenix to become the first female president at Rio Salado Community College (1980-85), followed by Gateway Community College (1985-88) and Phoenix College (1988-93). In 1993, she returned to painting, inspired by the Sonoran Desert, and dove headfirst into arts advocacy, serving on the Board of Asian Arts Council, a support group of Phoenix Art Museum. Her particular interest in Asian art was sparked during regular travel to Japan, Thailand, Singapore, Cambodia, and China, and in 2005, Harrison gifted a set of Tang dynasty tomb figures to the Museum’s Asian art collection. In 2011, the Museum acquired Harrison’s own painting, Sonoran Road in a Storm, into its holdings.
image credit: Narcissa Niblack Thorne, American Federal Dining Room, c. 1800 (detail) 1940-1960. Mixed media. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Niblack Thorne.
CLOSING SOON
Charles Gaines: Numbers and Trees (Arizona Series THROUGH JULY 6, 2025
Keith Haring @ PhxArt THROUGH JULY 20, 2025
American Abstraction During the Thirties and Forties
American Scenes/Americas Seen
You are in Cowboy Country Sublime Landscapes
The Muse of New Mexico THROUGH JULY 27, 2025
Divinity and Devotion in Tibet THROUGH AUGUST 24, 2025
Chardi Kala: Rising Above Adversity THROUGH AUGUST 24, 2025
ONGOING
Carlos Amorales: Black Cloud
Greatest Fits (Vol. 1): The Art of Archiving Fashion
1960 – Now
American Modern
Yayoi Kusama: You Who are Getting Obliterated in the Dancing Swarm of Fireflies
Philip C. Curtis + the Landscapes of Arizona
HERSTORY ON VIEW
FROM THE ARCHIVES: WOMEN OF PHXART
Through June 30, 2025
Community Art Gallery
Education + Administration Building
Twice a year, PhxArt installs an exhibition in its community art gallery, located inside the Education and Administration Building across the Dorrance Sculpture Garden from the main Museum building. The intimate space presents specialized projects that bring together unique collaborators, community partners, and artists.
This March, the Museum premiered From the Archives: Women of PhxArt, the first display curated by archivist Aspen Reynolds and designed to shed light on the holdings of the Museum’s expansive archives, housed in the Lemon Art Research Library. By no means a definitive and complete history (to name every woman who has made an impact on the Museum would be an elusive feat for even the largest archival team), the exhibition offers a broad view of how PhxArt has transformed since the 1920s, due in large part to the outstanding efforts of women leaders, arts advocates, and community visionaries.
Visitors learn about the legacy of Mrs. Maie Bartlett Heard and her work convincing the City of Phoenix to allocate land for a “Fine Arts Building, A Little Theatre, and a Public Library.” This achievement marked the beginnings of the Museum’s campus—and Phoenix Theatre’s—at Central Avenue and McDowell Road.
Also featured are the words of Dorothy Johnson Bergamo, the director of the Art Center that predated our modern museum. In a document titled “What It Means to the Community,” Bergamo describes the center as an “integrated, educational, recreational, and cultural program,” with meaningful exhibitions, gallery tours for children and adults, resources in a “Reference Library,” and more. Interwoven throughout the exhibition are images of Museum Docents through the decades, with names like Donna Ganelin, Dorothy Young, Vee Traylor, Betsy Hertzler, and more highlighted through newspaper clippings from the Arizona Republic. Begun as a committee of the Phoenix Art Museum League, the Docent program continues to profoundly impact the Museum today through a group of more than 250 volunteers who lead on-site school and adult tours, as well as off-campus enrichment activities at schools and senior centers across the Valley.
Lastly, Women of PhxArt highlights women-focused exhibitions the Museum has presented throughout its history. Of note is a newspaper clipping from 1989 about the I Dream a World: Portraits of Black Women Who Changed America exhibition that traveled to Phoenix from the National Portrait Gallery. Visitors also encounter a program from the opening of Latin American Women Artists (1995) from the Milwaukee Art Museum. The exhibition closes with installation images of exhibitions organized by PhxArt itself, including In the Company of Women: Women Artists from the Collection (2018), Agnes Pelton: Desert Transcendentalist (2019); and Teresita Fernández: Elemental (2020), among others. These images are a reminder of the Museum’s ongoing commitment to presenting displays that elevate women artists in an industry that has historically overlooked their achievements.
From the Archives: Women of PhxArt is on view now through June 30, 2025.
From the Archives: Women of PhxArt is organized by Phoenix Art Museum and curated by Aspen Reynolds. image credits : (above) Docents in the Museum, 1960s. PhxArt Archives. (bottom)Hand-drawn map showing Maie Heard's property gift, drawn 1940. Gifted by Dr. Alfred Knight in 1955. PhxArt Archives.
FLORENTINE BAROQUE:
THE HAUKOHL COLLECTION
August 28, 2025 – July 26, 2026
Cummings Great Hall North
B2aroq3ue IN DREAMS
During the High Renaissance in Italy, Florence was abuzz with artistic production. In the visual arts, the likes of Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, Sandro Botticelli, and Raphael created some of the most recognizable works in European art history, demonstrating new advancements in linear perspective, the manipulation of light and shadow, the representation of the human form, and more. But with Raphael’s death in 1520, and the marked end of the period, would Florence flounder? The short answer: no. In fact, the Florentine art scene continued to elegantly flourish, a period illuminated in Florentine Baroque: The Haukohl Collection at Phoenix Art Museum.
On view beginning August 28, 2025, and drawn from what is considered the most important Florentine Baroque art collection outside of Italy, the specialengagement exhibition showcases a selection of paintings, sculptures, and decorative arts assembled over more than 40 years by Houston-based art collector and co-founder of the Medici Archive Project, Sir Mark Fehrs Haukohl. The works showcase the distinctive Florentine Baroque style, known for its
poetic restraint and rich symbolism, and demonstrate how Florentine artists of the period contributed to the cultural legacy of the Tuscan city, most notably under the rule of the Medici Grand Dukes.
Of particular interest is how the exhibition illuminates the unique way Florentine Baroque style—as opposed to other Baroque styles—unites characteristics of both the Italian Renaissance and Baroque periods. Featured paintings take the balanced and harmonious compositions, soft and blurred edging, and natural depictions of the human figure (elements most closely associated with the Renaissance) and blend them with the lavish, dramatic, and sumptuous colors, aesthetic, and subjects of the Baroque.
In Cesare Dandini’s (1596-1657) Saint Catherine of Alexandria (pictured left), viewers encounter rich magentas and striking ceruleans against heavy background shadow and alabaster figures. The scene fills and satisfies the eye, as Saint Catherine looks out toward the viewer. Fabric textures evoke the satiny, soft feel of garments worn at home.
image credit: Cesare Dandini (1596-1657), Saint Catherine of Alexandria. Oil on canvas. Haukohl Collection. Photo Credit: MNAHA, Tom Lucas
Then, in an energetic composition that brings to life the aftermath of the classic Biblical tale of fraternal betrayal, Giovan Dominico Ferretti’s (1692-1768) God Reproving Cain for the Murder of Abel (pictured right) unites feathered and airy brushwork, exaggerated and theatrical facial body language, and muted yet lush hues, yielding a work of visual pageantry. All that's missing is a booming cinematic score to engulf us in sound as the drama unfolds.
With this type of work—set amidst richly designed walls and within gilded frames— Florentine Baroque: The Haukohl Collection provides an exciting—and rare—opportunity for Arizona audiences to escape into a world of Italian grandeur and Grand Ducal splendor. No plane ticket needed.
WHO’S WHO? THE HOUSE OF MEDICI
In the 15th century, the House of Medici, an Italian banking family, served as the de facto rulers of the Republic of Florence. The Medicis did not hold political power but wielded such financial control over the city that they laid the foundation for Florence’s success, including many advancements in art, banking, architecture, and more.
In the arts, the family was responsible for financially and educationally supporting an impressive roster of artists, including Alessandro Gherardini, Francesco Furini, Felice Ficherelli, and Onorio Marinari, whose works will transport visitors to the royal chambers of the Pitti Palace. The Medicis' patronage of the arts extended well into the 16th century, when the Medicis' acquired political power and cemented their house’s legacy among the wealthiest and most influential in Europe.
Florentine Baroque: The Haukohl Collection is organized by Sir Mark Fehrs Haukohl with the generous support of Haukohl Philanthropies. Its presentation at Phoenix Art Museum is coordinated by Rachel Sadvary Zebro, Associate Curator of Collections. Florentine Baroque: The Haukohl Collection is made possible by Joanna and Mike Levin. 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.
image credit : (above) Giovan Dominico Ferretti (1692-1768), God Reproving Cain for the Murder of Abel. Oil on canvas. Haukohl Collection; (bottom) 17th Century Florentine Silk Tapestry (detail). Four red silk brocade panels. Haukohl Collection. Photo Credits: MNAHA, Tom Lucas.
WHY WE GIVE
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Supporting Phoenix Art Museum since 2001
Pictured: Beth McMullen, Senior Vice President, Global Operations Trustee, Phoenix Art Museum
EXPOSURE TO THE ARTS CHANGES THE WAY WE PROCESS INFORMATION AND EXPANDS OUR PERSPECTIVE.
Iam originally from New York City and grew up going to The MET, MoMA, and the Brooklyn Museum. My first visit to Phoenix Art Museum was a wonderful experience, although very different from museums in New York. The galleries were so quiet and peaceful.
One of my favorite memories was seeing The Suicide of Dorothy Hale (1938) in the Museum’s Art of the Americas galleries. I was familiar with Diego Rivera’s work but not as much with Frida Kahlo’s. The piece made a lasting impression. It’s a shocking yet intriguing work that expanded my perspective and appreciation of Kahlo’s talent.
I also loved attending an exhibition of Madeline Albright’s brooches. I knew that Secretary Albright always wore a brooch but was unaware, until that exhibition, of the thoughtfulness and meanings behind her selections for specific events. It was a beautiful, thoughtful, and educational experience.
Exposure to the arts changes the way we process information and expands our perspective. It leads to broader thinking, better decision-making, and exposure to different options, which, in turn, helps us all. Reflecting on my memories at Phoenix Art Museum and other museums I’ve frequented throughout my life, I’ve realized how much I want others to share in the experience—and how happy I am to support the arts however I can.
PhxArt is at an exciting time in its history. From gallery renovations and the expansion of the Arizona Costume Institute to the opening of Alden, the Museum’s forthcoming restaurant, everyone can expect something new and exciting in the coming years. I encourage others to support the Museum and its mission to enrich and engage our shared communities.
THE WORLD OF ANNA SUI
Through September 28, 2025
Steele Gallery
IOF FASHION A
n fashion, nothing is ever truly lost. Given enough time, styles that fall out of favor inevitably resurrect, becoming captivating once again. With the resurgence of Y2K and ‘90s fashion styles, Anna Sui has been “looking back,” modernizing previous trends and becoming the Gen-Z fashion whisperer, catching the attention of celebrities like Dua Lipa, Olivia Rodrigo, and more.
In a 2024 interview with Women’s Wear Daily, Sui reflects on the ways the resurgence of former trends have influenced her practice. Typically after completing a collection, she and her team finalize production, pack it up, and move on to the next project, never having the time to revisit. Now, she’s digging into the past, resurfacing designs that she’d long since stored away.
"[I]t makes me feel relevant, and that the clothes never dated themselves,” she said in the same WWD article. She also notes drawing influence from her own family, particularly her nieces, who
often suggest she bring back old styles (and even wear their moms’ 1990s fashion pieces to family gatherings).
But in truth, this reflection on and sampling of the past has always been central to Sui’s craft, and nowhere is this approach more apparent than in The World of Anna Sui at Phoenix Art Museum.
Organized by the Fashion and Textile Museum in London, the survey spanning the designer’s 40+ year career features nearly 80 head-to-toe looks that tap into the timeless nostalgia of fashion’s earlier days, blending elements of music, books, exhibitions, movies, historical styles, photography, and art movements across time periods with Sui’s signature rocker aesthetic. Throughout the exhibition, visitors discover the 12 archetypes that have grounded Sui’s aesthetic evolution and shaped her graphic, imaginative universe inhabited by alter-egos inspired from the worlds of cowgirls, grunge girls, hippie chicks, hula girls, Mods, pirate rock stars, Pre-Raphaelite maidens, and surfer nomads.
If you could describe the Anna Sui girl in a couple of words, what would it be?
"OBSESSED WITH CLOTHES."
-Anna Sui, Office Magazine, 2025
The mix-and-match of these different aesthetics—evident in the deliberate pairings of vibrant colors, bold patterns, and uniquely crafted accessories— creates a kaleidoscope of fashion in the Museum’s Steele Gallery. In one ensemble, a mannequin sports a blue floral swimsuit covered by an oversized plaid-patterned shirt with a floral embroidered trim. Patterned grey crew socks featuring pineapples and leaves are paired with floral-print open-toe heels, while a purple wig, red sunglasses, and a blue lei complete the look. While it might sound like these elements would compete, Sui has arranged them masterfully, producing an unexpectedly harmonious ensemble that perfectly demonstrates her unique form of maximalist expression.
Sui’s talent for exploring wide-ranging materials and inspirations, from papier-mâché mannequin heads and Claire McCardell sportswear to army surplus jackets and Japanese hankies (among countless other influences), has resulted in numerous awards, including the CFDA Perry Ellis Award for New Fashion Talent (1992) and the CFDA Geoffrey Beene Lifetime Achievement Award (2009). The World of Anna Sui is an unforgettable opportunity to experience the masterful layering, textures, and visual sumptuousness of the designer’s work and to explore in minute detail all of the materials, cultural obsessions, and global styles that have inspired her for decades.
The World of Anna Sui is organized by the Fashion and Textile Museum, London, and curated by Dennis Nothdruft, Head of Exhibitions at the Fashion and Textile Museum, London. Its presentation at Phoenix Art Museum is coordinated by Helen Jean, The Jacquie Dorrance Curator of Fashion, with Catherine Wise, the Hirabayashi Intern in Fashion. Its Phoenix premiere is made possible by presenting sponsor Thomas Carlton Rogers II, with support provided by Arizona Costume Institute, and Bennett and Jacquie Dorrance. Additional support provided by Tran Tran, Founder, Axis Employment Services. In-kind support provided by KJZZ and Kimpton Hotel Palomar Phoenix. All Fashion exhibitions at Phoenix Art Museum are underwritten by The Kelly Ellman Fashion Endowment Fund. 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.
: Installation
image credits
views of The World of Anna Sui, 2025. Phoenix Art Museum. GoodWorks, Photo: Justin Proctor; Brandon Sullivan; Airi Katsuta.
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WHY I GIVE
Thomas Carlton Rogers II
Supporting Phoenix Art Museum and Arizona Costume Institute since 2024
PHOENIX ART MUSEUM IS VITAL TO THE SOCIAL FABRIC OF PHOENIX.
At the heart of every great city is a great art museum (and a major league baseball team). I have always supported the art museums in whichever city I have lived, but I was born in Phoenix, and Phoenix Art Museum is my hometown museum.
PhxArt is already the finest art museum in the Southwest, but we have the opportunity to build from our roots an even greater future. The Arizona Costume Institute is one of those rare and unique groups that makes the Museum something special; with ACI’s support, the Museum has a real chance to excel and strengthen its fashion collection and exhibition programs.
Phoenix Art Museum is truly vital to the social fabric of Phoenix, and it’s critical to support it so that our museum can continue to flourish as one of the leading cultural institutions in the Valley.
ALL THE LAND CARRIES
WIDENING THE LENS: PHOTOGRAPHY, ECOLOGY, AND THE CONTEMPORARY LANDSCAPE
Through June 15, 2025
Katz Wing Second Floor
At a time when environmental and cultural landscapes are increasingly contested, Widening the Lens: Photography, Ecology, and the Contemporary Landscape invites viewers to consider not only the visible traces of ecological trauma and land degradation, but also the quieter, more intimate ways we relate to place. Featuring the work of more than 15 contemporary lens-based artists, the exhibition— organized by the Carnegie Museum of Art and now on view at Phoenix Art Museum—weaves together questions of memory, history, and identity with urgent concerns about environmental change.
Using the image as a critical and expressive tool, Widening the Lens reflects on both collective and personal relationships to landscape, revealing how they are often shaped by dominant narratives about the land as an untouched resource. This romanticized perspective of nature devoid of human presence and history was perpetuated by 19th and mid-20th century North American landscape photographers, effectively erasing centuries of Indigenous presence, knowledge, and stewardship and helping to justify the displacement of Indigenous communities. But works throughout the exhibition challenge these narratives, as artists turn their gaze inward and use photography to trace the invisible threads between land, memory, place, and self.
Edra Soto’s El Destino uncovers this relationship through its reframing of the Puerto Rican landscape. Puerto Rico was originally inhabited by the Taíno people—not merely as an island, but a space shaped by
Indigenous vitality and prosperity. Centuries of colonialism have since obscured that history, leaving an echo of diasporic longing that still ripples across the land and sea. Through El Destino, which Soto has adapted from a larger public art project originally exhibited at the Chicago Botanic Garden in 2022, the artist takes recognizable building materials and transforms them into a vessel for navigating the emotional and political complexities of Puerto Rico, currently a U.S. territory whose sovereignty has long been contested.
The large-scale work embodies both shelter and metaphor. It is constructed with freestanding aluminum panels and patterned apertures reminiscent of quiebrasoles (breeze blocks), which are commonly used in Puerto Rican architecture, including on the balcony of Soto’s childhood island home. The installation invites viewers to peer into a deeply personal archive. As we look into small openings throughout the patterned grid, we are transported into
memories from Soto’s past. We trace her movement between Cupey (the neighborhood where she grew up) and Dorado (where her mother now lives in hospice care), and we are invited to consider the broader forces that shape Puerto Rican identities like Soto’s, including the enduring search for home in a land shaped by layered and complex histories.
These glimpses of place—never full views—that Soto provides throughout El Destino evoke a sense of anticipation, a longing to return. They also spark questions about how different ways of inhabiting and moving across the land can shift our understanding of place. For example, what does it mean to belong to a place shaped by both absence and return? How do the landscapes we inherit hold both the weight of history and hope for the future? And, in the spaces between memory and migration, can we ever truly begin to imagine new ways of seeing, of remembering, of coming home?
Widening the Lens: Photography, Ecology, and the Contemporary Landscape is organized by the Carnegie Museum of Art and curated by Dan Leers, curator of photography, with Keenan Saiz, former Hillman Photography Initiative project curatorial assistant. The exhibition’s presentation at Phoenix Art Museum is coordinated by Emilia Mickevicius, the Norton Family Assistant Curator of Photography at Phoenix Art Museum and the Center for Creative Photography. The exhibition is made possible through the generosity of The William Talbott Hillman Foundation, The Henry L. Hillman Foundation, The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, The Henry Luce Foundation, The Teiger Foundation, and The National Endowment for the Arts. 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.
image credits: edra Soto, Panels and Details from El Destino (Destination), 2024. Paint, sintra, aluminum, viewfinders, inkjet prints. Courtesy of the Artist, Commissioned by Carnegie Museum of Art.
OLD WORLD NEW VIEWS
THE COLLECTION: DUTCH ART EXPANDED
Through July 27, 2025
From 1610 to 1670 (considered part of the Baroque era), Dutch art flourished in the Netherlands. Artists transformed previous genres of art by investigating how light reflects off different surfaces, revealing the enlivened and true character of their subjects.
The Collection: Dutch Art Expanded pairs landscape, portraiture, interior, and still-life paintings with prints and decorative art objects from the collection of Phoenix Art Museum. Alongside these works, the installation features artworks by Arizona-based artists Rachel Bess and Alanna Airitam, whose practices are inspired by hidden histories and aesthetic concerns associated with the 17th century movement. In her Phoenix studio, Bess creates a sense of romantic drama through her intimate portraits and still-life vanitas paintings reminiscent of Dutch artists. In photography, Airitam celebrates Black beauty and through her Golden Age series (2017) centers Black men and women in the narrative of the Dutch Renaissance. In placing these contemporary works in conversation with artworks from the era, Dutch Art Expanded offers fresh perspectives and challenges preconceived notions on the so-called “Golden Age.”
Ballinger Gallery
The Collection: Dutch Art Expanded is organized by the Phoenix Art Museum and curated by Rachel Sadvary Zebro, Associate Curator of Collections, with Destiny Montoya, Association of Art Museum Directors Curatorial Intern. The Collection: Dutch Art Expanded is made possible through the generosity of FOCUS on European Art and an anonymous donor. 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.
At the end of the 19th century, the boisterous, slapstick humor of the theater seamlessly transitioned into silent film, with visual gags, outlandish acrobatics, and a dose of magic. The growing accessibility of the handheld camera in the early 20th century empowered professional and amateur photographers alike to begin capturing still images of the theatrics (and sincerity) of the world around them.
Drawn primarily from the collection of the Center for Creative Photography at the University of Arizona, Funny Business: Photography and Humor at Phoenix Art Museum explores the mechanics of visual humor and the range of comedic modes—from the playful and laugh out loud (“lol”/“el-oh-el”) to the deadpan and irreverent—that photographers across generations have employed to provoke laughter and delight, interrogate hierarchies, and resist social norms and conventions. Enjoy these select vignettes on featured works but be sure to visit the Museum this summer to experience the full homage to photographic humor. If laughter is the best medicine, as the adage goes, then you’ll find a healthy dose here.
LOL
Wisecracking photographer Weegee is best known for his uncanny presence at New York’s grisly crime scenes, but beyond capturing humor in tragedy or the cheeky smile of a criminal caught in the act, he also created images which he intended to “provoke good old-fashioned belly laughs.” The photographer was no stranger to clowning around; he photographed circus performers and played the fiddle to accompany silent movies. In the late 1940s, he moved to Hollywood and began indulging in optical effects, making celebrity caricatures with what he termed his “elastic lens.”
An example of a kaleidoscopic abstraction, his outlandish portrait of Jerry Lewis—widely known as the King of Comedy for his cinematic antics in movies like The Bellboy (1960) and The Nutty Professor (1963)—embodies the zany, mimicking the endorphin rush when you truly laugh out loud. These types of comically surreal distortions were a hit thanks to their novel, commercial appeal, but now they seem eerily prescient. We continue to delight in the absurd ability to warp, bulge, and stretch ourselves with comic filters in today’s camera apps. With a simple tap or swipe, exaggerated effects provide the amusement of the oldfashioned fun house.
YOU’RE ON CANDID
Before digital cameras allowed us to record and relive the unexpected moments of everyday life in real time, hidden-camera shows allowed viewers to experience levity in embarrassing situations, cute episodes, and camcorder calamities. Similarly, mid-20th-century street photographers captured the world’s joy and lightheartedness through a uniquely improvisational practice. Why did the photographer cross the road? Garry Winogrand liked to immerse himself among strangers to spontaneously make snapshots of American life. Taking pictures of his serendipitous subjects at lightning speed, often shooting from the hip with quirky angles, his dynamic method allowed stories to develop even after his photos were processed. Notice how the rhino bodies in New York (1963) mimic the shape of the woman’s sunglasses, while the two dark windows set in the stone architecture similarly evoke her black shades. With these types of coincidental connections, it’s uncertain who in this comedic drama is really on display.
THE...? WHAT
Twentieth-century photographers like Jo Ann Callis took the approach of photographing subjects outside their usual contexts to create absurd, ironic, and nonsensical compositions that leave us scratching our heads. Callis’ Parrot and Sailboat seen here transforms a humdrum bathroom into a drama of the high seas. Shot from the perspective of a feathered household companion, the image of a toy sailboat and stripey shower curtain in a generic bathtub evokes a pirate ship scene. All indicators of human scale are cropped out of the photo, furthering the work’s anthropomorphic humor and placing viewers squarely in the parrot’s imaginative, fantasy world. Callis’ play on perspective is enchanting, and the discomforting feeling of domestic captivity often found in her work is largely a distant punchline.
‘Hong Bowl’ Depicting Western Trade Offices in Canton Harbor
EXCHANGES EAST & WEST
Through August 24, 2025
Art of Asia Galleries
Featured in the installation Exchanges East & West in PhxArt’s Art of Asia Gallery, this fascinating artwork, on loan from Connecticut-based collector James E. Breece III, enhances the display of ceramics and other objects from the Museum’s Asian Art Collection with its exquisite depiction of the cultural exchange between China and the country’s trading partners in Europe and America.
Termed a Chinese ‘Hong Bowl’, this British-style porcelain punch bowl was made in Jingdezhen, China, between 1780-85. It is decorated in stunning polychrome enamels and gilding, portraying foreign trade offices, or hong, in the harbor of Canton (now Guangzhou), China. Austrian, Swedish, British, Danish, French, and Dutch hong are identifiable by the flags flying above them. European and Chinese subjects go about their daily business and interact with each other, as small boats pass by to shift cargo to and from the tall ships in the harbor. The vibrant colors, intricate details, and active scenes invite guests to get close and study the work from every angle.
Only a handful of Chinese punch bowls decorated with the hong pattern are known to art historians, making them particularly desirable to display. Notable examples currently reside in the collections of the Peabody-Essex Museum, National Museum of Asian Art, and Winterthur Museum, Garden and Library. PhxArt is deeply grateful to Mr. Breece for helping us bring such a rare and exquisite example of a Chinese ‘Hong Bowl’ to Arizona audiences.
– COLIN PEARSON curator of asian art
image credit: Jingdezhen, China, ‘Hong Bowl’ Depicting Western Trade Offices in Canton Harbor, Qing dynasty, Qianlong period, 1780–85. Porcelain with polychrome enamel and gilding. Collection of James E. Breece, III. Image courtesy of Sotheby’s.
On April 11, Phoenix Art Museum hosted The pARTy in the Garden and The afterpARTy, where guests enjoyed exclusive access to The World of Anna Sui. The night featured Vancouver-based DJ Felix Cartal, custom cocktails, gourmet bites, and dancing, with special guest Anna Sui, the iconic American fashion designer. The celebration raised a record-breaking $2.2 million in support of exhibitions, education and engagement programs, and vital operations at Phoenix Art Museum.
Thank you to all who attended, with special thanks to The pARTy and The afterpARTy co-chairs, benefactors, and sponsors.
THE pARTy CHAIRS
*Jordan Rose + Rob Walton Jay Franke + David Herro
THE afterpARTy CHAIRS
Jennifer + *Andrew Cooper
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REALLY BIG PARTY TABLE
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This past December, ACI hosted its highly anticipated Holiday Luncheon and welcomed award-winning designer Christian Siriano in conversation with Chrissy Sayare. In addition to the presentation, the elegant event celebrated the philanthropic efforts of Honorary Chair Jacquie Dorrance, featured a plated two-course lunch, and included a raffle with luxury items from both local and nationally recognized designers, boutiques, and businesses.
PhxArt is proud to share that the 2024 ACI Holiday Luncheon broke all records to support fashion exhibitions, educational programs, acquisitions, and collection care. Thank you to the ACI Holiday Luncheon co-chairs, planning committee, ambassadors, and the donors and supporters who made this stunning event possible.
image credits: 2025 ACI Holiday Luncheon.
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After stepping away from the restaurant business in 1996, I discovered that I had a talent in solving challenging art installations while helping a family member with their business. After that, we began our own dedicated art handling and installation business—Art Solutions.
The first opportunity for me to support Phoenix Art Museum came as an invitation to volunteer and donate services for packing and preparing artworks associated with the former Contemporary Forum Art Auction. It was a good way to learn more about fine art, the Museum, and most importantly, the people. From that point forward, we became an integral part of the auction’s success, and I was personally invited to join the group’s board, even serving as president for a term.
We have continued our longstanding relationship with the Museum ever since, supporting art storage, packing, and preparator operations. It is a relationship we highly value because supporting Phoenix Art Museum means supporting everyone involved in the art world. The institution’s Board of Directors and staff are doing an amazing job at establishing a sustainable and successful organization for the long run, and I’m looking forward to seeing the Museum’s growth. Being a Corporate Partner is one way to help ensure that evolution while supporting the Museum’s current mission of creating a sense of belonging for our entire community.
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COMING SOON
SEPTEMBER 24, 2025 - AUGUST 9, 2026
Radical Clay: Contemporary Women Artists from Japan is organized by the Art Institute of Chicago and the Carol and Jeffrey Horvitz Collection and curated by Janice Katz, Roger L. Weston Associate Curator of Japanese Art. Its presentation at Phoenix Art Museum is coordinated by Colin Pearson, Adjunct Curator for the Art of Asia. It is made possible by Nick and Kathy Feduska. 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. image credit : Shingu Sayaka, Erosion No. 4 Shokka (Eroding Flower), 2021. Glazed and unglazed stoneware. Carol & Jeffrey Horvitz Collection of Contemporary Japanese Ceramics. Photography by Richard Goodbody
ARTFUL DISCOVERIES
This summer, experiment and get creative with these art activities designed for all ages.
COLOR YOUR WORLD
Basquiat Colors Board Book
$13.49 (Member) | $14.99 (Non-Member)
Immerse yourself in the dynamic, colorful work of iconic artist Jean-Michel Basquiat.
STUCK
ON VIEW
My Museum Magnetic Play Set
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Curate your own art museum with magnetic recreations of famous paintings and sculptures.
GOT
YOU COVERED
Keith Haring Reversible
Sensory Muslin Blanket
$85.50 (Member) | $95.00 (Non-Member)
This organic-cotton triple-layer blanket is perfect for cuddling or sensory stimulation.
THE
BEAR NECESSITIES
Bear Sketch Board with Stylus Pen
$22.49 (Member) | $24.99 (Non-Member)
Design anywhere, anytime with this portable and reusable sketch pad.
MOLD AND BEHOLD
Okto Sensory 3D Clay Painting Kits
$35.99 (Member) | $39.99 (Non-Member)
Mix and mold to create a clay painting, perfect for getting creative with your hands.
