Fine Art

Lead Photo Camp Rodriguez Dead or Alive: sci-fi, elephant tusks and … John McCain?!

Danielle Kelly | Wed, Oct 7, 2009 (1:09 p.m.)

Ominously lit and oddly campy, Dead or Alive, You're Coming With Me has a darkness that gives way to a playful sense of humor, sharp sociopolitical interest and a cool ’80s reverence.

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Lead Photo Holy Frijoles! Bean Boy puts art on glass

Allison Duck | Fri, Oct 2, 2009 (11:13 a.m.)

Local artist Frijol Boy has applied his love of artwork to his job as a tattoo artist and a painter. He's taking it to the next level with a First Friday art show at The Gypsy Den.

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Lead Photo Las Vegas Philharmonic Pops Series’ A Night at the Movies

Geri Jeter | Wed, Sep 30, 2009 (7:04 p.m.)

Film meets Philarmonic at the Pops Series' A Night at the Movies.

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Lead Photo Art, by the book

Susanne Forestieri | Wed, Sep 30, 2009 (6:54 p.m.)

Inscribed/Messages explores the arts entanglement with language, but it also taps into our earliest experiences with pictures and text to produce a powerful experience.

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Lead Photo Miss First Friday: Searching for a Downtown Diva

Deanna Rilling | Fri, Sep 25, 2009 (5:27 p.m.)

Who wants to sip Bombay Sapphire martinis with the mayor, help raise funds for the Downtown arts scene and be the face of First Friday for a year?

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Lead Photo Beautiful integration

Danielle Kelly | Wed, Sep 23, 2009 (2:53 p.m.)

12 + 7 doesn’t reveal much—the exhibition plays its cards close to its chest, although we appear to be getting one helluva public art collection.

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Lead Photo Charles Schulz meets abstract art

Scott Dickensheets | Tue, Sep 22, 2009 (5:16 p.m.)

Look at this piece, “EP V,” from the exhibit Ellsworth Peanuts, by local art collective Ripper Jordan. It’s abstract, (just like real art!), but what if, as you look at it, we say these two words: “Peppermint Patty.”

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Lead Photo Confessing (Post)Secrets at UNLV

Deanna Rilling | Tue, Sep 22, 2009 (11:30 a.m.)

Frank Warren, the “most trusted stranger in America” and creator of the PostSecret Web site and books, was at UNLV Monday night sharing the secrets of others. And a Weekly writer shares one of her own in front of hundreds.

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Lead Photo Overly measured art

Susanne Forestieri | Thu, Sep 17, 2009 (midnight)

“Measure twice, cut once”—the old proverb that advises one to plan and be careful before taking action - may not be the best advice for making art.

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Lead Photo Anniversary present

Danielle Kelly | Thu, Sep 10, 2009 (midnight)

How might a nonprofit contemporary art center kick off its 20th anniversary season? How about sharing the love, embracing the edge and inviting young artists to put on a show.

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Lead Photo Aiming high

T.R. Witcher | Thu, Sep 10, 2009 (midnight)

Shot at Nellis Air Force Base by photographer Nicholas Price, Cleared Hot! is an intimate, black-and-white portrait of life behind the scenes in the Air Force.

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Lead Photo What’s in a name

Scott Dickensheets | Thu, Sep 3, 2009 (midnight)

Jerry Misko’s distinctive work—paintings that zoom in tight on this city’s signage and neon iconography—has made him one of the quintessential Vegas artists. His new exhibit is titled Jerry F’n Misko. We asked him about that.

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Lead Photo Full-court press

T.R. Witcher | Thu, Sep 3, 2009 (midnight)

The Marjorie Barrick Museum of Natural History, tucked inside an average building on the UNLV campus, is the kind of place that can be hard to find even if you’re among the small percentage of Las Vegans who have been there before.

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Lead Photo Fine blend

Susanne Forestieri | Thu, Sep 3, 2009 (midnight)

The Donna Beam Gallery’s Way Out West exhibit—a colorful mix of widely diverse modernist styles—reminds me of the cantina scene in Star Wars with its mix of colorful alien patrons.

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Lead Photo Back to Berlin

Allison Duck | Thu, Aug 27, 2009 (midnight)

The crowd at White Square Gallery’s final reception was as diverse as the work on the walls. Present: the dreadlocked hippie, the fedora-wearing hipster and the suit and skinny-tie set—all addressed as “my artists, my guests, my collectors” by owner Natasha Young.

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Cocktail of the Week

Cocktail of the Week Nov 19, 2009
by Xania Woodman

The Jaded Kiss

The bar is open! Or rather, back open. Adjacent to Dos Caminos at Palazzo, itty bitty Fusion Mixology Bar has gotten itself some fresh new beats and mixology talent as ...
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