The latest in a string of graffiti incidents in national parks.
Arts & Culture
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Photographs of American histories
Sites where gruesome, beautiful and bizarre events have taken place in Western history and film.
Posted inFebruary 2, 2015: This Land is Their Land
‘I Am Alaskan’
The surprising diversity of the 49th state, through Brian Adams’ lens.
Posted inFebruary 2, 2015: This Land is Their Land
Galloping beyond the cliché
Review of art exhibit “William Matthews: Trespassing” at DAM
Posted inJanuary 12, 2015: What Are We Thinking?
A modern movement in tribal building design
Review of “New Architecture on Indigenous Lands,” by Joy Monice Malnar and Frank Vodvarka
Posted inDecember 22, 2014: The Dust Detectives
Aerial photos of drilling at Pawnee grassland
Oil and gas development has been ongoing for decades in northeastern Colorado.
Posted inDecember 22, 2014: The Dust Detectives
Photographs of New Mexicans spanning 20 years
Review of “Taos Portraits: Photos by Paul O’Connor.”
Posted inDecember 8, 2014: The Great Salmon Compromise
Contemporary photographs of 19th century art
Review of “Karl Bodmer’s America Revisited” by Robert Lindholm.
Posted inNovember 24, 2014: Transportation Transformation
In the footsteps of a roving genius
Photographs and an interview from high peaks of the Alaska Range.
Posted inNovember 10, 2014: Fallout
Speaking art to power
Review of ‘Undermining: A Wild Ride Through Land Use, Politics, and And Art in the Changing West’ by Lucy R. Lippard
Posted inOctober 27, 2014: Defuse the West
Review of “The Color of Being Born” by Michael Cadieux
Paintings that depict the precarious relationship between humankind and the natural world.
Posted inSeptember 15, 2014: Books & Essays
Michelle Huneven writes about place, addiction and love
This California author examines lost years and life in the mountains.
Posted inSeptember 15, 2014: Books & Essays
A painter and writer uses her art to overcome trauma
Author profile of Japanese-American Lily Havey.
Posted inSeptember 15, 2014: Books & Essays
Encouraging more ‘nerds of color’
A conversation with L.A. writer Jervey Tervalon.
Posted inSeptember 15, 2014: Books & Essays
But wait, there’s more
Lit-touring in California and beyond.
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Fracking Georgia O’Keeffe Country
Drill rigs pop up near Navajo communities, Chaco Canyon and the iconic Black Place.
Posted inJune 9, 2014: Border Out of Control
Tainted Revelations: The Art of Bill Ohrmann by Joe Ashbrook Nickell
Tainted Revelations: The Art of Bill Ohrmann Joe Ashbrook Nickell, 140 pages, hardcover: $45. Missoula Art Museum In Tainted Revelations: The Art of Bill Ohrmann, author Joe Ashbrook Nickell provides a glimpse into the psyche of a 95-year-old artist still grappling with his place in the world. Tension is palpable in the oeuvre of this […]
Posted inMay 12, 2014: Parks for All?
Look, Ma – a real Indian!
A performance artist tackles stereotypes of Native Americans in public.
Posted inApril 14, 2014: A landscape of surprises
International Car Forest of the Last Church
For a strange trip, check out Nevada’s otherworldly Stonehenge of wildly painted abandoned vehicles.
Posted inApril 14, 2014: A landscape of surprises
How to save your town from the interstate
Tourists flocked to Winslow, Ariz., back in the golden era of cross-country rail travel, and later along the classic two-lane highway, Route 66. But now the old Valentine Diner sits empty and rusting, having long given up on luring customers off Interstate 40, which sidestepped the town in the 1970s. It’s a symbol of all […]