30 years of art, 6 years of war: it is what it is.

A thread of razor wire femininity runs through the group exhibition Pretty is as Pretty Does. The works are beautiful to behold but also frightening to encounter.

Birds are out and museums are in. Which is only a problem for museums.

Careful attention to detail has made Cafe Pasqual’s a modestly heroic food paradise,but fewer people know about the Café Pasqual’s Gallery. The roster of artists has evolved over time, a bit like a careful recipe. How each ingredient is chosen remains a mystery, but the dish is surprisingly good.

It is ultimately difficult to assess what curator Ivo Watts-Russell was after in aligning this odd band of artists. But, like the tracks of any given album, it’s best not to get too caught up in the intentions of the producer or the band and simply pick and choose what most pleases you.

Johanna Kohout has been waging an uphill battle to educate property owners, lawmakers and—most importantly—teens about the community benefits of providing a safe, accessible forum for budding street artists to display their work.

But everyone involved needs to give a tip of the hat to the quirky inventor of kindergarten.

The good news is the Alternative Spaces exhibition at the New Mexico Museum of Art is the boldest, least stodgy, most dynamic effort that has come out of the museum in recent memory. But there's bad news too.

The Santa Fe Art Institute hosts a revealing examination of the facts on the ground at the US/Mexico border.

Rather than making the city real, an exhibition of photographs focuses on New York, makes it appear as an unreachable ideal.