Press Room

Press Room

Phoenix Art Museum has served its community for sixty years, a brave space at the heart of its city, offering a diverse range of exhibitions and programs, along with a collection of more than 20,000 artworks held in the public trust. For more information about upcoming and past exhibitions, as well as leadership appointments, major gifts, and additions to the collection, the Museum’s Press Room provides access to helpful information for national and local journalists.

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Phoenix Art Museum re-opens restored Yayoi Kusama Infinity Mirror Room

Immersive installation You Who are Getting Obliterated in the Dancing Swarm of Fireflies—the only Kusama infinity room in the American Southwest—to open September 9; Museum also premieres newly refreshed art of Asia installations PHOENIX (September 5, 2023) – On September 9, 2023, Phoenix Art Museum celebra...

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Phoenix Art Museum hosts grand re-opening celebration for Yayoi Kusama infinity mirror room in September; Cuban art exhibitions closing soon with special programming

PHOENIX (August 23, 2023) – This September, Phoenix Art Museum will open for free on Friday, September 1 for PhxArt AfterHours, with complimentary admission to every gallery and exhibition, live music, art-making workshops, and specialty food and drink experiences commemorating the last chance to see special-engagement exh...

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Phoenix Art Museum announces retirement of Asian art curator, plans for national search

Janet Baker, PhD, appointed Curator Emerita of Asian Art in recognition of her decades of leadership building the Asian art collection and developing rigorous curatorial programming and scholarship PHOENIX (August 10, 2023) – Phoenix Art Museum (PhxArt) announces that Janet Baker, PhD, has been named Curator Em...

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Phoenix Art Museum hosts in-person programming and film screenings in August; 2023 Arizona Artist Awards exhibitions on view now; Temporary Café Grand Opening

PHOENIX (July 26, 2023) – This August, Phoenix Art Museum will host virtual and in-person events, including Storytime in the Galleries, Night at the Museum, the next installment of summer film series Cine Cubano, and much more. PhxArt and Conceptually Social will officially open a new café experience named Tempor...

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