Art

Photographer Marshall Scheuttle sheds light on the more chaotic side of Vegas — in a startlingly beautiful way

Linda Alterwitz’s ghostly photos explore the intersection where science and soul meet — and sometimes clashIt was 14 years ago that Linda Alterwitz began suffering from the excruciating headaches. These lasted for three years, during which time doctors discovered a small tumor on her pituitary gland.

In which we create a collage portrait of collage artist Anthony Bondi, whose work once captured — and helped define — the Vegas zeitgeist. What’s he been up to since?Robert Hughes’ colossal art-history doorstop, The Shock of the New, tells us that collage, as a technique of high art, began with the Cubists early in the 20th century.

Talent? James Henninger scoffs at the idea. The secret to this painter’s growing profile: discipline, practice, work.

Iconic Vegas painter and muralist Robert Beckmann is back in town after many years away — with a fresh eye for a very changed city “Have I told you about St. Thomas?” the artist Robert Beckmann asks.

A second look at the revived LVAM collection in the newly reopened Marjorie Barrick Museum reveals new intrigues and pleasures While working as a docent at the Venetian’s ill-fated Guggenheim Hermitage Museum, I had the strange and wonderful privilege of hosting student tour groups. Void of self-conscious ramblings, these tours were eye-opening: kids are astute observers and, truth be told, say the darnedest things.

Lots of artists “end up” here. Couple Matt Couper and J.

Flashlight, the monumental site-specific sculpture on UNLV's campus, is this city's most significant public artwork. And I might say the same if Flashlight were in Los Angeles, Seattle, or any number of other cities with reputations for fostering public art.

You may have noticed a jagged peak of steel and acrylic set off against the Mission-style architecture of the Historic Fifth Street School. This addition to the cityscape, located in Centennial Plaza at South 4th Street and Lewis, is a sculpture by Stephen Hendee titled, "Monument to the Simulacrum.