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Phoenix Art Museum will host a special Valentine’s Day Celebration during Date Night on February 14 from 6- 8 pm, featuring live music, wine tasting, a photobooth and Valentine’s Day themed décor, and more. Installation Carlos Amorales: Black Cloud is officially open to the public. Visitors can experience walking through a swarm of more than 25,000 paper moths and butterflies. Special-engagement exhibitions Widening the Lens: Photography, Ecology, and the Contemporary Landscape and The World of Anna Sui will open in February and April respectively.
FEATURED FREE-ACCESS PROGRAMS
Free Admission for Maricopa County Community Colleges Students
All Maricopa County Community Colleges students enjoy free general admission to PhxArt, including admission into special-engagement exhibitions. Active student ID required.
The Maricopa County Community College District program at Phoenix Art Museum (MC3@PAM) is made possible through the generosity of Presenting Sponsor Men’s Arts Council.
Pay-What-You-Wish Wednesdays
Every Wednesday | 3 – 8 pm
Voluntary-donation general admission
$10 off Memberships when purchased on-site
SPECIAL-EXHIBITION TICKETS: $7 for adults | $5 for youth under 17 | FREE for Museum Members and Maricopa County Community College students*
Pay-What-You-Wish Wednesdays, the longest-running community-access program at Phoenix Art Museum, has welcomed more than 1 million visitors in its 20-year history. By reducing economic barriers, we ensure that all people have the opportunity to access arts and culture.
Pay-What-You-Wish Wednesdays are made possible by SRP and City of Phoenix.
FEATURED EVENTS
PhxArt Date Night
February 14 | 6 – 8 pm
Free for Members | Included with general admission for the general public
Bring a friend, a partner, or family member and enjoy an evening of special arts programming and activities, themed scavenger hunts, food and drinks, and exploring the Museum galleries. This Date Night, celebrate Valentine’s Day with specially themed programming, including:
- Live jazz music performed by The Nash Women’s Initiative featuring the Mary Petrich Trio
- A first come, first served wine-tasting with Matchbook (@matchbookwines), Daou (@daouvineyards), and Wagner Family of Wines Delicious food from Waffle Crush (@mywafflecrush), and El Fogón de Joy (@elfogondejoy), and a cash bar with speciality cocktails from ARTenders
- Photobooth + “Faux-to booth” by Aileen Martinez
- Docent Tours
- Valentine’s Day themed lounge
- Date Night themed art scavenger hunts
- Exclusive Museum Membership deals
- + more!
OPENING SOON
Widening the Lens: Photography, Ecology, and the Contemporary Landscape
February 26 – June 15, 2025
Featuring nearly 65 works by 18 lens-based artists, including black-and-white images and sculptural installations, Widening the Lens: Photography, Ecology, and the Contemporary Landscape defies traditional conceptions of photography to infuse the landscape with a greater awareness of histories, natural forces, and inhabitants going back thousands of years. The exhibition is arranged across four thematic sections. Archive challenges dominant narratives established in historical photographs. Remembering delves into nature as a memorial landscape, charged with the complexity of human identity and personal relationships. Pathfinding features works of art that illuminate human adaptability, complicity, and paralysis in the environment. Finally, Horizon looks toward the future and considers environmental anxiety, anticipation, possibility, and alternative paths forward. Widening the Lens offers a compelling view into ecological trauma, our personal and collective relationships to land, and how photography can help us envision paths forward.
Widening the Lens: Photography, Ecology, and the Contemporary Landscape is organized by the Carnegie Museum of Art and curated by Dan Leers, curator of photography, with Keenan Saiz, former Hillman Photography Initiative project curatorial assistant. The exhibition’s presentation at Phoenix Art Museum is coordinated by Emilia Mickevicius, the Norton Family Assistant Curator of Photography at Phoenix Art Museum and the Center for Creative Photography. Widening the Lens: Photography, Ecology, and the Contemporary Landscape is made possible through the generosity of The William Talbott Hillman Foundation, The Henry L. Hillman Foundation, The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, The Henry Luce Foundation, The Teiger Foundation, and The National Endowment for the Arts. All exhibitions at Phoenix Art Museum are underwritten by the Phoenix Art Museum Exhibition Excellence Fund, founded by The Opatrny Family Foundation, with additional major support provided by Joan Cremin.
The World of Anna Sui
April 12 – September 28, 2025
Blending rock and roll with romanticism, Anna Sui taps into the timeless nostalgia of fashion’s earlier days and pairs it with her rocker aesthetic. The World of Anna Sui features approximately 100 ensembles from the renowned designer’s archive, presenting a roll call of 12 archetypes that are staples of the Sui aesthetic. Showcasing everything from garments to accessories, hair styles to makeup, scent to sound, the exhibition explores in minute detail the materials, cultural obsessions, and global styles that have inspired Sui for decades. As a special addition to the exhibition, PhxArt will present looks from Sui’s recent collection, highlighting her work with experimental paper-like fabrics. Garments from the PhxArt fashion collection will be paired alongside Sui’s body of work, demonstrating the designer’s inspiration from the delicacies and details of former fashion trends.
The World of Anna Sui is organized by the Fashion and Textile Museum, London, and curated by Dennis Nothdruft, Head of Exhibitions at the Fashion and Textile Museum, London. Its presentation at Phoenix Art Museum is coordinated by Helen Jean, The Jacquie Dorrance Curator of Fashion, with Catherine Wise, the Hirabayashi Intern in Fashion. The World of Anna Sui is presented by Thomas Carlton Rogers II, Bennett and Jacquie Dorrance, Arizona Costume Institute, and The Kelly Ellman Fashion Endowment Fund. Additional support provided by AXIS Employment Services. In-kind support provided by KJZZ and Kimpton Hotel Palomar Phoenix. All exhibitions at Phoenix Art Museum are underwritten by the Phoenix Art Museum Exhibition Excellence Fund, founded by The Opatrny Family Foundation with additional major support provided by Joan Cremin.
