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Find our most recent news highlights below. You can also see spectacular coverage from the opening year in our new purpose-built art center: 2020. Or check out coverage from 2022, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016 and 2015.
Open World: Video Games & Contemporary Art
Ready to level up to art enthusiast? Oklahoma Contemporary exhibit offers you that chance
The Oklahoman
Open World at Oklahoma Contemporary
Uncovering Oklahoma
Pixel Perfect: Oklahoma Contemporary brings award-winning video game-themed art installation to state
Oklahoma Gazette
GameFest Oklahoma City combines gaming and contemporary art
KFOR
Pay a visit to OK Contemporary’s newest exhibition: Open World
VeloCity
Okie Geek Podcast | Open World with Jeremiah Matthew Davis and Marie Butterline
KOSU
On the Town: Exhibit explores video games as art
The Journal Record
Insert Quarter: In the Open World of Oklahoma Contemporary
The Lost Ogle
GameFest named in top 10 things to do in November in OKC
Metro Family Magazine
Enter the Cosmic Womb
Casady School Crier
John Newsom: Nature's Course
A full circle 'Homecoming:' Painting unveiled at Oklahoma Artist Series
Enid News & Eagle
Partnerships
An Evening with An Immigrant
The Public Theater Announces Line-Up for 18th Annual UNDER THE RADAR FESTIVAL
Broadway World
Oklahoma City Repertory Theater announces Reboot Season for Spring 2022
The Oklahoma City Sentinel
Ever Forward
Oklahoma Gazette
OKC Rep Announces 'Reboot' Spring Season
OKC Friday
New leader helps OKC theater emerge from pandemic with 'Reboot Season'
Oogle Tickets
OKC's Painted Sky Opera tells transgender coming-of-age story with state premier of 'As One'
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'As One' opera about person undergoing sex change is met with standing ovation
The Oklahoman
Fire in Little Africa
OKC arts center hosting Fire in Little Africa's first live performance
The Black Wall Street Times
Tulsa hip-hop movement Fire in Little Africa bringing music, message to OKC
The Oklahoman
'Fire In Little Africa' Debuts Album Tracks In Live OKC Performance
Public Radio Tulsa
Stream 'Fire in Little Africa' event at Oklahoma Contemporary
Greater Oklahoma City Chamber of Commerce
Fire in Little Africa explores Tulsa Race Massacre through hip-hop at Oklahoma Contemporary
Oklahoma City Free Press
Fire in Little Africa event set in Oklahoma City
Tulsa World
Tulsa hip-hop movement Fire in Little Africa bringing music, message to Oklahoma City
The Finger Family Song
Abstract Remix
Oklahoma muralists deliver their own take on Abstract Expressionism in the new Oklahoma Contemporary exhibition
VeloCity
Oklahoma City artist Rhianna Deck goes big with hometown murals
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Works of abstract expressionism come together for big impact
The Oklahoman
Abstract Remix
Oklahoma Gazette
Architectural Features
Oklahoma Contemporary selected as one of eight Best New Museum and Cultural Buildings in U.S.
The American Architecture Awards, Archinect and Bustler
Oklahoma Contemporary nominated for Large Commercial Architecture Project award
AIA Oklahoma
Oklahoma Contemporary Arts Center // Rand Elliott Architects
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Oklahoma Contemporary's new downtown campus
Architizer
The Business of Balance: Smith & Pickel
Luxiere
Contemporary Reflections
Texas Architect
Creating Folding Light
Metal Architecture
Light+Tech: Facade lighting
Design Curial
Oklahoma City Contemporary Arts Center Building Uses Extruded Aluminum to ‘Fold Light'
Aluminum Extruders Council
Studio School
Friendly Foe: Anthony Tee AKA Nymasis uses his art to push himself and the next generations into new levels of artistic expression
Oklahoma Gazette
Family Fun
50 Things to Do This Winter under $5
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Top 5 Spots to Take Grandparents in OKC
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Best Free Family Fun by Season
Metro Family Magazine
Official 2021 Oklahoma City Welcome Guide
Greater Oklahoma City Chamber
Café Contemporary
The Best New Restaurants in OKC
405 Magazine
TLO Restaurant Review: Café Contemporary
The Lost Ogle
Art of Beer
Automobile Alley to host event celebrating craft beer, art
KOCO News 5 ABC
Citizens celebrate Art of Beer in Automobile Alley
KOKH FOX 25
ArtNow
Dynamic diversity: 13 must-see highlights of Oklahoma Contemporary's 'ArtNow 2021'
The Oklahoman
OKC art gallery to display NWOSU associate art in professor's paintings
Enid News & Eagle and Yahoo! News
ArtNow 2021
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Gallery America Online | ArtNow 2021 at Oklahoma Contemporary
OETA
'Persistence and grit': At 90, renowned Oklahoma artist Bert Seabourn still painting
The Oklahoman
Get to ArtNow...Now!
Oklahoma Today
Bert Seabourn's work on exhibit
The Purcell Register
ArtNow 2021 showcases Oklahoma’s deep artistic diversity with 27 artists, 114 works
Edmond Active
27 artists give wide range of statements in ArtNow 2021 exhibit
The Oklahoman
Larson's paintings to be featured in Oklahoma Contemporary's ArtNow Exhibition
Alva Review Courier
Oklahoma Contemporary Art Reference Library
Celebrate Dewey Decimal Day and discover new sections of the Downtown Metropolitan Library
VeloCity
Metropolitan Library System unveils Oklahoma Contemporary art reference library
The Oklahoman
Honors and Awards
Oklahoma Contemporary nominated for Large Scale Development in the 8th Annual Impact Awards
ULI Oklahoma
On The Town: Paseo Arts Association awards well-deserved
The Journal Record
Oklahoma Contemporary named Grand Award Winner in Smooth Metal Wall Panel category
Metal Architecture
Oklahoma Contemporary Arts Center | New Culture Destinations - North America
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LCD Berlin announces 2021 award nominees
Leading Culture Destinations
Leading Culture Destinations and visitBerlin Announce the LCD Berlin Awards 2021
PR.com
Oklahoma Contemporary named as finalist for the Architizer A+ Awards in the Details/Architecture+Facades category
Architizer
Oklahoma Contemporary awarded Top 3 Best New Museum in 2021 Readers' Choice 10 Best Awards
USA TODAY
Artistic Director Jeremiah Matthew Davis named in 50 Most Powerful Young Professionals in Oklahoma City
OKC Friday
Folding Light Wins ACEC Honor Award
Alvine Engineering
Crystal Z Campbell: Flight
Crystal Z Campbell's Haunted Creations
Harvard Radcliffe Institute
Unheard-of histories: Oklahoma artist Crystal Z Campbell delves into Tulsa Race Massacre
The Oklahoman
Crystal Z Campbell's filmic, sonic installation takes visitors through 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre
The Black Wall Street Times
Crystal Z. Campbell: Flight | Oklahoma Contemporary
OETA
We Believed in the Sun
‘We Believed in the Sun’ distills lessons of Oklahoma’s Black history in art
Oklahoma City Free Press
Art Exhibits That Are Well Worth the Summer Road Trip
Paper City
Personal artistic reflections on the Black Oklahoma experience
405 Magazine
'We Believed in the Sun' open at OK Contemporary through August
VeloCity
Photographer with local roots awarded Guggenheim Fellowship
Muskogee Phoenix, Tahlequah Daily Press and Yahoo! News
Art exhibit to show perspectives on Black Oklahomans' intergenerational struggle for equality
KOCO News 5 ABC
We Believed in the Sun exhibition celebrates ongoing impact of Civil Rights movement in OKC
Edmond Active
'We Believed in the Sun' sheds light on overlooked aspects of Oklahoma history
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From multimedia exhibits to comics panel, artistic events across Oklahoma mark Tulsa Race Massacre centennial
The Oklahoman
Get to Know Oklahoma Contemporary
Society & Culture Podcast: Jeremiah Matthew Davis talks all things Oklahoma Contemporary
Action City OKC
Smith & Pickel Construction President Matt Thomas talks about building the new Oklahoma Contemporary facility
This is Oklahoma
Restoring a Legacy
Accessible Art for Everyone
Engaging Programs and Exhibitions at Oklahoma Contemporary Arts Center
New Oklahoma Contemporary Arts Center Reflects Ever-Changing Light
Yurview/Cox
A Virtual Stroll Through the Oklahoma Contemporary
OETA
Wedding Venue
High School Sweethearts Wed with a Modern Romantic Black and White Wedding
Brides of Oklahoma
Founders Day
OK Contemporary Celebrates Founders Day By Honoring Three
OKC Friday
Ed Ruscha: OKLA
Ed Ruscha Exhibit Examines the Artist's Oklahoma Roots
The Wall Street Journal
Ed Ruscha’s Oklahoma Roots Explored For The First Time In A New Exhibition
Forbes
Key to OKC: Iconic artist Ed Ruscha honored in hometown visit to Oklahoma City
The Oklahoman
Artist on Writers | Writers on Artists: Ed Ruscha and Rachel Kushner
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Sweet logos: Ed Ruscha spells
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Spotlight: Ed Ruscha OKLA
ARTFORUM
10 to See: Recommended Exhibitions This Season
Aesthetica
Ed Ruscha: OKLA @ Oklahoma Contemporary, Oklahoma City
Juxtapoz
Ed Ruscha’s nostalgic ode to Oklahoma
Wallpaper*
Oklahoma Contemporary Launches Major Exhibition of Works by Ed Ruscha
Hypebeast
Ed Ruscha’s Oklahoma Roots Explored For The First Time In A New Exhibition
Amoize
Ed Ruscha: Okla Explores Artist’s Hometown Connection
Elite Traveler
A modern master returns home
American Way
Ed Ruscha: OKLA
Surface
22 weekend culture picks highlights Ed Ruscha: OKLA virtual tour
Los Angeles Times
New exhibit 'Ed Ruscha: OKLA' digs into iconic artist's Oklahoma roots
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OKC Mayor David Holt and L.A. Mayor Eric Garcetti teaming up to discuss influential Oklahoma artist Ed Ruscha
The Oklahoman
OK/LA Panel Discussion
Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art & Oklahoma Contemporary
Ed Ruscha: the artist goes back to his Oklahoma roots for the first time ever
Typeroom
6 Fascinating Exhibitions Around the World This Winter
Galerie
Homeward Bound: This February Ed Ruscha examines his roots
Cultured Magazine
Ed Ruscha: OKLA — the artist’s first solo exhibition in his home state and town
FAD Magazine
News/Museum Exhibitions: Ed Ruscha OKLA
Gagosian
2021 brings first solo exhibit in Oklahoma where Ruscha grew up
National Catholic Reporter
The Headline: Ed Ruscha Doubleheader
ARTnews
In OKLA, Ed Ruscha Grows From His Roots
Southwest Contemporary
Made in USA Ed Ruscha An American Perspective
Artlyst
Artful Recommends Ed Ruscha at Oklahoma Contemporary
Artful Jaunts
After the Gold Rush
ArtDesk
2 immersive art experiences for families in OKC
Metro Family Magazine
Oklahoma is OK: Artist Ed Ruscha at Oklahoma Contemporary
The Lost Ogle
"Ed Ruscha: OKLA" exhibition illustrates meaning in Oklahoma City
Oklahoma City Free Press
Ed Ruscha: OKLA
Oklahoma Today
Final Friday with Gallery America | Greenwood Art Project, Ed Ruscha and SPIRO
OETA
Ed Ruscha: OKLA — NW Classen grad brings exhibit to his home state for the first time
OKC Friday
On the Town: Check out Moving Vision, art of ’60s, ’70s
The Journal Record
Editor's Picks: 17 Events for Your Art Calendar including Ed Ruscha: OKLA Conversation
MASSIVE News
Ruscha Is OK
SullivanSaysSoCal.com
Feb. 20 Products of the Week: Ed Ruscha x Entireworld “Oklahoma-E” T
InsideHook
Fieldworks: Beyond Measure
Robert Bailey and Todd Stewart discuss the new exhibition Fieldworks: Beyond Measure
Uncovering Oklahoma
