By Lisa Forrest, PhxArt Marketing Specialist Installation view of Art of the Americas + Europe, 2021, Phoenix Art Museum. Before photography and social media, the 18th century aristocracy commissioned artists to create large-scale portraits to symbolize their power in society. Take, for example, this portrait of Madame Adélaïde, daughter of King Louis XV and aunt of

By Claudia López, Cohn Fund for Arts & Culture ASU/LACMA Fellow and Bilingual Communications Specialist Laura Aguilar, Motion #59, 1999. Gelatin silver print. © Laura Aguilar Trust of 2016. “It was toward the end of my college career that I was introduced to the work of Laura Aguilar, and it felt like home.” Navigating the