General Admission to Phoenix Art Museum

I enjoyed our visit - a good collection with a lot of interesting pieces. The building itself is also very nice.

Had a Nice few hours at this bright and fresh museum. Disappointed that a wing is closed for construction but still enjoyed both classic and contemporary art exhibitions . Docents are friendly and informative. Museum shop had a variety of local and other goods - personally would have liked to see more local jewelry

Love the Japanese Women’s Pottery. Fashion through the ages upstairs was impressive. AND, a Victor Vasarely?!?! WOW

Not kid friendly, beware has naked photos. The security guards are everywhere and not very friendly, they stare so judgingly. I only liked the fireflies room.

Not my favorite art museum I've ever seen as it lacks big well known pieces. I felt the adult price of $28 was too high, especially as a couple -- that's almost $60 for a day out of looking at some pictures. They do offer a AAA $3 discount, which we took advantage of. My favorite part was the Kusama Fireflies Infinity Mirror Room, where you wander into a room of darkness surrounded by mesmerizing twinkling lights and mirrors. I wasn't aware that this was there, so it was a pleasant surprise. I felt the museum has a slightly confusing, disjointed layout. There's a quality gift shop selling typical art museum items like jewelry, scarves, mugs, etc. We put our backpacks/slings and water in the free lockers. Before our trip, I used their web site and found it confusing to find out the price of tickets and as to whether they were actually open on certain days. Please click the thumbs-up if you found this review useful. Thanks!

+18

A very good, massive museum with a huge variety of themes and exhibitions. There are many beautiful pieces to see and great activities for kids, making it a solid family outing.My only critique is that some of the sections felt a bit like they overshadowed the art itself.. However, the museum is so big that you can easily skip those parts and still enjoy the wide range of other incredible styles on display.

We enjoyed an afternoon exploring this beautiful museum. Very interesting installations.

I first visited this place 10 years ago. Then never went back: too much modern art for me, I’m a Renaissance men myself. This time I saw an ad for a Florentine Baroque collection exhibited there and went to see it, of course. The collection itself wasn’t anything to write home about, especially if you are not very fond of Baroque art. But the frames were remarkable in their Baroque splendor, as overflowing with guild and decorative details as you can imagine. Annoyed that I drove all the way to downtown Phoenix for this, I decided to take a look around. And was compensated wonderfully: I discovered Phillip C. Curtis, Arizona’s own artist, an incredible blending of Surrealism, Primitive Art and just pure joy. Yes, you can see influences of Magritte, Delvaux, Dali, Braque and so many Primitives, but there is also something very Sonoran desert in his paintings, I was delighted. BTW, the Museum shop can give you a variety of ideas for presents this Christmas season: from the tacky to the hight end classy stuff, take a look there before you leave.

+6

Wonderful visit to the Phoenix Art Museum! We loved the firefly exhibit—absolutely gorgeous. There’s a great variety of art styles, which kept everyone in our group engaged. Be prepared for lots of walking, but it’s well worth it. The gift store is a bit pricey, but full of really cool, unique finds.

The facilities are great, the interior architecture is wonderful, voluminous and bright. The restaurant, Alden, is very nice. We enjoyed the Eric Fischl show very much and some of the Asian exhibit, the Black Cloud and the Yayoi Kusama installation. That said, we found the majority of the permanent collection to be rather one dimensional - turns out that "1960's to now" American art is not really my cup of tea, especially as there are none of the big names (Warhol, Close, Haring, Baquiat). I was a bit taken aback by the $28 entrance fee, that's more than we paid to go to the Chicago Art Institute and almost as much as the D'Orsay in Paris, world class museums of art ! We would return - but only if there was a show that we wanted to see, not for the regular exhibits.