RioBravoFineArt: A Contemporary Art Space with a Rich Legacy
RioBravoFineArt is a unique art space and gallery located in Truth or Consequences, New Mexico, founded twenty-five years ago by the iconic American abstract painter H. Joe Waldrum.
RioBravoFineArt is a unique art space and gallery located in Truth or Consequences, New Mexico, founded twenty-five years ago by the iconic American abstract painter H. Joe Waldrum. By RioBravoFineArt
Danny Lyon—photographer, filmmaker, ally of marginalized people, and heart-on-sleeve wearer—is celebrated in an Albuquerque Museum exhibition featuring selections from a prolific sixty-year career. By Kim Stringfellow
New Mexico Museum of Art Vladem Contemporary announces the public opening date of September 23, 2023. By New Mexico Museum of Art
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Stories of water in the Southwest are told through the lens of artists in Going with the Flow: Art, Actions, and Western Waters at SITE Santa Fe. By Lauren LaRocca
Ari Myers, founder and curator of The Valley, a contemporary art gallery in Taos, New Mexico, is intentional about creating opportunities for Southwestern artists. By Caitlin Lorraine Johnson
Abstraction in Albuquerque: Six Artists at the Inpost Artspace—more than a half-decade in the making—materialized after a co-curator spotted a 1991 poster inside of a now closed warehouse. By Steve Jansen
Center for Contemporary Arts Santa Fe, which recently announced permanent closure after forty-four years, has reversed course and plans to partially reopen in the city's shaky arts nonprofit landscape. By Steve Jansen
Lindsay Brenner's Human Bird Nest, a public artwork presented by the Railyard Art Project in Santa Fe, combines themes of sanctuary, rebirth, and ecological resilience. By Railyard Park Conservancy
At SITE Santa Fe, Mexican artist Pedro Reyes proves that sometimes sculptors can both make activist statements and focus on sculptural fundamentals, with stunning results. By Janet Abrams
Perplexities acknowledges complexity and the unaccountable and meets it with one kind of certainty: deeply considered and well executed art. By Hills Snyder
RioBravoFineArt Gallery presents three new exhibitions with the Border Artists group, H. Joe Waldrum, and William Bertrum Sharp in honor of its twenty-fifth anniversary. By RioBravoFineArt
New Mexico-based artist Kate Rivers debuts new work in an exhibition at Kay Contemporary Art at their Canyon Road gallery in Santa Fe. By Kay Contemporary Art
Tommy Archuleta’s debut poetry book Susto delves into the science and folklore of curanderismo to take readers on a magical and frightening journey through grief. By Kathryne Lim
The University of New Mexico Art Museum celebrates the exhibition Hindsight Insight 2.0 with a reception on March 31, 4-7 pm. By University of New Mexico Art Museum
Kathleen Wall (Jemez Pueblo and Chippewa), a Pueblo potter and winner of a New Mexico Governor’s Award, conjures happy feelings through her human forms in ceramic. By Will Riding In
Bingo Studios, a pandemic project of artists Lance McGoldrick and Josh Stuyvesant that includes studios, a gallery space, and a fabrication shop, recently opened to fanfare. By Robin Babb
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Chrissie Orr is an artist, activist, and the founder of the SeedBroadcast Collective whose work focuses on the interaction between, and integration of the natural and human worlds. By Joshua Ware
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Bobbe Besold, a founder of the community engagement project Rivers Run Through Us, has made water a centerpiece of her art and activism. By Steve Jansen
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Outriders: Legacy of the Black Cowboy at Harwood Museum of Art in Taos normalizes the Black cowboy past and present. By Steve Jansen
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Anna Rotty’s work deals with beauty and anxiety, using water as a jumping-off point to explore the politics of modern civilization. By Maggie Grimason
The centerpiece of Nima Nabavi: Visiting is the intricate geometry that he practices, letting the silent slide of his pens continue their daily run to infinity. By Hills Snyder
The Lensic Presents lineup promises an eclectic mix of performances, including live music, dance, comedy, theater, and more. By Lensic Performing Arts Center
Esther Elia: Diasporic Deities reimagines ancient Assyrian goddesses with attention to how they have evolved apace with their diasporic peoples. By Maggie Grimason
Container in Santa Fe, an offshoot of Turner Carroll Gallery, offers a model that prizes artists, curators, and artwork—some saved from the ultimate demise—over profit. By Lauren LaRocca
Eco Build Lab co-founder, earthship builder, and educator Kirsten Jacobsen describes the delicacy and environmental factors integral to green building construction and action. By Dawn Penso
Smoke the Moon, which moved from its original Marcy Street location to Canyon Road in March 2022, uplifts emerging artists and cultivates young collectors and artists in Santa Fe. By Caitlin Lorraine Johnson
RioBravoFineArt Gallery's winter 2023 season in Truth or Consequences features artwork by Nolan Winkler, Darlene Olivia McElroy, Paul White, and Gregory Montreuil. By RioBravoFineArt
The Wright Contemporary in Taos brings brightness to winter with bloom-inspired artworks in the exhibition Botanicals. By The Wright Contemporary
Gerald Peters Gallery features two prominent and experimental printmakers of the 1960s, Garo Antreasian and Phyllis Sloane. By Gerald Peters Contemporary
Albuquerque’s birds + Richard gallery and Richard B restaurant blur the lines between dinner party and exhibition opening with an invitation to take in art with a side of gastronomy. By Maggie Grimason
The combined Santa Fe offices of AOS Architects and MASS Design Group will help expand the humanitarian architecture footprint for Native and non-Native communities in New Mexico and beyond. By Steve Jansen
At the Millicent Rogers Museum, Southwest Reflections: Between Shadows of the Land takes an interdisciplinary and intercultural approach to the place now known as New Mexico. By Lillia McEnaney
Maja Ruznic of Placitas, New Mexico builds and embraces darkness in canvas works that are informed by trauma and inspired by Carl Jung’s philosophy of the shadow self. By Caitlin Lorraine Johnson
Marcus Chormicle’s uncle and cousin passed away on the same day a year apart. On the anniversary of their deaths, the photographer opened the community-centered CAV Gallery in Las Cruces. […] By Steve Jansen
Santa Fe-based textile artist Rhiannon Griego weaves wearable and displayable artworks that pay respect to the land and her Spanish and Native heritage. By Kathryne Lim
From the Creek, an exhibition by artist Kiki Smith, brings the experience of the flora and fauna of the Hudson River Valley to the Albuquerque Museum. By Maggie Grimason
With new work by Emi Ozawa and Jeff Kellar, two winter exhibitions play with perception and illusion at Richard Levy Gallery. By Richard Levy Gallery
This holiday season, consider shopping in Santa Fe for a variety of delights, ranging from gifts for cats (and cat mommies and daddies) to a music concert membership. By Daisy Geoffrey
The Wright Contemporary in Taos, New Mexico opens the exhibition Photography in B&W, which features photographers from across the region. By The Wright Contemporary
Meggan Gould’s slow photography emphasizes the ephemeral nature of the moment in Happy Time, Doomsday Time. By Nancy Zastudil
Masha Sha’s drawings are made in stillness alternating with something like fever, with words built of lanky linear planks unfolding at angles. By Hills Snyder
Risolana—Albuquerque’s only risograph studio that’s set to open an exhibition by debut artist-in-residence Lena Kassicieh—builds knowledge-sharing connections and shares stories through printed books, posters, and more. By Maggie Grimason
Self-Determined: A Contemporary Survey of Native and Indigenous Artists at CCA Santa Fe highlights the work of thirteen artists exploring the present and future of Native and Indigenous art. By Caitlin Lorraine Johnson
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