Clay, Connection, and Continuity
A collaborative set of four Pueblo jars by SAR Native Artist fellows headlines the auction at the School for Advanced Research's Annual Gala on Saturday, June 6 in Santa Fe.
May 26, 2026
A collaborative set of four Pueblo jars by SAR Native Artist fellows headlines the auction at the School for Advanced Research's Annual Gala on Saturday, June 6 in Santa Fe.
School for Advanced Research • May 26, 2026
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With an electric palette and layered technique, Santa Fe–based painter Jake Trujillo gives familiar Southwest landscapes a surreal spin.
Kathryne Lim • May 22, 2026
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New Mexico’s “Carbon City” celebrates Native arts and traditions, vibrant galleries, and public art, carving its own path beneath the tourist economy’s glare.
Olivia Amaya Ortiz • May 22, 2026
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This summer, Unearthing Futures / Desenterrando Futuros brings together six artists working in adobe, tracing the material from ancestral building tradition to radical contemporary art practice.
Robin Babb • May 22, 2026
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From flamenco in Albuquerque to jazz in Taos, a guide to the visionary venues and companies shaping New Mexico's performing arts scene now.
Rica Maestas • May 22, 2026
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At the Albuquerque nonprofit, students become performers, family members become colleagues, and a community built on access and belonging continues to grow.
Maggie Grimason • May 22, 2026
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After twenty years at 516 Central Avenue SW in Albuquerque, 516 Arts marks a flagship anniversary with a move to a new, renovated space.
Maggie Grimason • May 22, 2026
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From Elaine Horwitch's founding in downtown Santa Fe to Robert Gardner and Kenneth Marvel's expansion into the Railyard, LewAllen Galleries celebrates fifty years representing contemporary art.
Adele Oliveira • May 22, 2026
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Zane Bennett Contemporary Art has evolved from a small Canyon Road space into a major Santa Fe gallery known for globally diverse, boundary-pushing exhibitions.
Adele Oliveira • May 22, 2026
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Collectively governed by New Mexico’s nineteen Pueblos, the Albuquerque center marks its semicentennial as a “little pivot” between worlds.
Jordan Eddy • May 22, 2026
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Meow Wolf’s first interactive installation celebrates its tenth anniversary, marking an era of staggering growth and expansion, with even more to come.
Natalie Hegert • May 22, 2026
On Canyon Road, where tradition often leads, K Contemporary offers a deliberate shift.
K Contemporary • May 22, 2026
Under the leadership of Mitch Higgins, Century Wealth Management offers tailored portfolios, alternative investments, and ESG investing strategies rooted in personal advisory.
Century Bank • May 22, 2026
Marking its 20th year, Zane Bennett Contemporary Art launches Print Focus—a series spotlighting the publishers, workshops, and master printers behind the medium.
Zane Bennett Contemporary Art • May 22, 2026
The 22nd International Folk Art Market returns to Santa Fe July 9-12, bringing 148 master artists from 53 countries—and the largest gathering of its kind—to a weekend of cultural exchange, live performance, and handmade work that's reshaping the boundaries of art and craft.
International Folk Art Market • May 22, 2026
Adobe churches, ancestral pueblos, canyon views, and a glass of New Mexico wine—Heritage Inspirations' High Road tour unfolds the Land of Enchantment, one stop at a time.
Heritage Inspirations • May 22, 2026
Now in its fourth year, Farmington's Art in the Heart Sculpture Exhibition transforms Historic Main Street into a rotating outdoor gallery of Four Corners artists.
Downtown Farmington Arts & Cultural District • May 22, 2026
For three decades, Keshet Dance Company has dissolved the lines between stage and community, artist and audience—making contemporary dance a vehicle for access, collaboration, and social change.
Keshet Dance and Center for the Arts • May 22, 2026
For thirty years, King Galleries has been a focal point for the finest Native pottery from the 1920s to the present.
King Galleries • May 22, 2026
The Roswell Artist-in-Residence Program and the Anderson Museum of Contemporary Art support artists’ creative growth and experimentation in a globally recognized program.
Roswell Artist-in-Residence Program • May 22, 2026
Blending the tropical vibrancy of Puerto Rico with the sunbaked tones of New Mexico, figurative artist Hebé García transforms oil paint and clay into brilliant meditations on the human spirit.
Hebé García • May 22, 2026
As ceramics arts draw a growing audience seeking creativity and calm, the Taos Ceramics Center is expanding its campus to meet the demand.
Taos Ceramics Center • May 22, 2026
Gallup isn't a stop along the way—it’s the destination, where living culture, epic landscapes, and genuine hospitality converge.
Visit Gallup • May 22, 2026
Abstract Picnic's new Santa Fe Railyard mural turns the picnic into a metaphor for gathering. Celebrate the unveiling on Saturday, June 6, 12–2 pm.
Railyard Park Conservancy • May 18, 2026
Is New Mexico the Land of Enchantment or the "Land of Entrapment"? Apply for one of these eighteen artist and writer residencies, and you're bound to find out.
Rocío Marisol Rodríguez Linares • May 12, 2026
From movie scenes to Scientology symbols, Jon Revett reflects on thirty-five years of traveling on the Conchas Highway, in a landscape of shifting cultural narratives.
Jon Revett • May 08, 2026
Santa Fe–based artist Jessi Cross brings woodcut prints of roadrunners, bobcats, and more to Flow of Wildlife, a public mural at Railyard Park.
Railyard Park Conservancy • April 27, 2026
Now in its 17th edition, CURRENTS Art & Technology Festival returns to Santa Fe, June 12–21, 2026, presenting works by seventy-one international artists working in installation, performance, or immersive media.
Currents New Media • April 21, 2026
This June, a two-day event at the Albuquerque Museum connects artists with archivists, attorneys, curators, and fellow artists to build real strategies for long-term legacy planning.
Legacy Lab New Mexico • April 13, 2026
Marisa Sage’s art-is-for-everybody mandate might sound utopian, but at the helm of New Mexico’s most historically freighted museum, it's a massive administrative challenge.
Jordan Eddy • April 09, 2026
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