Alex Boeschenstein Examines Roswell’s Storied History in New Works
Roswell artist-in-residence Alex Boeschenstein takes inspiration from things seen in the skies in Visionary Rumor at the Roswell Museum.
Roswell artist-in-residence Alex Boeschenstein takes inspiration from things seen in the skies in Visionary Rumor at the Roswell Museum. By Jess Ziegenfuss
Thousands gathered for Zozobra 2023 in Santa Fe to stuff their sorrows into a fifty-foot puppet and watch the effigy burn to the ground. By Emily Arntsen
Ellen Berkenblit’s exhibition In Motion at Tamarind Institute surveys the New York-based artist’s continuing collaboration with the renowned lithography workshop in Albuquerque. By Nancy Zastudil
The New Mexico Museum of Art presents To Make, Unmake, and Make Again, an exhibition showcasing the life's work of the multi-faceted artist Rick Dillingham. The exhibition is on view October 7, 2023–June 16, 2024 in Santa Fe. By New Mexico Museum of Art
Santa Fe Studio Arts Collective presents its 15th Annual Santa Fe Studio Tour featuring more than 100 local artists. The city-wide tour happens October 21–22 and 28–29. By Santa Fe Studio Arts Collective
Tierra Mar Gallery brings a new alchemy to Canyon Road in Santa Fe, NM. Meet artist Judith Kohin at the 16th Annual Paint & Sculpt Out on October 21, 10-3 pm. By Tierra Mar Gallery
Basement Films is a dedicated collective that keeps a massive collection of vintage film reels as a resource for alternative, DIY, experimental, and micro-cinema. By P. Antonio Márquez
Richard Levy Gallery is present the two-person exhibition Painting Scenarios by Mick Burson and Terri Roland with a gallery reception on Saturday, September 9, 6-8 pm. By Richard Levy Gallery
Horizons at the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture pairs historical and contemporary weaving with photography and other media to create connections across materials, time, and lands. By Maggie Grimason
The University of New Mexico Art Museum announces the next installment of its permanent collection exhibition series, Hindsight Insight 3.0: Portraits, Landscapes, and Abstraction from the UNM Art Museum. The exhibitions opens on September 8, 2023. By University of New Mexico Art Museum
ArtistsNew MexicoVol. 8 Medium + Support
Josh Tafoya ushers New Mexico’s rich textile history into the contemporary world of fashion and design, keeping old traditions alive and telling new stories within his work. By Justin Duyao
WritingsNew MexicoVol. 8 Medium + Support
In the early 20th century, bricks were brought over Raton Pass to Raton, New Mexico from the Trinidad Brick Company. We stole this brick for our backyard. By Spenser Willden
ArtistsNew MexicoVol. 8 Medium + Support
Rosemary Meza-DesPlas's varied and multi-faceted work, deeply rooted in the power of the human figure, addresses feminism, cultural identity, and contemporary politics. By Scotti Hill
ReviewNew MexicoVol. 8 Medium + Support
Bruce Nauman: His Mark at SITE Santa Fe is the internationally recognized artist's first solo show in New Mexico and includes never-before-shown work. By Maggie Grimason
ArtistsNew MexicoVol. 8 Medium + Support
Margarita Paz-Pedro works with adobe, natural clay, and porcelain, interrogating the history of the materials and our understanding of them to create space for new connections and meanings. By Maggie Grimason
RioBravoFineArt presents the bold, large-scale abstractions of Noёl Hudson's Freedom Series opening on September 9, and the contemplative work of Delmas Howe's Mood Drawings opening on October 14. By RioBravoFineArt
Experience the thrilling, live-performance version of Frankenstein, the Gothic tale of love, loss, and creation by Manual Cinema on September 26, 2023, in Santa Fe. By Performance Santa Fe
In Goodnight Moon, Rachel Rose’s ambitious and deeply researched work opens multiple tiny entry points into vast stories of past and future days and ages. By Hills Snyder
Justin Favela and Working Classroom serve up supersized sculptural food for thought on regional culinary and cultural heritages in Sandia Hot at Sanitary Tortilla Factory in Albuquerque. By Samantha Anne Carrillo
Trinity: Legacies of Nuclear Testing—A People’s Perspective at the Branigan Cultural Center in Las Cruces, New Mexico, showcases the work of seventeen artists to shed light on nuclear injustice. By Ania Hull
Cara Despain: Specter New Mexico at the NMSU Art Museum and Trinity: Legacies of Nuclear Testing at Branigan Cultural Center examine nuclear fallout impacting local Indigenous and settler communities. By Jess Ziegenfuss
Living National Treasure Fujinuma Noboru's exhibition at TAI Modern in Santa Fe showcases his commitment to preserving the beauty of Japan's bamboo and culture, August 18–September 30, 2023. By TAI Modern
Capturing glimpses of ancestors and extraterrestrials, Duhon James’ (Diné) work illustrates a moment in time with something both there and not there at the same time. By Lillia McEnaney
Experience the sound of an Alaskan glacier in an extraordinary, fully immersive live performance on September 16, 2023 in Santa Fe. By Performance Santa Fe
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Join art book publisher Radius Books for Artist Weekend 2023, a free community celebration with artists, writers, and collaborators in New Mexico. By Radius Books
In the Santa Fe Opera’s 2023 staging of Pelléas et Mélisande, director Netia Jones’s contemporary aesthetics renew Debussy’s mystifying Symbolist opera for present-day audiences. By Lauren Tresp
The process-oriented work of Brie Ruais—a Santa Fe-based artist who makes conceptual and gestural performance art for a new generation—recenters artmaking in the body. By Justin Duyao
Patrick Dean Hubbell (Diné), who works from his family homestead on the Navajo Nation, creates artworks that reference how Diné people think about natural elements. By Caitlin Lorraine Johnson
The Lightning Field—a vestige of the conceptual, minimalist, and earthwork movements of the mid-20th century by Walter De Maria—provides visitors with multiple, discrete ways of encountering the art object. By Joshua Ware
Manjari Sharma and Eric Tillinghast, an exhibition exploring water and the figure, opens at Bishop’s Lodge Auberge Resort on July 20 with a special projection event. By Richard Levy Gallery
Bruce Nauman: His Mark at SITE Santa Fe—Nauman’s first solo exhibition in New Mexico—features never-before-shown work by the internationally celebrated artist. By Maggie Grimason
Art Santa Fe's 2023 program features a focused look at several cutting-edge artists and a series of outstanding projects by leading galleries and institutions. By Art Santa Fe
Celebrating its 23rd edition, Art Santa Fe features a curated selection of international exhibitors featuring one-of-a-kind works for sale in a gallery-style venue July 14–16, 2023. By Art Santa Fe
Shane R. Hendren, a New Mexico-based artist, storyteller, and so much more, has won a $100,000 Maxwell/Hanrahan Foundation Award in Craft, one of the nation’s largest awards in the discipline. By Maggie Grimason
Will Bruno, who lives and works at an off-grid cabin in Abiquiú, New Mexico, connects the natural and unnatural landscapes of modern life within his paintings. By Caitlin Lorraine Johnson
Carlsbad Caverns National Park celebrates the centennial anniversary of this special national park in a new exhibition at the Carlsbad Museum, May 30–October 25, 2023. By Carlsbad Museum
Isabelle Plat, an artist based in Paris, France, brings a new definition of portraiture to Taos in a new exhibition at the Wright Contemporary, opening on June 10 with a reception 4-6 pm. By The Wright Contemporary
The Santa Fe Railyard Park + Plaza is a site of creative collaborations, with recent projects presented in collaboration with the Railyard Park Conservancy’s Railyard Art Project and local arts organizations. By Railyard Park Conservancy
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
Finding Water in the WestNew Mexico
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
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