The Institute of Contemporary Art Santa Fe Has Big Ambitions to Match its Formidable Name
Chiara Giovando, founder of the boldly named nonprofit ICA Santa Fe, aims to build a holistic support network for artists in her hometown.
June 21, 2024
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Art Santa Fe Returns For its 24th Edition
Santa Fe's only contemporary-art fair features over seventy local and global galleries and artists showcasing hundreds of artworks from July 12–14, 2024.
June 12, 2024
Between Sky and Spirit: Aleya Hoerlein’s Artistic Voyage through Abstract Realms
Raised on art and transcendental meditation, Taos-based artist and collectivist Aleya Hoerlein paints beyond this world.
June 12, 2024
The Railyard Art Project Presents Kathleen Wall’s Activating Oga Po’ogeh Land Acknowledgment
Kathleen Wall's new installation merges art and community engagement, prompting deep reflection on place and Indigenous histories. On view at the Santa Fe Rail Trail through August 31, 2024.
June 11, 2024
Suddenly Somebody: Carmen Herrera I’m Nobody! Who Are You? at SITE Santa Fe
In canvases and sculpture created during the last years of her life, Carmen Herrera, an under-sung hero of minimalism and abstraction, receives further attention.
June 04, 2024
The New Mexico Museum of Art presents Off-Center: New Mexico Art
Experience a landmark exhibition showcasing thirty years of New Mexican culture and community, as seen through the lens of talented artists. On view from June 8, 2024–May 4, 2025 in Santa Fe.
May 30, 2024
CURRENTS 2024 Celebrates its 15th Year
Experience the celebrated annual art and technology festival June 14–23, 2024 in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
May 28, 2024
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The Insider’s View: Studio Tours Across New Mexico
Artist studio tours across New Mexico illustrate the enduring power of creative exchange—and give visitors an insider's view of the artistic process.
May 24, 2024
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Field Report: Roswell, New Mexico
"Come for the aliens, stay for the art!" sums up the compelling reasons to visit Roswell, New Mexico—a mecca for UFO culture and contemporary art.
May 24, 2024
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Albuquerque Local Gem Exhibit/208 Celebrates 25 Years
Artist Kim Arthun reflects on decades spent holding space for contemporary art for the Albuquerque community.
May 24, 2024
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Maida Branch and Johnny Ortiz-Concha: Life and Art as Sacred Continuum
Maida Branch and Johnny Ortiz-Concha, the New Mexico-based founders of Maida Goods and / shed, reclaim daily life as an artistic practice.
May 24, 2024
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Jarrett West: Working with Poise and Simplicity
Santa Fe–based artist Jarrett West creates large-scale ceramic stonework sculptures that evoke the drama of nature and the organic architecture of New Mexico.
May 24, 2024
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Trash, Trinkets, and Thingamabobs: Exploring Roadside Attractions in New Mexico
An eclectic guide to New Mexico's so-called outsider art monuments made from all sorts of oddities.
May 24, 2024
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Watch Zozobra Burn for the 100th Time
August 2024 will usher in one hundred years of setting Zozobra ablaze—a ceremony of fire, redemption, and the incineration of Santa Fe’s gloom.
May 24, 2024
RioBravoFineArt Celebrates Artists Dave Barnett and Dina D’Argo
RioBravoFineArt announces new artist exhibitions in Truth or Consequences, New Mexico, for spring 2024.
May 08, 2024
Reframing the Western Rail Experience: The Railyard Art Project Presents Herstory’s Women of the Rails
Uncover the hidden stories of the Women of the Rails through an illustrative mural project at Railyard Park in Santa Fe, on view through July 31, 2024.
April 30, 2024
Pie Projects Presents Sam Scott: Deep Nature
Sam Scott: Deep Nature is on view through Saturday, May 18, with an artist talk on Saturday, May 11, at Pie Projects in Santa Fe.
April 24, 2024
Vladem Contemporary Announces Open Call for the Window Box Project
Vladem Contemporary at the New Mexico Museum of Art announces their annual Window Box Project Open Call for artists. Applications are open now through May 5, 2024.
April 23, 2024
Diné Writer Brendan Basham Transmutes Words into Worlds
Diné artist, writer, and educator Brendan Basham approaches writing as he does life: as a process of transformation.
April 16, 2024
Sofie Hecht, Through Archival and Original Photography, Catalogues the Shocking Impact of the Trinity Atomic Bomb Test on Living New Mexicans
Sofie Hecht discusses her project Downwind, a documentary photo album exploring the continued impact of radiation exposure on resident New Mexicans after the 1945 nuclear bomb Trinity Test.
April 03, 2024
Work in Progress with Nick Larsen
Nick Larsen, who gives a talk about his Nevada Museum exhibition this Thursday, explores an invisible history through collage by “pulling from what already exists to visualize something that doesn’t.”
April 02, 2024
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SITE Santa Fe’s Young Curators Work with Southwest Contemporary to Offer Their Critical Perspectives on Art
Southwest Contemporary teamed up with SITE Santa Fe to produce a series of articles written by high school students taking part in their 2023-24 Young Curators program.
March 27, 2024
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What is the Young Curators Program at SITE Santa Fe?
Hanbi Park, one of SITE Santa Fe’s Young Curators, reflects on the program which tasks high schoolers with curating an exhibition from start to finish.
March 27, 2024
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Interview with Nana: Carol Lujan and Her Experience as a Native Artist
Young Curator Tara Lujan-Baker interviews her grandmother, Carol Lujan (Navajo), a clay and glass artist based in New Mexico and Arizona.
March 27, 2024
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Navigating Mental Health Through Creative Channels: How Art Influences Our Mental Health
Young Curator Sofia Garcia reflects on the ways expressive art serves as a powerful channel for emotional release, stress, and anxiety.
March 27, 2024
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The Beauty of Folk Art in Multiple Visions: A Common Bond
Young Curator Sara Barrionuevo visits Alexander Girard’s renowned collection of folk art at the Museum of International Folk Art and finds both value and disappointments.
March 27, 2024
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Indigenous Futurisms in Shadow and Light
At the Vladem Contemporary, artists use light and color to express Indigenous Futurisms in their current exhibition Shadow and Light. Young Curator Ainsley Drinkard reviews.
March 27, 2024
Environmental Narratives from Brazil and Greenland Intersect at MoCNA
The IAIA Museum of Contemporary Native Arts debuts exhibitions by Greenlandic and Amazonian Indigenous artists whose work narrates threatened worlds deeply rooted in nature.
March 25, 2024
Tamarind Talks: Harmony Hammond in Conversation with Faye Hirsch
Join a conversation between artist Harmony Hammond and educator, art historian, and critic Faye Hirsch on Saturday, April 6, at the Albuquerque Museum.
March 20, 2024
The Trail Ahead… How Artist Brian Norwood Helped Shape the Identity of Jal, New Mexico
Brian Norwood's sculpture The Trail Ahead..., erected in 2000, has created an identity for the small oil-and-gas town of Jal, New Mexico, much as the town created him.
March 15, 2024
