Counterculture Summer: Southwest Contemporary’s Summer 2025 Art Guide
Don’t sit it out. These sixteen explosive exhibitions across the Southwest will keep the fire lit for your summer of resistance.
June 18, 2025
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Take Respite: Aisha Imdad’s Works Feel Like a Monsoon Rain, or Like Falling in Love
Aisha Imdad’s exhibition of paintings, The Allegorical Gardens, is a stunning display of virtuosity and literary allusion.
June 17, 2025
In Abstracting Nature, A Quiet Dialogue Takes Place Between Hand and Land
Abstracting Nature at the Albuquerque Museum, June 21-October 12, 2025, showcases works by artists who capture New Mexico's natural beauty through abstract forms in glass, clay, steel, and natural materials.
June 17, 2025
Timeless Mucha: A Celebration of Line, Beauty, and Legacy in Santa Fe
Discover Alphonse Mucha's Art Nouveau masterpieces in the exhibition Timeless Mucha: The Magic of Line, June 20-September 21, 2025, in Santa Fe.
June 10, 2025
An Architecture of Care: Passive House Designer Andrew Michler Embraces a Hyperlocal Approach
Andrew Michler redefines sustainable design through hyperlocal, compassionate architecture shaped by climate, culture, and the evolving lives of its occupants.
June 05, 2025
Utah Artist Fellowship Program Awards $100,000 to 20 Artists
Utah's top artists push boundaries and challenge norms—meet the twenty visionary creators awarded $5,000 fellowships for their groundbreaking work in 2025.
June 03, 2025
Southwest Art News: June 2025
FBI returns stolen paintings to Taos museum, Tulsa institution repatriates Native remains and artifacts, and more top Southwest art news headlines for June 2025.
June 03, 2025
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An Artist Who Paints the West as Strange as It Is
Colorado artist Grace Kennison paints her way into the reality of the West, a place layered thick with fictional narratives, mythical characters, suppressed histories, and surreal storylines.
June 02, 2025
Raffle, Raffle, Who’ll Win The Raffle?
Can't attend the Art Party? You can still participate in the fundraiser fun! Check out Southwest Contemporary's raffle lineup, and enter for a chance to win art, swag, or experiences.
May 29, 2025
Texas Artist Michael Tracy Channeled the Violence and Transcendence of the Borderlands
Late artist Michael Tracy hit the Texas border village of San Ygnacio like a "cyclone." His creative aggression melded with an empathic awareness of his adopted home.
May 29, 2025
An Artist Who Unearths Layers of History, and Stacks Them Again
Informed by his family history, Dean Terasaki uses activist imagery and charged ephemera—including postcards from Japanese American internment camps—to send a present-day "warning."
May 27, 2025
Bid Now in Southwest Contemporary‘s First-Ever Benefit Art Auction
Southwest Contemporary's Benefit Art Auction is stacked with beloved regional artists, from Judy Chicago to Virgil Ortiz. Support arts journalism and collect powerful artwork through June 7.
May 25, 2025
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The People’s Biennial
Charged with reviving SITE Santa Fe’s storied biennial, world-renowned curator Cecilia Alemani unveils Once Within a Time, a citywide chorus of regional and global voices.
May 23, 2025
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Field Report: Las Cruces
Your complete art guide to discover Las Cruces, New Mexico's hidden art scene, with local galleries, craft markets, outdoor adventures, and authentic dining.
May 23, 2025
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Kat Kinnick: Collages of Geographical Memory
Artist Kat Kinnick draws from her New Mexico surroundings to visualize a world more aligned with nature.
May 23, 2025
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Unique New Mexico: Cognition Enhancer
Cognition Enhancer in Santa Fe is a colorful public sculpture, molecular puzzle, and wild local legend all in one.
May 23, 2025
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Unique New Mexico: Sol LeWitt, A Square, A Circle
Sol LeWitt's sculpture A Square, A Circle on the New Mexico State University campus is the famed Minimal and Conceptual artist's only outdoor, site-specific work in New Mexico.
May 23, 2025
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Unique New Mexico: Spencer Theater for the Performing Arts
The Spencer Theater, with its soaring form echoing the surrounding mountains, exemplifies Antoine Predock’s design philosophy.
May 23, 2025
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Unique New Mexico: Couse-Sharp Historic Site
The Couse-Sharp Historic Site invites visitors to step into the living legacy of Taos’s early art colony—and consider Taos Pueblo's influence on every brushstroke.
May 23, 2025
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Unique New Mexico: Scottish Rite Masonic Temple
The Scottish Rite Masonic Temple may be home to a private fraternity, but its ornate theater welcomes all.
May 23, 2025
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Unique New Mexico: Coronado Historic Site
The Coronado Historic Site contains more than 2,000 years of history, pre-contact Puebloan murals, and impressive views of the Rio Grande and surrounding mountains.
May 23, 2025
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Unique New Mexico: Deming Luna Mimbres Museum
The folksy-but-formidable Deming Luna Mimbres Museum houses impressive collections, from Mimbres pottery to historical photographs.
May 23, 2025
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10 Years Walking: Santa Fe Art Tours Celebrates a Decade-Long Gallery Hop
Santa Fe Art Tours marks its tenth anniversary, transforming art appreciation through conversation-based tours that make culture accessible to all.
May 23, 2025
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Center Santa Fe Celebrates 30 Years—and It’s Just Getting Started
On its 30th anniversary, Center, a nonprofit focused on sharing lens-based art, is looking to the future while reflecting on all it has already achieved.
May 23, 2025
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Photography Pioneers Scheinbaum & Russek Mark 45-Year Legacy
Santa Fe's Scheinbaum & Russek Ltd. celebrates forty-five years showcasing 20th-century fine-art photography from masters like Ansel Adams and Edward Weston.
May 23, 2025
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At 40, the Santa Fe Art Institute Has Big Plans for the Whole Neighborhood
In its first four decades, Santa Fe Art Institute dramatically evolved its approach to engaging with artists. Now it aims to transform the surrounding district.
May 23, 2025
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The Spanish Colonial Arts Society Just Hit 100—and Changed the Name of Its Home Museum
Marking its centennial, the Spanish Colonial Arts Society honors its community with an ambitious survey exhibition, new museum branding, and free admission.
May 23, 2025
The Ultimate Northern New Mexico Weekend: Santa Fe to Taos with Heritage Inspirations
Heritage Inspirations curates a three-day Santa Fe to Taos adventure with e-bike tours, High Road scenic drives, and wine tastings in Northern New Mexico.
May 23, 2025
Pussy Riot Founder’s Anti-Tyranny Art Comes to Santa Fe
Nadya Tolokonnikova brings her internationally touring exhibition to Turner Carroll Gallery, June 28-July 16, 2025.
May 23, 2025
Art in the Heart: Farmington Taps Regional Artists for Historic Downtown
Art in the Heart brings regional sculptors to downtown Farmington, New Mexico, creating a walkable gallery that supports local artists.
May 23, 2025
