Seeds Regeneration by Dancing Earth
Rulan Tangen’s company, Dancing Earth, performed the culmination of a six-year project called ...SEEDS: RE GENERATION... in Santa Fe this April...
May 24, 2019
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[Sponsored] Contemporary Voices: Ken Price Preview
Starting this summer, the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum presents the innovative sculptures and works on paper of acclaimed artist Ken Price in conversation with the paintings of Georgia O’Keeffe as a part of the museum’s ongoing Contemporary Voices series...
May 24, 2019
Have a drink with Kenneth Francis of Surroundings Studio
Tasting notes with: Kenneth Francis. Occupation: Landscape architect. Venue: Geronimo bar, Santa Fe. (Next stop: Paloma patio.) Drinking: Hendrix Martini.
May 24, 2019
Cauleen Smith: Give It or Leave It
Two years ago, I sat transfixed beside a memorial garden assembled within a gallery at the Frye Art Museum on Seattle’s First Hill. That installation, a feat in and of itself, might have scored my memory even were it not for what preceded it...
May 24, 2019
Robert Stokowy: [structures] Albuquerque
To see Robert Stokowy’s conceptual artwork, structures [ albuquerque ], I went on eight hikes in eight days. I got a deep t-shirt tan, I got really lost once, and on one day I cried a little...
May 24, 2019
Interlopers
Interlopers is a show of works on paper at Evoke Contemporary that brings together eighteen artists and uses the term “works on paper” broadly, representing a wide range of media...
May 24, 2019
Writings + The Printed Page
John Shepherd’s pack weighed him down, straps cutting into fleece, water bottle digging into his hip. The hike had taken longer than he’d anticipated. The light was fading...
May 24, 2019
Meet the Team: Clayton Porter
Visual artist Clayton Porter has been taking photos for The Magazine since Lauren Tresp became publisher. In addition to his beloved black and white portraits of artists in their studios, Clayton has been by Lauren's side, spending countless hours discussing ways to reinvent the publication, many of which have come to fruition.
May 14, 2019
Collectors Collect New Mexico I: Jugnet+Clairet, Christian Mayeur, Anne Poux
For the first panel-discussion Collectors Collect New Mexico I at The Magazine on May 9, 2019, we hosted collectors and gallerists Christian Mayeur and Anne Poux along with artists Anne-Marie […]
May 11, 2019
Art News Briefs: May 2019
The Magazine publisher and editor Lauren Tresp was interviewed by Santa Fe Found! Siler Yard Arts and Creativity Center, a 65-unit affordable live/work space development project...
May 07, 2019
Studio Visit: Grace Rosario Perkins
Grace Rosario Perkins describes a drawing she had made years ago, taking Black Flag’s Family Man album and replacing Raymond Pettibon’s violent imagery with a repeated series of pencil drawings of women. She then filled out the liner notes with her mother’s name...
April 26, 2019
Field Report: El Paso + Juárez
Downtown Juárez still feels gutted since the demolition of its nightclubs and the shuttering of so many businesses and markets, but among the ruins you can experience—if, I will stress, you have a Juarense to guide you—a lively community trying to find itself and its sense of vitality and ownership over the space again...
April 26, 2019
Theater Roundup: A Doll’s House, Part 2
It seems that cinematic sequels are all the rage these days. Even theater is not immune to this urge to put iconic characters in new situations. Take, for example
April 26, 2019
My Love Affair with Sandro’s Ghosts: Alexander Girard’s Legacy in New Mexico
Amy was unyielding. Every time I saw her, she’d ask, “Have you gone to church yet?” “No,” I’d reply, again. “They’re about to start construction on the new sanctuary...”
April 26, 2019
Film Review: Vox Lux
It has been three weeks since I watched Vox Lux. Whenever I think about how to approach writing about it, in my head I hear the voice of Bill Hader’s Saturday Night Live character, Stefon...
April 26, 2019
Out There
Out There at Gallery Fritz pairs the work of two New Mexico artists, painter Terri Rolland and sculptor Jeff Krueger. Their work naturally invites comparisons, though...
April 26, 2019
Migration
Walking around Santiago for a week, I saw it as a magical city. In many neighborhoods, almost every house front is covered with original murals in a dazzling array of styles. Chile is saturated by the long trail of migrations...
April 26, 2019
Aftereffect
Aftereffect: Georgia O’Keeffe and Contemporary Painting is not only a vibrant and eye-catching show but also an exercise in understanding how artists can be influenced by legendary painters without resorting to outright imitation. Aftereffect gathers together twelve...
April 26, 2019
Qué Chola
Qué Chola is an homage to the characteristically Chicana figure of the chola. The show features street photographs and paintings inspired by old snapshots, plays on pin-up ads and Lotería cards, constructed photos, and graphic art...
April 26, 2019
New Mexico Women: Maria Varela
In her essay, “Time to Get Ready,” Maria Varela recalls, “I once volunteered in the fourth grade that I was Mexican, and the angry response of the teacher frightened and shamed me. ‘No, you are not! We’re all Americans here,’ snapped Sister Rosita.” For a woman who has spent her life fighting white supremacy across the U.S., this scene presents a formative moment.
April 26, 2019
Book Review: Nature’s Nation
Nature’s Nation: American Art and Environment, which catalogues an exhibition that opened last fall at Princeton University Art Museum, proposes a reorientation for American art history around ecology and environmental history.
April 26, 2019
Tasting Notes: Elaine Ritchel of Santa Fe Art Tours
Have a drink with Elaine Ritchel of Santa Fe Art Tours.
April 26, 2019
[Sponsored] Preview: Meghann O’Brien
Haida, Kwakwaka’wakw Chilkat weaver Meghann O’Brien is the 2019 Eric and Barbara Dobkin Native Artist Fellow. An accomplished textile and basket weaver...
April 26, 2019
Five Poems: Marie Claire Bryant
1 We drove to a place to look up...
April 26, 2019
Letters: May 2019
I can already tell from our overflowing calendar of events that the New Mexico arts season is soon upon us.
April 26, 2019
Timothy Jason Reed: Vortexting the Muses
Vortexting The Muses is the inaugural show of Niomi Fawn’s new brick-and-mortar curation project in Santa Fe, Show Pony Gallery. Drawings and paintings on paper, wood, glass, and brick by artist Timothy Jason Reed...
April 26, 2019
Meet the Team: Rebecca Lynch
Client Account Representative and Distribution Manager Rebecca Lynch is the newest addition to The Magazine's staff.
April 16, 2019
Art News Briefs April 2019 + Call for Editorial Interns
The Harwood Art Museum has named Juniper Manley their new director. Robert Krep, Georgia O’Keeffe Museum Director of ten years, has resigned. Curator Cody Hartley is serving interim director during a nationwide […]
April 09, 2019
Studio Visit: Harmony Hammond
Harmony Hammond is lying on the floor beneath one of her paintings, craning her neck within inches of the canvas. “I’m doing edges,” she tells me. I first heard of Hammond when I came across the catalogue for Out West, a 1999 show...
March 27, 2019
Book Review: Matthew Genitempo: Jasper
Jasper is the first book from photographer Matthew Genitempo. While the images were made in the Ozarks, they recall an atmosphere of rural America more than they reflect a specific place. The name Jasper, too, has a particular generality...
March 27, 2019
