Minimalism

Queen Agnes

Abstract painter Agnes Martin sought isolation in New Mexico to stoke her obsessive practice. She found vibrant community.

Jordan Eddy • September 05, 2025

Sol LeWitt, A Square, A Circle, on the campus of New Mexico State University

Travel2025 New Mexico Field Guide

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.

Jess Ziegenfuss • May 23, 2025

Larry Bell's studio in Taos, New Mexico, 2024. Photo: Jon Revett.

EssaySouthwest

Beautiful Corners: A Road Trip to Witness Larry Bell’s First Cube, and His Last

Artist Jon Revett makes a pilgrimage to see his mentor Larry Bell's career retrospective in Phoenix, and view what the Light and Space master calls his last cube in Taos.

Jon Revett • January 30, 2025

Geometric wall paintings in red, white, and black by Carmen Herrera, with a blue sculpture in the foreground.

ReviewNew Mexico

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.

Camille LeFevre • June 04, 2024

Circular artwork with left half painted blue, the right half red, with a brigh yellow crumpled form with a dollop of white in the center.

ReviewTexas

I Am Not Your Mexican Expands Post-Minimal Boundaries

I Am Not Your Mexican at Ruiz-Healy Art in San Antonio explores how Mexican and Mexican American artists have expanded the limitations of Post-Minimalism.

Emma S. Ahmad • August 25, 2023