The Faces of New Mexico
Above: The body of the Axle Contemporary step van features over 900 wheat-pasted portraits. Photograph courtesy of Axle Contemporary. There were obstacles, not the least of which was the moment when…
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Tag: Exhibitions
A Guide to Santa Fe Art
THE FIRST TIME I STEPPED into Art House, one of the many galleries in Santa Fe’s famed Canyon Road art district, I lost my bearings. Crossing the threshold of a historic adobe home, I entered a dim…
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Be Your Dreams
Above: From yoga to interactive dining, AR experiences range from $10 to $150. Photograph by Josh Lane. Visualize stepping inside your imagination. You can do just that at Storylab—a vacant space on…
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Get Cultured
Above: Aprons available at Casa de Cultura's Boutique. Photographs Courtesy of Casa de Cultura. Bianca Encinias is the proud Burque-based Chicana behind El Chante: Casa de Cultura. In 2010, before…
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Stay Current
Above: Casey Farina's Vestiges features a choreographed dance. Photograph Courtesy of Currents New Media. A hanging forest of Korean paper that sounds like an ocean when you press your ear against…
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Get Weird at Art Obscura
Above: Inside Art Obscura. Photograph Courtesy of Art Obscura. Right now, the strangest object in Art Obscura, owner Deret Roberts says, “is a giant light bulb stuffed with two boa constrictors,”…
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Something You've Never Seen Before
Above: Alan Houser's sculpture, Potter (1982). Chiricahua Apache Allan Houser (1914–1994) believed that, in making art, he was “creating something you’ve never seen before.” As a master of multiple…
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How To Live, Sleep, And Eat With Folk Art
Above: Judith Espinar in her Santa Fe home. Photographs by Bill Stengel. The man on the other end of the phone meant business. In his native French, he declared, “Non!” Do not come to his village. A…
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The Most Sweeping Collection of Spanish Art Is Coming to New Mexico
Above: A marble tomb in Gil de Siloe style. Photographs Courtesy of Albuquerque Museum. The ethnically rich roots of Spanish heritage reach around the globe in Visions of the Hispanic World:…
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The Governor's Artists of the Year
Above: Innovative, successful, and philanthropic, the Meow Wolf team has quickly brought young energy to Santa Fe and beyond. Photograph by Gabriella Marks. SINCE 1974, dozens of New Mexico’s best…
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