These Baskets Carry Native History
MADE OF BIRCHBARK, THE CANOE STRETCHES 21 feet from stern to bow. A Dene (Northern Athabaskan) maker, likely from the Upper Yukon in British Columbia, Canada, crafted it around 1900—but not for…
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Tag: Exhibits
Five Things to Do This Weekend
1 See legendary prints. Explore the works of renowned Mexican printmaker José Guadalupe Posada (1852–1913) in a new exhibition at the Las Cruces Museum of Art opening Friday. José Guadalupe Posada:…
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The Life and Art of Gary Niblett
GLOSSY NEW MEXICO LIGHT SHINES through sprawling bay windows at artist Gary Niblett’s home, in the northern foothills of Santa Fe. His American West oil paintings in gilded frames fill the space. His…
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The Many Faces of Malinche
AN INNOCENT CHILD, she wears a First Communion dress while performing with the Matachines dancers. Around the corner, she transforms into Eve, the progenitor of a new race of people. No, wait, she is…
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Indigenous Glass Artists Shine
AT A TEMPERATURE OF 1,000 DEGREES—the heat of lava—the glass at the end of the blowpipe resembles a fiery sun at dusk as it leaves the furnace for the workbench, cooling enough on the way to reveal…
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Life on the Borderland
Richard Armendariz's oil painting, Tlazolteotl as a Horse, is inspired by the Mexican Indian deity Tlazolteotl, appears in the exhibit and in the book, Icons and Symbols of the Borderland, Art from…
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The Art of Healing
Above: Flags line a walkway leading to the memorial’s Peace and Brotherhood Chapel. Photograph by Richard Wong/Alamy. VISITORS TO THE Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Angel Fire are greeted by Dear Mom &…
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Opening Day
Above: A blocked-off door from the Palace’s 1912 renovation. Photograph Courtesy of Palace of the Governors. The Palace of the Governors closed in August 2018 for renovations to its aged…
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Survival Is Indigenous
Above: Cannupa Hanska Luger, of Mandan, Hidatsa, Arikara, Lakota, and European descent, makes installations that hearken to his Plains background. Photograph by Dylan McLaughlin. Renowned local…
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