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New Mexico Museum of Art- Plaza Building 107 West Palace Avenue, Santa Fe, NM, United States
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Harry Fonseca: In the Silence of Dusk
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture 708-710 Camino Lejo, Santa Fe, NM, United StatesThe exhibition Harry Fonseca: In the Silence of Dusk focuses on four series of paintings that explore the transformative and mythic forces that Fonseca perceived in himself and the world around him. The painting series include In the Silence of Dusk, Stone Poems, St. Francis of Assisi; and Seasons. While not a retrospective, the exhibition […]
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Huichol Art and Culture: Balancing the World
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture 708-710 Camino Lejo, Santa Fe, NM, United StatesFor the first time, the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture/Laboratory of Anthropology presents a significant collection of Huichol art from the early part of the last century in Huichol Art and Culture: Balancing the World. The exhibition opens at the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture April 11, 2010 and has now been extended […]
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Art on the Edge 2010 Art on the edge of a new decade
New Mexico Museum of Art- Plaza Building 107 West Palace Avenue, Santa Fe, NM, United StatesArt on the Edge presents the work of seven contemporary artists selected by Nicholas Baume for this biennial juried show organized by Friends of Contemporary Art (FOCA) in partnership with NMMoA. The exhibition opens Friday, April 16, 2010 and runs through August 1, 2010 Sublime horizons, water sculptures, stitched excerpts from Neruda, and adolescents in […]
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660 — Sole Mates: Cowboy Boots and Art
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Sole Mates: Cowboy Boots and Art
New Mexico Museum of Art- Plaza Building 107 West Palace Avenue, Santa Fe, NM, United StatesSole Mates: Cowboy Boots and Art celebrates the art of the West and views cowboy boots as important symbols of western life. The exhibition includes paintings, drawings, postcards, advertisements, sculptures, video imagery, and of course boots. The images define changing aspects of the West, from 1880 to the present. The exhibition includes more than 130 […]
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Wild at Heart: Ernest Thompson Seton How One Wolf’s Death Led to a Century of Wildlife Conservation
New Mexico History Museum 113 Lincoln Avenue, Santa Fe, NM, United StatesWild at Heart: Ernest Thompson Seton dedicates itself to telling the often overlooked story of the conservationist, author, artist, lecturer and co-founder of the Boy Scouts of America. Ernest Thompson Seton’s impact on America’s conservation movement was immeasurable but, today is largely forgotten. Wild at Heart: Ernest Thompson Seton sets out to change that.Running through […]
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Silver Seduction: The Art of Mexican Modernist Antonio Pineda The Art of Mexican Modernist Antonio Pineda
Museum of International Folk Art 706 Camino Lejo, on Museum Hill, Santa Fe, NM, United StatesIn the mountain town of Taxco in Mexico’s state of Guerrero, large-scale mining can be dated to the sixteenth century, and silver is a way of life. In the years following the Mexican Revolution (1910–20), jewelry and other silver objects were crafted there with an entirely innovative approach, informed by modernism and the creation of […]
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Empowering Women: Artisan Cooperatives That Transform Communities
Museum of International Folk Art 706 Camino Lejo, on Museum Hill, Santa Fe, NM, United StatesInaugural exhibition opening the Gallery of Conscience, guest curated by Dr. Suzanne K. Seriff, Chair of the International Folk Art Market’s Artist Selection Committee. Dr. Marsha Bol, Director Emeritus of the Museum of International Folk Art explained the concept of the gallery of conscience "As the largest folk art museum in the world, there is […]
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Traces: Johnnie Winona Ross
New Mexico Museum of Art- Plaza Building 107 West Palace Avenue, Santa Fe, NM, United StatesPlace and process are integral to the works of Arroyo Seco artist Johnnie Winona Ross, who is known for his reductive and luminous paintings that are comprised of layers upon layers of paint brushed, dripped, scraped and burnished to an extraordinary finish. The exhibition opens at the New Mexico Museum of Art August 13, 2010 […]
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Drip Tease: John Tinker’s Narrative Sculptures
New Mexico Museum of Art- Plaza Building 107 West Palace Avenue, Santa Fe, NM, United StatesIn Drip Tease John Tinker challenges the public with sixteen sculptures that offer droll comments about politics, survival, and popular culture. These works focus on the contradictions of the present moment through allusions to liquids that leak, ooze, or pool. Materials that melt provide the perfect medium for demonstrating the transitory nature of contemporary life. […]
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Imagining Mexico: From the Aztec Empire to Colonial New Spain Exploring various views of the Mexican Conquest
New Mexico History Museum 113 Lincoln Avenue, Santa Fe, NM, United StatesIn 1519, Hernán Cortés and a small group of Spanish soldiers made first contact with the Aztecs. The stories they sent back to Europe detailing the wealth and sophistication of the Aztec empire astonished their countrymen – and fed 300 years of efforts to write and re-write the story of the Mexican Conquest. From Oct. […]