Library Open House Artist holiday cards

New Mexico Museum of Art- Plaza Building 107 West Palace Avenue, Santa Fe, NM, United States

Celebrate the holiday season by exploring the Museum of Art’s collection of holiday cards that were handmade and exchanged by artists in New Mexico. These delightful works show the creativity and intertwined relationships between artists such as Gustave Baumann, Will Shuster, Gerald Cassidy, Olive Rush, Jozef Bakos, Sheldon Parsons, Willard Nash, Walter Ufer, Willard Clark, […]

Picturing Passion: Artists Interpret the Penitente Brotherhood

New Mexico Museum of Art- Plaza Building 107 West Palace Avenue, Santa Fe, NM, United States

As artist arrived in New Mexico over the course of the twentieth century they encountered no shortage of inspirational material. From the striking landscape, and regional architecture to native ceremony, the Southwest often proved exotic for artists who came from a predominantly eastern, protestant background.  One regional community that captured the attention and imaginations of […]

Matt Magee: Works 2012-2018 Talk and Book Signing

New Mexico Museum of Art- Plaza Building 107 West Palace Avenue, Santa Fe, NM, United States

David Chickey, publisher, designer and editorial director of Radius Books, a nonprofit publishing company based in Santa Fe talks with artist Matt Magee on his latest work and project. Matt transitioned to Phoenix, Arizona after living in New York City for 30 years and his experience in the Southwest explores language and communication as investigative […]

THE COLOR WOODCUTS OF GUSTAVE BAUMANN: A CATALOGUE RAISONNÉ THIRTY YEARS IN THE MAKING

New Mexico Museum of Art- Plaza Building 107 West Palace Avenue, Santa Fe, NM, United States

In A Modern Rendering: The Color Woodcuts of Gustave Baumann, A Catalogue Raisonné by Gala Chamberlain, with essays by Nancy E. Green and Thomas Leech, and a foreword by Martin Krause, will be published by Rizzoli Electa on September 24, 2019. The New Mexico Museum of Art will host a panel discussion moderated by Kate […]

Library Open House New Mexico publishing companies

New Mexico Museum of Art- Plaza Building 107 West Palace Avenue, Santa Fe, NM, United States

Publishing companies in New Mexico may not be the largest, but when it comes to books about local art there are a plethora of small companies that deliver.  The New Mexico Museum of Art Library contains a number of materials that were published locally about artists in the museum collection. Featured presses include Twin Palms, […]

Alcoves 20/20 #2 Gallery Conversations with Artists

New Mexico Museum of Art- Plaza Building 107 West Palace Avenue, Santa Fe, NM, United States

Artists: Jen Pack, Heather McGill, Daniel McCoy, Marietta Patricia Leis, Sarah Stolar Alcoves 20/20 #2 on view October 19, 2019 – December 15, 2019

Alcoves 2020 #2 ON DISPLAY OCTOBER 19, 2019 – FEBRUARY 9, 2020

New Mexico Museum of Art- Plaza Building 107 West Palace Avenue, Santa Fe, NM, United States

The alcove shows continue the tradition began in 1917 of exhibiting works made by living artists.  These small, one-person exhibitions, called alcoves, were held in the original gallery space through the 1950s, resuming in the mid-1980s and again in the early 1990s and 2012. Alcoves 2020 continues this tradition with a series of six exhibitions featuring the work […]

Public Reception: Alcoves 20/20 #2

New Mexico Museum of Art- Plaza Building 107 West Palace Avenue, Santa Fe, NM, United States

Alcoves 20/20 #2   Artists: Jen Pack, Heather McGill, Daniel McCoy, Marietta Patricia Leis, Sarah Stolar   These small alcove galleries are a tradition that dates back more than 100 years to the founding of the New Mexico Museum of Art. Artists from across the state, across media, and in all stages of their career […]

Public Lecture: Agnes Pelton and Georgia O’Keeffe: Natural and Mystical Impulses

New Mexico Museum of Art- Plaza Building 107 West Palace Avenue, Santa Fe, NM, United States

Dr. Sharyn Udall is an Art Historian, author, and independent curator who has written, taught and lectured widely on 19th and 20th century American and European art.   The author of eight books, as well as many exhibition catalogs and scholarly articles, her special research interests include the art of the Southwest, American modernism, women […]

Public Lecture: Agnes Pelton: A Contemporary Modern

New Mexico Museum of Art- Plaza Building 107 West Palace Avenue, Santa Fe, NM, United States

Public Lecture by Gilbert Vicario, Selig Family Chief Curator at Phoenix Art Museum Agnes Pelton: A Contemporary Modern Free   Agnes Pelton, Awakening (Memory of Father), 1943, oil on canvas. Collection of the New Mexico Museum of Art. Museum purchase, 2005 (2005.27.1) Photo by Blair Clark.

Agnes Pelton : Desert Transcendentalist

New Mexico Museum of Art- Plaza Building 107 West Palace Avenue, Santa Fe, NM, United States

Organized by Phoenix Art Museum, Agnes Pelton: Desert Transcendentalist is the first survey of the obscure American modernist painter in more than 23 years. Although she painted conventional landscapes and portraits, Pelton (1881–1961) is most celebrated for her abstract compositions that reflect her interest in esoteric subjects, including numerology and Agni Yoga with its principal […]

Public Opening and Reception: Agnes Pelton: Desert Transcendentalist

New Mexico Museum of Art- Plaza Building 107 West Palace Avenue, Santa Fe, NM, United States

Public Opening & Reception Agnes Pelton: Desert Transcendentalist        Hosted by The Women’s Board of The Museum of New Mexico Free   Agnes Pelton, Awakening (Memory of Father), 1943, oil on canvas. Collection of the New Mexico Museum of Art. Museum purchase, 2005 (2005.27.1) Photo by Blair Clark.

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