Samantha Platero realized how adulterated and inauthentic most of the jewelry presented as “Navajo” was, and how rarely her community truly profited from this economy.
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Silver as a Lens Into Santa Fe and Its “Place in the Myth of the American West”
Upon invitation from the Wheelwright Museum, Nathan Young has created an installation of bridles, bow guards, belt buckles, and cigarette holders ranging from the 19th century to the present.
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Biden Announces 20-year Plan to Restrict Drilling at Ancient Ruins of Chaco Canyon
The UNESCO World Heritage site, a major center of ancestral Puebloan culture, has been threatened by oil and gas developments in the region.
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SITE Santa Fe Presents Helen Pashgian: Presences
The first solo presentation of the Los Angeles-based artist in New Mexico celebrates her five-decade career and contributions to the Light and Space movement.
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New Mexico Artists Explore Creativity and Activism Through NFTs
Cryptoart is being generated by artists looking for something that the conventional art world can’t, or won’t, offer them.
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Notable Bard College Faculty and Alumni Reunite in the Desert for She Dances Like A Bomb
Artists Debra Baxter and Dawn Cerny curate this group show of women sculptors linked to Bard’s MFA program, now on view at form & concept gallery in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
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SITE Santa Fe Exhibitions Explore Adobe Architecture, Theatrics, and Smell Migration
Large-scale installations by artist and adobera Joanna Keane Lopez and olfactory-acoustic sculptures by Oswaldo Maciá will be on view starting October 1.
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A Towering Cosmic Sculpture by Tigre Mashaal-Lively Finds a New Home
On Friday, July 30, the artist will unveil their work outside form & concept and Zane Bennett Contemporary Art galleries in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
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View Work by Contemporary Santa Fe Artists in the Online Exhibition Intersections
Santa Fe art organizations Vital Spaces, MAIDA, and Warehouse 21 collaborated on this interactive experience highlighting connections between local artists.
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Santa Fe Gets an Art Space Dedicated to Virtual and New Media Art
The Carl & Marilynn Thoma Foundation opened the 3,500-square-foot space with exhibitions spanning the 18th to the 21st centuries.
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Institute of American Indian Arts MFA Focuses on Indigenous Arts Production
The curriculum for the new, low-residency graduate program at IAIA is based on Indigenous knowledge.
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A Historic Chicano Mural Is Being Destroyed for an Art Museum
The New Mexico Museum of Art and the state’s Department of Cultural Affairs are dismissing community concerns over the retirement of a beloved mural.