In their Hispanic Heritage Wing, Santa Fe’s Museum of International Folk Art tells multilayered stories of music and performance in northern New Mexico.
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Oscar Murillo’s Scrawling, Seductive Tantrums
Murillo’s new exhibition, Social Altitude, uses obfuscation and movement to examine the complex conditions of a globalized world.
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Meet the US Southwest’s Art Community: Kate Marquez Wants Tucson to Be a Place For Collaboration
An interview series spotlighting some of the creative community members in the US Southwest. Hear from artists, curators, and art workers about their current projects and personal quirks.
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Removing Suicide as the Filter for Experiencing Francesca Woodman’s Photography
From an uncovered box of photographs and ephemera, a portrayal of Francesca Woodman emerges that sheds new light on the enigmatic photographer.
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Color-blind Museumgoers in Denver Can Now See Art in Full Color
This week, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Denver began its partnership with EnChroma glasses, which offers lenses engineered for people with color vision deficiency.
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An Affordable Housing Initiative Is Geared Towards Santa Fe’s Creative Community
“There’s a bigger piece of what we’re trying to do, which is thinking, on a macro level, about Santa Fe’s identity as an art town,” said Daniel Werwath, who is developing the Siler Yard project.
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Meet the US Southwest’s Art Community: Steven J. Yazzie Sees Creative Community in a Climbing Gym
An interview series spotlighting some of the creative community members in the US Southwest. Hear from artists, curators, and art workers about their current projects and personal quirks.
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A Long-Lost de Kooning Is Being Restored, But Will Always Bear the Scars of Its Theft
Willem de Kooning’s “Woman–Ochre” was missing for over 30 years. Now recovered, it shows signs of mishandling and amateur restoration that are difficult to fix.
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In a Former Ghost Town, a Queer Artist Flourishes
During a month-long residency in Utah’s high desert, Tiffany St. Bunny photographed trans and queer models with their trucks.
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A Native American Shield Highlights a Legal Loophole About the Export of Cultural Artifacts
The appearance of a stolen sacred shield at a Paris auction house prompted a New Mexico Senator to propose the STOP Act, which would ban the trafficking of certain cultural items outside the United States.
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An Installation Traverses Texas and Mexico to Promote Cross-Border Communication
With “Border Tuner,” artist Rafael Lozano-Hemmer said he’s not in El Paso and Ciudad Juárez to make bridges, but to highlight the bridges that already exist.
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In Northern New Mexico, Weaving Is a Way of Life
The Española Valley Fiber Arts Center is working in support of a generative, living tradition of storytelling through textiles.
