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Explore the Diverse Art Scene of New Mexico! Dive into a variety of upcoming exhibitions across the state. From large-scale works to explorations of light and photography, there’s something for every artistic taste. Witness impressive, large-scale artworks or delve into the unique light of New Mexico through diverse artistic mediums. Expand your art adventure! Explore for exhibitions happening around New Mexico.
5. Gallery Presents:
gratia
A group show featuring 10 artists in celebration of 10 years of exhibitions and in gratitude to the artists and community that have shaped the space.
gratia opens with a reception on Friday, August 21st, 5-7pm and will be on view through Friday, September 25th at 5. Gallery in Santa Fe. 5pointgallery.com.
UNM Art Museum Presents:
Tamarind Goes Global (1985-2020) & Abundance: New Acquisitions from 2016 to 2026
The Tamarind exhibition highlights how Tamarind Institute expanded collaborative printmaking beyond national borders, transforming the workshop into a site of international artistic exchange. The Abundance exhibition celebrates a decade of generosity and vision at the University of New Mexico Art Museum.
Tamarind Goes Global (1985-2020) is on view through Friday, March 12th, 2027 and Abundance: New Acquisitions from 2016 to 2026 is on view through Sunday, December 6th. Both exhibitions open with a reception this evening, Friday, August 21st, 4-7pm at UNM Art Museum on the campus of the University of New Mexico. artmuseum.unm.edu.
Gallery with a Cause has:
On the Rise
Works by artists in early and mid-career featuring 300 works from painting to photography and realism to abstraction by 14 New Mexico artists.
On the Rise is on view through Friday, August 21st at Gallery with a Cause inside the New Mexico Cancer Center, 4901 Lang Ave NE in Albuquerque. 40% of each art sale is tax-deductible and goes to the New Mexico Cancer Center Foundation supporting patients’ non-medical needs. gallerywithacause.org.
TAI Modern has:
Kawano Shoko
The second solo exhibition of work by Japanese bamboo artist Kawano Shoko. Constructed from finely prepared bamboo strips, woven with the artist’s signature sukashi-ajiro (open twill plaiting), Kawano’s works emphasize organic form, openness, and the natural flexibility of bamboo.
Kawano Shoko is on view through Saturday, August 22nd at TAI Modern, 1601 Paseo de Peralta in Santa Fe. taimodern.com.
Nuart Gallery has:
Slipsites
Cara Tomlinson presents paintings constructed through layered geometric structures, shifting spatial relationships, and a distinctive vocabulary of recurring forms that remain in a continual state of perceptual adjustment.
Slipsites is on view through Saturday, August 22nd at Nuart Gallery, 670 Canyon Rd in Santa Fe. nuartgallery.com.
Gallery 215 Presents:
Robbi Firestone: the Long Horizon
An exhibition of paintings, pastels and watercolors inspired by the intertwining of Firestone’s life in Northern New Mexico with her ancestral connection to the land.
Robbi Firestone: the Long Horizon is on view through Saturday, August 22nd at Gallery 215, 1335 Gusdorf Rd, Ste. I in Taos. 203fineart.com/exhibitions.
Electra Gallery has:
Emanations of Inner Light
Celestial investigations by Michael W. Barnard. Michael’s visual artwork uses mixed media and assemblage to communicate transcendent states of being. Thread, glass, acrylic paint, and gold leaf come together to describe abstract forms and environments that are both elusive and mysteriously familiar.
Emanations of Inner Light will be on view through Saturday, August 22nd at Electra Gallery, 825 Early St, Ste. C in Santa Fe. electragallery.com.
Richard Levy Gallery Presents:
Particle and the Wave: Oracles and Symbols for Living and Dying
A solo exhibition by Alex Ponca Stock that features eight abstract artworks made from beaded broadcloth. Ponca Stock explores the conjunction of modern technological and scientific knowledge with the ancient knowledge handed down from our ancestors.
Particle and the Wave: Oracles and Symbols for Living and Dying will open at Richard Levy Gallery, 514 Central Ave SW in Albuquerque on Wednesday, August 26th and will be on view through Saturday, October 17th. There will be an artist’s reception on Friday, October 2nd, 6-8pm. levygallery.com.
Pie Projects Contemporary Art has:
As Light As Air
This exhibition brings together two artists, Larry Bell & Susanna Fritscher whose practices share a preoccupation with light, and the threshold between the material & immaterial.
As Light As Air is on view at Pie Projects, 924B Shoofly St in Santa Fe through Saturday, August 29th. pieprojects.org.
Art is….Gallery has:
Going Places
Featuring the artwork of Elizabeth Hahn, a Santa Fe artist, and resident for over 35 years, who works daily in her studio in Santa Fe. Art has been her life pursuit. Always an active person her paintings have retained the walking, dancing, climbing, looking for the next adventure.
Going Places is on view at Art is…Gallery, 419 Canyon Rd in Santa Fe through Sunday, August 30th. artisgallerysantafe.com.
Wild Hearts Gallery has:
The River Runs Through Me
Featuring the photographs of Dana Patterson Roth.
The River Runs Through Me is on view through Sunday, August 30th at Wild Hearts Gallery, 221 B Homestead Village Highway 165 in Placitas. wildheartsgallery.com.
Keep Contemporary has:
De la Tierra
Featuring the oil painting of Alex Chavez who strives to add a primal, universal, and multicultural story to every subject he paints.
De la Tierra is on view at Keep Contemporary, 142 Lincoln Ave in Santa Fe. keepcontemporary.com.
Zane Bennett Contemporary Art has:
The Raw Immediacy and Chromatic Vibrations of Fritz Scholder’s Prints
A survey of the artist’s printmaking practice that redefined America’s perception of Indigenous peoples.
The Raw Immediacy and Chromatic Vibrations of Fritz Scholder’s Prints runs through Saturday, September 5th at Zane Bennett Contemporary Art.
Sunrise and Flint: Contemporary Native American Art
An exhibition of works by eleven contemporary Indigenous artists that posit Earth as collaborator and historical archivist.
Sunrise and Flint: Contemporary Native American Art runs through Saturday, September 5th at Zane Bennett Contemporary Art.
Print Focus
Tamarind Institute inaugurates this exhibition series that celebrates artists, printers, and publishers who have shaped fine art printmaking. Featuring lithographs by numerous artists.
Print Focus will be on view through Saturday, October 10th at Zane Bennett Contemporary Art, 435 S Guadalupe St in Santa Fe. zanebennettgallery.com.
New Concept Gallery has:
Retrospective: Five Decades of Creative Endeavors
In celebration of the artist’s 80th birthday this is a retrospective exhibition showcasing nearly five decades of Roger Arvid Anderson’s artwork.
Retrospective: Five Decades of Creative Endeavors will be on view through Sunday, September 6th at New Concept Gallery, 610 Canyon Rd in Santa Fe. newconceptgallery.com.
Site Santa Fe has:
Indian Theater
Inspired by both the occupation of Alcatraz by the Indians of All Tribes in 1969 as well as a treatise written at the Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA) that same year and first published in Santa Fe, New Mexico, this presentation of Indian Theater: Native Performance, Art, and Self-Determination since 1969 marks a kind of ‘homecoming’ for the conceptual basis of the groundbreaking exhibition.
Indian Theater is on view through Monday, September 7th at Site Santa Fe, 1606 Paseo de Peralta. sitesantafe.org.
The Georgia O’Keeffe Museum has:
Tewa Nangeh/Tewa Country
This group exhibition is meant to draw awareness to the erasure of Tewa presence in Georgia O’Keeffe’s artworks and her understanding of Northern New Mexico. The exhibition also signals the museum’s increased engagement with contemporary art.
Tewa Nangeh/Tewa Country is on view through Monday, September 7th at the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum, 217 Johnson St in Santa Fe. okeeffemuseum.org.
Big Happy Gallery has:
What Remains: Remembering Paul Steiner
Opening on the anniversary of his passing, this memorial exhibition gathers a selection of landscape paintings in oil on canvas and panel by Paul Steiner.
What Remains: Remembering Paul Steiner will be on view through Saturday, September 12th at Big Happy Gallery in Santa Fe.
Close to Home
Artist and sculptor Jazmin Novak explores the ties that bind humans to land, kinship, and the living world. Her work considers care as a shared responsibility, revealing how our well-being is shaped by the relationships we cultivate and sustain.
Close to Home will be on view through Saturday, September 12th at Big Happy Gallery, 1300 Luisa St. #3A in Santa Fe. bighappygallery.com.
Lapis Room has:
Funhouse
A brand new collection of work from Rebecca Elise Cook and Lana Scholtz inspired by a hot day at the state fair; toys, cakes, bootleg characters and technicolor motionsickness.
Funhouse will be on view through Sunday, September 13th at Lapis Room, 303 Romero St NW, Ste. 107 in Albuquerque. lapisroom.com.
Palace of the Governors has:
Forks in the Road: A Diner’s Guide to New Mexico
Featuring iconic eateries and the stories that go with them. The curators of the exhibition received more than 100 online nominations for which restaurants to showcase.
Forks in the Road: A Diner’s Guide to New Mexico is on view for the next two years through Sunday, September 20th at the Palace of the Governors, 105 W Palace Ave in Santa Fe. nmhistorymuseum.org.
The New Mexico Art League presents:
Engaging with the Natural and Human Community
A group exhibition featuring the artwork of faculty of the City of Albuquerque.
Engaging with the Natural and Human Community will be on view through Saturday, September 26th at the City of Albuquerque Open Space Visitor’s Center, 6500 Coors Blvd NW. newmexicoartleague.org.
Gutierrez-Hubbell House Museum has:
Cultivating Life: Agriculture in the South Valley
An exhibition focusing on Pueblo farming traditions and the arrival of Spanish colonial agriculture. How agriculture changed during the 20th century amid urban growth and water challenges. Also modern South Valley farming, including local farms, farmers markets, and BernCo programs that support new growers.
Cultivating Life: Agriculture in the South Valley is on view at Gutierrez-Hubbell House, 6029 Isleta Blvd SW in Albuquerque through Saturday, September 26th. gutierrez-hubbellhouse.org.
Gerald Peters Contemporary has:
A Series of Exhibitions: As We Have Always Been, Exotic Invaders, Interlaced, The Art of Connection, Relics, On the Turn, & Macro/Micro/Inside/Outside
A group presentation anchored by the artwork of Indigenous artists complemented by solo exhibitions by newly represented artists as well as long standing members of the gallery’s program.
The artwork is on view through Saturday, October 10th at Gerald Peters Contemporary, 1005 Paseo de Peralta in Santa Fe. gpgallery.com.
516 Arts has:
The Rest is Drag
The exhibition explores the intersection of identity, performance, and community along the “Mother Road,” an enduring symbol of the American Dream and the nation’s penchant for westward expansion.
The Rest is Drag is on view through Saturday, October 10th at 516 Arts, 516 Central Ave SW in Albuquerque. 516arts.org.
Albuquerque Museum has:
The Woods Before Sunrise: Environment and Place in New Mexico’s Black Contemporary
This exhibition showcases the work of nine contemporary artists whose interpretations of the local environment appeal to universal themes of sustainability, cultural history, and a personal connection to nature.
The Woods Before Sunrise: Environment and Place in New Mexico’s Black Contemporary is on view at Albuquerque Museum, 2000 Mountain Rd NW through Sunday, October 18th. albuquerquemuseum.org.
Monroe Gallery of Photography Presents:
Eugene Tapahe: Art Heals; The Jingle Dress Project and Standing Rock Movement
The Ojibwe jingle dress dance originated from a dream to heal. The sound of the cones on the dress connect us to the water and the land, embodying the ancestors’ prayers. Over the past ten years, photographer Eugene Tapahe has documented this dance, beginning at the Standing Rock camps in North Dakota and throughout the world for Art Heals: The Jingle Dress Project.
Eugene Tapahe: Art Heals; The Jingle Dress Project and Standing Rock Movement opened yesterday and will be on view 5-7pm through Sunday, November 1st at Monroe Gallery of Photography in Santa Fe. monroegallery.com.
The Museum of International Folk Art has:
I Am Clay: Acoma Life in Figures
This exhibition is a community-curated project that focuses on figurative pottery from Acoma Pueblo. The show examines ancestral Puebloan precursors to figuration in clay, as well as how the rise of tourism and the market for Pueblo pottery at the turn of the 20th century shaped the development of this practice.
I Am Clay: Acoma Life in Figures is on view through Monday, November 30th at the Museum of International Folk Art, 706 Camino Lejo on Museum Hill in Santa Fe. moifa.org.
The Indian Pueblo Cultural Center has:
Grounded in Clay: the Spirit of Pueblo Pottery
A traveling exhibition that features over 100 historic as well as contemporary works in clay curated by the Pueblo Pottery Collective. It kicks off the celebrations of the 50th Anniversary of the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center.
Grounded in Clay: the Spirit of Pueblo Pottery will be on view through February 21st, 2027 at the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center, 2401 12th St NW in Albuquerque. indianpueblo.org.indianpueblo.org.
Harwood Museum of Art has:
Unearthing Futures/Desenterrando Futuros
This exhibition explores contemporary earthen artworks, establishing a profound dialogue between regional roots and global perspectives. It is a journey through time, examining the intricate relationship between humanity and the elemental material of unfired earth.
Unearthing Futures/Desenterrando Futuros is on view through Sunday, February 28th, 2027 at Harwood Museum of Art, 238 Ledoux St in Taos. harwoodmuseum.org.