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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.
Tia Collection Presents:
Illumination: A Collective Vision of Contemporary Photography
An exhibition featuring works from ten internationally renowned artists. Spanning generations, styles, and cultural backgrounds, this group of artists challenges the conventions of photography, while exploring the social, political, and personal landscapes of the contemporary world.
Illumination: A Collective Vision of Contemporary Photography will have a closing reception on Thursday, December 19th, 5-7pm featuring guest speakers Eliza Naranjo Morse and Cara Romero. The exhibition is on view through Friday, January 3rd in the Muñoz Waxman Gallery at the Center for Contemporary Art, 1050 Old Pecos Trl in Santa Fe. www.chatterabq.org/chatter-x-tia.
Gallery Wild Presents:
Moments and Memories
Featuring work by artist, Jenna Von Benedikt. The exhibition captures both energy and stillness in her paintings of wildlife in motion. The exploration of texture through the abstracted backgrounds gives the subjects a landscape to play in, while the refined details of the foreground soften the overall composition.
Moments and Memories opens with a reception on Friday, December 20th, 5-7pm at Gallery Wild, 203 Canyon Rd in Santa Fe. The exhibition is on view through Friday, January 3rd. gallerywild.com.
South Broadway Cultural Center has:
Guadalupe Art Exhibition
Featuring folk and contemporary art and altars to honor La Virgen de Guadalupe 100 year celebration of the Guadalupanos.
Guadalupe Art Exhibition is on view through Saturday, December 28th, at the South Broadway Cultural Center Public Gallery, 1025 Broadway Blvd SE in Albuquerque.
The Gallery Abq has:
Amelia Meyer: Oil & Acrylic and Holiday Market
Featuring paintings by Amelia Meyer as well as artwork by multiple artists.
Amelia Meyer: Oil & Acrylic and Holiday Market will be up through the end of December at The Gallery Abq, 8210 Menaul Blvd NE in Albuquerque. thegalleryabq.com.
Lapis Room has:
Celestial Beings
Featuring the work of 10 Albuquerque artists exploring their cosmic identity.
Celestial Beings will be on view through Sunday, January 19th at Lapis Room, 303 Romero St in Old Town, Albuquerque. lapisroom.com.
Wild Hearts Gallery has:
A Medium of Symbolic Communication
Featuring jewelry designed by artists, Geri Verble & Sandy Johnson.
A Medium of Symbolic Communication will be on view through Sunday, February 2nd at Wild Hearts Gallery, 221-B Hwy 165 in Placitas. wildheartsgallery-nm.org.
Historic Santa Fe Foundation has:
Tamarind at El Zaguán
This is an exhibition produced by Tamarind Institute featuring a curated selection of fine prints by artists who are either based in or inspired by New Mexico.
Tamarind at El Zaguán in on view through Saturday, January 18th at El Zaguán Gallery, 545 Canyon Rd in Santa Fe. On Saturday, January 11th, 2pm there will be a conversation with artist Judy Tuwaletstiwa in the gallery. historicsantafe.org.
New Mexico Art League has:
Small Works
A festive and fun annual exhibition of works by 78 New Mexico artists working in different mediums and styles. All in a nice small package, perfect for gift giving during the holidays.
Small Works is on view at the gallery and online through Saturday, January 11th at New Mexico Art League, 3409 Juan Tabo Blvd NE in Albuquerque. newmexicoartleague.org.
Gallery With a Cause has:
The Art of Healing
Showcasing 350 works predominantly by artists whose lives have been impacted by cancer. Stained glass windows, silk painting, metal art, mobiles, African Art, painting & photography. 40% of each art sale is tax deductible supporting our patients’ non-medical needs.
The Art of Healing will be up through Friday, February 21st at Gallery With a Cause inside the New Mexico Cancer Center, 4901 Lang Ave NE in Albuquerque. gallerywithacause.org.
TAI Modern has:
History Painting: Jason Salavon
Salavon is a pioneering and internationally recognized artist who has created generative and data-driven artwork since the 1990s. The exhibition employs a host of “custom software, imaginings, and elbow grease,” to reinterpret the history of the universe via eight-hundred idiosyncratic encyclopedic entries created by the artist.
History Painting: Jason Salavon runs through Saturday, December 28th at TAI Modern, 1601 Paseo de Peralta in Santa Fe. taimodern.com.
Monroe Gallery has:
Frozen in Time
Featuring images of joy and despair by some of the most renowned American photojournalists.
Frozen in Time runs through Sunday, January 19th at Monroe Gallery, 112 Don Gaspar Ave in Santa Fe. monroegallery.com.
5. Gallery has:
Like Modern Synthesis
Featuring works from 14 different artists.
Like Modern Synthesis runs through Saturday, December 28th at 5. Gallery, 2351 Fox Rd No. 700 in Santa Fe. 5pointgallery.com.
Obscura Gallery has:
Small Works: Holiday photo-based group exhibition
Featuring photographs from 9 artists from New Mexico, California, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Austria!
Small Works: Holiday photo-based group exhibition runs through Saturday, January 11th at Obscura Gallery, 225 Delgado St in Santa Fe. obscuragallery.net.
Zane Bennett Contemporary Art has:
The Tyranny of Small Things
Featuring found image collages, mixed media paintings, and sculptures by Steven Campbell. Campbell has an eye for social commentary that he has developed over his nearly 40 year career as a fine art print publisher.
The Tyranny of Small Things runs through Saturday, January 18th at Zane Bennett Contemporary Art, 435 S Guadalupe St in Santa Fe.
Boyhood
An exhibition of figurative paintings, lithographs, and etchings by artist and esteemed printmaker Joshua Orsburn. Orsburn highlights the divide between artists and art professionals, explores personal history & queer identity, and posits the making of art as a method of healing trauma.
Boyhood runs through Saturday, January 18th at Zane Bennett Contemporary Art, 435 S Guadalupe St in Santa Fe. Joshua Orsburn will discuss his exhibition on Saturday November 9th, 1-2pm. zanebennettgallery.com.
Form & Concept has:
Rodeo Drive
An exhibition of mixed media sculptures made from cow skulls, designer handbags, and hand-painted leather. The artist Tin Tin invites viewers into a simulacrum of Beverly Hill’s iconic Rodeo Drive.
Rodeo Drive runs through through Saturday, January 18th at Form & Concept.
You are a Star in my Sky
A group exhibition of ceramic works curated by Jennifer Ling Datchuk. This clay community bridges Datchuk’s Texas and Arizona lives and explores themes of global migrations, ritual, identity, and personal narratives to help build a bigger and inclusive world.
You are a Star in my Sky runs through Saturday, February 1st at Form & Concept, 435 S Guadalupe St in Santa Fe. formandconcept.center.
Martinart Studios has:
Protest 2024!
Part of the Two Moons Exhibit series featuring Artivism, which is Artist Activism. Using critical thinking, Artists in this exhibit strive to make a difference and change the world. 54 artists and over 90 pieces of artwork.
Protest 2024! runs through December at Fusion, 708 1st St in Albuquerque. There will be an open house each Friday from 1-4pm and on view by appointment as well. fusionnm.org.
Albuquerque Museum has:
Broken Boxes: A Decade of Art, Action, & Dialogue
Spanning almost the entire museum the exhibition features installations, sculpture, & video. A celebration of artists’ personal stories from over 20 contemporary artists.
Broken Boxes: A Decade of Art, Action, & Dialogue runs through Sunday, March 2nd.
Puertas Fronterizas/Border Doors
This exhibition looks at the symbolic door as it relates to the immigrant experience. The works by students were created over a five year period from 2019 to present.
Puertas Fronterizas/Border Doors runs through Sunday, May 4th at Albuquerque Museum, 2000 Mountain Rd NW in Albuquerque. albuquerquemuseum.org.
New Mexico Museum of Art has:
Saints & Santos: Picturing the Holy in New Spain
An exhibition which speaks to the importance of saints in New Spain, a viceroyalty that was part of the Spanish Empire from 1521-1821 and included modern-day Mexico, Central America, and the US Southwest.
Saints & Santos: Picturing the Holy in New Spain runs through Sunday, January 12th, 2025 at New Mexico Museum of Art, 107 W Palace Ave in Santa Fe. museumfoundation.org.
Museum of Indian Arts & Culture has:
Driving the Market: Award Winning Native Contemporary Art
Featuring the artwork of well known indigenous artists like Kathleen Wall from Jemez Pueblo, Dine artist Tony Abeyta, Diego Romero & Virgil Ortiz from Cochiti Pueblo amongst others. The show highlights artists from prestigious Native art markets.
Driving the Market: Award Winning Native Contemporary Art is on view through Saturday, January 18th at the Museum of Indian Arts & Culture, 710 Camino Lejo in Santa Fe. indianartsandculture.org.
Millicent Rogers Museum has:
Chaneling Luchita
Luchita Hurtado was discovered by the art world very late in her life at the age of 95. Her work spanned surrealism, Mexican muralism, feminism, and environmentalism. This exhibition channels the spirit of Hurtado through 10 New Mexico artists’ work.
Chaneling Luchita runs through Sunday, February 2nd at Millicent Rogers Museum, 1504 Millicent Rogers Rd in El Prado. millicentrogers.org.
Site Santa Fe has:
what Time Travel feels like, sometimes
New Mexico based artist, Erika Wanenmacher uses autobiography and visual storytelling to unravel universal narratives. Her studio practice is influenced by a punk and DIY ethos, with unexpected materials sourced from thrift stores, dumps, and walks through nearby arroyos.
what Time Travel feels like, sometimes in on view through Monday, February 3rd at Site Santa Fe, 1606 Paseo de Peralta in Santa Fe. sitesantafe.org.
516 Arts has:
The Other Side of the Tracks
An exhibition which tells the untold story of those who died working on the US railway system through the work of nine artists.
The Other Side of the Tracks runs through Saturday, February 8th at 516 Arts, 516 Central Ave SW in Albuquerque. 516arts.org.
Harwood Museum of Art has:
Luchita Hurtado: Earth & Sky Interjected
The exhibition features Hurtado’s most important bodies of work, alongside works inspired by her time in Taos.
Luchita Hurtado: Earth & Sky Interjected runs through Sunday, February 23rd at Harwood Museum of Art, 238 Ledoux St in Taos. harwoodmuseum.org.
National Hispanic Cultural Center Visual Arts Museum has:
Convergence x Crossroads: Street Art from the Southwest
Showcasing the vibrancy and ingenuity of the street art scenes in New Mexico, Texas, Arizona, California, and Northern Mexico presenting artworks by artists who identify as Chicano/a/x, Latino/a/x, Indigenous, and Native American. The artists whose work is featured in the exhibition use the street as their medium to create graffiti and/or murals.
Convergence x Crossroads: Street Art from the Southwest runs through Sunday, February 23rd, 2025 at the Visual Arts Museum at the NHCC, 1701 4th St SW in Albuquerque. nhccnm.org.
Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA) Museum of Contemporary Art has:
Arctic Highways: Unbounded Indigenous People
Featuring works by 12 indigenous artists from Scandinavia and North America. The artists tell the stories of native people who live in different countries but feel like kindred spirits. The work includes photography, handcrafts, sculpture, fine art, and videos.
Arctic Highways: Unbounded Indigenous People runs through Sunday, March 2nd. iaia.edu.
Vladem Contemporary at the New Mexico Museum of Art has:
Off Center: New Mexico Art 1970-2000
Featuring more than 125 works by New Mexico artists in recent decades. It is the first major showcase of artwork specifically from New Mexico as a whole. The exhibition will go through five partial rotations to capture as much of the theme and as many of the influential artists as possible.
Off Center: New Mexico Art 1970-2000 runs through Sunday, May 4th, 2025 at Vladem Contemporary at the New Mexico Museum of Art, 404 Montezuma Ave in Santa Fe. nmartmuseum.org.
The Couse-Sharp Historic Site has:
Vecinos y Amigos: Bert Greer Phillips and his Neighbors
Artist Bert Greer Phillips was one of the founding members of the Taos Society of Artists. He painted portraits of members of Taos Pueblo as well as people in the Hispanic community. For this exhibition much successful research was done in order the identify the models for his paintings.
Vecinos y Amigos: Bert Greer Phillips and his Neighbors is on view in the Dean Porter Gallery of Lunder Research Center at Couse-Sharp Historic Site through February, 1338 Kit Carson Rd in Taos. couse-sharp.org.
The Georgia O’Keefe Museum has:
Artful Living: Georgia O’Keefe & Modern Design
Dive deep into the interior design of O’Keefe’s home and studio. It was transformed by the artist into an artist’s sanctuary by circumventing regional norms.
Artful Living: Georgia O’Keefe & Modern Design runs through Tuesday, April 1st, 2025 at The Georgia O’Keefe Museum Welcome Center, 21120 U.S. 84 in Abiquiu. okeeffemuseum.org.
The Museum of International Folk Art has:
Amidst Cries from the Rubble: Art of Loss and Resilience from Ukraine
An exploration of life in war-torn Ukraine through art featuring more than 60 works including a newly commissioned photographic series, “Wrapping Art-Art of Salvation” by photographer Marta Syrko. The exhibition presents a reflection on the enduring strength of the Ukrainian people.
Amidst Cries from the Rubble: Art of Loss and Resilience from Ukraine runs through Sunday, April 20th, at the Museum of International Folk Art.
INgqikithi Yokuphica/Weavings Meanings: Telephone Wire Art from South Africa
An exhibition of a South African tradition that spans nearly 100 years. A large part of the exhibit features Zulu artwork and many of the artists have shown their work at the International Folk Art Market.
INgqikithi Yokuphica/Weavings Meanings: Telephone Wire Art from South Africa runs through Monday, November 17th, 2025 at the Museum of International Folk Art, 706 Camino Lejo in Santa Fe. internationalfolkart.org.
Harwood Museum of Art has:
Nicholas Herrera: El Rito Santero
Master Santero, Nicholas Herrera started carving wood at the age of 12. His family settled northern New Mexico 6 generations ago. He mixes car parts, paint, and wood to create art in Northern New Mexico.
Nicholas Herrera: El Rito Santero runs through Sunday, June 1st at Harwood Museum of Art, 238 Ledoux St in Taos. harwoodmuseum.org.
National Hispanic Cultural Center has:
Rendered Presence: Artistas de Nuevo Mexico
The exhibition explores artworks by 13 artists, living and working throughout New Mexico including painters, photographers, artists working with textiles and other soft sculpture forms. Each artists explores identify and the self, art history, and the expanse of Hispanic, Chicano, & Latino contemporary art.
Rendered Presence: Artistas de Nuevo Mexico is on display through Friday, July 25th at the National Hispanic Cultural Center, 1701 4th St SW in Albuquerque. nhccnm.org.
Museum of International Folk Art has:
Between the Lines
An exhibition that aims to humanize the incarcerated by showcasing 200 pieces of artwork, multimedia pieces, and community events. The show consists of works from the museum’s collection as well as from the Penitentiary of New Mexico Inmate Craftsmanship & Trades Fair, a local prisoner’s rights organization.
Between the Lines is on view through Tuesday, September 2nd, 2025 at Museum of International Folk Art, 706 Camino Lejo in Santa Fe. internationalfolkart.org.
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, 2026 at the Palace of the Governors, 105 W Palace Ave in Santa Fe. nmhistorymuseum.org.