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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.
Wild Hearts Gallery Presents:
Glass Magic
Featuring the artwork of stained glass artists, Nancy and Jon Couch. This work includes their famous Water Prisms plus windows, boxes, lamps, sun catchers and ornaments for the upcoming holiday season.
Glass Magic opens on Tuesday, September 29th with an artists’s reception on Saturday, October 10th, 1-3pm at Wild Hearts Gallery, 221 B Homestead Village Highway 165 in Placitas. The exhibition will be on view through Sunday, November 1st. wildheartsgallery.com.
Tractor Brewing has:
Woodburnings
The artwork of Mikael Lamonde.
Woodburnings is on view at Tractor Brewing 118 Tulane Ave SE in Albuquerque through Wednesday, September 30th.
Little Bird Gallery has:
A Murder of Crones
Artwork from women artists of Albuquerque.
A Murder of Crones is on view at Little Bird Gallery, 1222 Mountain Rd NW in Albuquerque through Wednesday, September 30th. little-bird-theater.square.site.
Richard Levy Gallery has:
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 be on view through Saturday, October 17th at Richard Levy Gallery, 514 Central Ave SW in Albuquerque. There will be an artist’s reception on Friday, October 2nd, 6-8pm. levygallery.com.
Obscura Gallery Presents:
Rania Matar: Where Do I Go?
A photographic book and exhibition that is a collaboration with the young women of Lebanon to collectively commemorate the present and reimagine the future of a country defined by half a century of conflict and catastrophe.
Rania Matar: Where Do I Go? opens on Friday, October 2nd and is on view through Saturday, November 21st at Obscura Gallery in Santa Fe. A book signing takes place on Saturday, October 24th, 3:30pm and is followed by an artist reception from 4-6pm. obscuragallery.net.
Rio Grande Arts & Crafts Festivals Present:
36th Annual Balloon Fiesta Arts & Crafts Show
Featuring a juried fine art show, culinary experience as well as live music and performances.
36th Annual Balloon Fiesta Arts & Crafts Show takes place Friday, October 2nd – Sunday, October 4th as well as Friday, October 9th – Sunday, October 11th at Sandia Resort & Casino in Sandia Pueblo. Information and tickets at riograndefestivals.com.
Gallery Hózhó Presents:
Pop Up Artist: Sculpture Demonstration
Mark Feldman’s abstract stone sculptures explore the contrast between organic and man-made forms, rough and smooth surfaces, and old and new. Through these juxtapositions, the work evokes emotion, imagination, memory, and personal reflection, inviting viewers to engage with the sculptures both visually and physically.
Pop Up Artist: Sculpture Demonstration is on Saturday, October 3rd at Gallery Hózhó inside Hotel Chaco, 2000 Bellamah Ave NW in Albuquerque. galleryhozho.com.
Taos Fall Arts Presents:
Taos Fall Arts Festival
The return of the multi-gallery beloved art event. The festival celebrates the rich artistic heritage of Taos and the Southwest, connecting local and regional artists with collectors, visitors, and the broader arts community.
Taos Fall Arts Festival continues through Sunday, October 4th. A map and schedule of events at taosfallarts.com.
Meyer Gallery has:
The Open Road
Based on American transportation in the 1930-40s, Robert LaDuke’s acrylic paintings feature toys which were popular during that era. According to LaDuke, his work “is pretty much transportation oriented, trains, ships, cars, trailers, everything that rolls or floats and they always have that nostalgic 40s look to them.”
The Open Road is on view at Meyer Gallery, 225 Canyon Rd, #14 in Santa Fe through Thursday, October 8th. meyergalleries.com.
Zane Bennett Contemporary Art has:
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.
Structures That Shape Us: Roberto Cardinale
This exhibition brings together eleven meticulously researched sculptures inspired by churches across the American Southwest, the East Coast, and Europe, alongside working drawings by artist and former Benedictine monk Roberto Cardinale.
Structures That Shape Us: Roberto Cardinale will be on view through Wednesday, November 25th at Zane Bennett Contemporary Art.
Powerhouse: The Engaged Regionalism of Judith Chafee’s Architecture
A pioneering Southwest architect whose practice synthesized architecture, art, landscape, and ecological stewardship. Featuring Framing the Desert, curated by Christopher Domin and Kathryn McGuire for the University of Arizona, the exhibition brings together architectural photography by Bill Timmerman, graphics of Chafee’s career and builds, and scale models.
Powerhouse: The Engaged Regionalism of Judith Chafee’s Architecture will be on view through Wednesday, November 25th at Zane Bennett Contemporary Art.
Capitol Collective
Artist, architect, and experimental preservationist Jorge Otero-Pailos‘s exhibition reimagines the architectural plan as a painterly and generative medium.
Capitol Collective: Jorge Otero-Pailos will be on view through Sunday, January 9th at Zane Bennett Contemporary Art. zanebennettgallery.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.
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.
New Mexico Watercolor Society has:
Alternate Spaces
A group exhibition that features over 90 paintings by over 40 artists.
Alternate Spaces is on view through Tuesday, October 13th in La Fonda del Bosque Restaurant at the National Hispanic Cultural Center, 1701 4th St SW in Albuquerque. nmwatercolorsociety.org.
Couse-Sharp Historic Site has:
Image Makers for America: In Pursuit of a National Identity
This exhibition explores the role of the Taos Society of Artists—and their models, fellow artists, and local communities—in shaping perceptions of what it means to be an “American” then and now, particularly as the USA commemorates the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.
Image Makers for America: In Pursuit of a National Identity will be on view through Saturday, October 17th in Dean Porter Gallery at the Couse-Sharp Historic Site, 138 and 146 Kit Carson Rd in Taos. couse-sharp.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.
Evoke Contemporary has:
September Salon Group Exhibition
Carrying forward the rich tradition of salons as catalysts for artistic dialogue and intellectual exchange.
September Salon Group Exhibition is on view at Evoke Contemporary, 550 S Guadalupe St in Santa Fe through Saturday, October 24th. evokecontemporary.com.
Untitled Fine Art has:
Time Light Passages
Featuring new work by KC Tebbutt, Antonio Arellanes, Shannon Mello and Taos Fall Arts Festival Invitational artists Randall LaGro and Kimberly Webber. These artists work with a variety of techniques to create luminosity and light responsive surfaces within their paintings.
Time Light Passages will be on view through Sunday, October 25th at Untitled Fine Art, 133 Kit Carson Rd in Taos. untitledfineartgallery.com.
Edition One Gallery has:
Listening to Istanbul
Featuring a new body of ceramic work by Ekin Balcıoğlu (Bal-joe-loo) and Max Massey, inspired by Istanbul as a place where histories, cultures, and visual traditions converge.
Listening to Istanbul will be on view through Monday, October 26th at Edition One Gallery, 729 Canyon Rd in Santa Fe. editiononegallery.com.
Taos Art Museum Presents:
Taos Icons: Large Scale Portraits
An internationally-known portrait, fashion and fine art photographer, Donald Graham has lived in Taos for more than twenty-five years. This exhibition features a series of portraits taken in Taos, a place that is remembered equally for its stunning landscape and the spirited people who give it soul.
Taos Icons: Large Scale Portraits is on view at the Taos Art Museum, 227 Paseo del Pueblo through Sunday, November 1st. taosartmuseum.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.
Gallery with a Cause has:
The Architecture of Beauty – Works by Prominent NM Artists
Featuring 300 works from painting to photography and realism to abstraction by 14 well-known New Mexico artists.
The Architecture of Beauty – Works by Prominent NM Artists is on view through Friday, November 20th at Gallery with a Cause inside the New Mexico Cancer Center, 4901 Lang Ave NE in Albuquerque. gallerywithacause.org.
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.
UNM Art Museum has:
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 at UNM Art Museum on the campus of the University of New Mexico. artmuseum.unm.edu.
New Mexico Capitol Art Collection has:
Intersection: Color & Form
A curated exhibition of contemporary mixed media art by New Mexico artists.
Intersection: Form & Color is on view in the East Rotunda Gallery at the New Mexico State Capitol building in Santa Fe through Friday, December 18th. Information at nmcapitolart.net.
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.
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.