Gustave Baumann: A Santa Fe Legend
Sep 25, 2009 -
Highlighting Gustave Baumann's many talents, featuring some of his more obscure, yet beautiful, work.
Memorial for John Connell and Ted Kuykendall
through February 21, 2010
F.S.A. Photographers in New Mexico: John Collier, Jack Delano, and Russell Lee
from January 19, at the Governor's Gallery (State Capitol)
John Collier, Jack Delano, and Russell Lee documented life in New Mexico for the Farm Security Administration. This exhibition, at the Governor's Gallery in the Capitol, focuses on images of the people in New Mexico.
Museums in the 21st Century: Concepts, Projects, Buildings
Jan 29, 2010 - Apr 18, 2010
Museums in the 21st Century: Concepts, Projects, Buildings explores current transformations in architecture, as museums redefine their roles as cultural centers that have many functions, including entertainment and education. The museum interiors and exteriors modeled in this exhibition reflect a range of responses to the new and expanded visions of museums in the 21st century.
How the West Is One: The Art of New Mexico
Ongoing
How the West Is One: The Art of New Mexico, organizes key objects from the museum's collections so that they outline an intercultural history of New Mexico art, from the arrival of railroads in 1879 to the present. This long term exhibition presents 70 works by Native American, Hispanic, and European-American artists which illustrate the changing aesthetic ideals that have evolved within southwestern art over the last 125 years.
Georgia O'Keeffe's Legacy in New Mexico
Ongoing
Georgia O'Keeffe's Legacy in New Mexico, curated by Joseph Traugott, features gems from the permanent collection that had long been out of public view. The museum's collection of O'Keeffe paintings underscores her accomplishments in New Mexico, which have become icons of the Southwest.
New Arrivals: Works from the Collection
Feb 12, 2010 - Apr 4, 2010
Announcing our new arrivals! More than twenty-five works of art, we introduce for the first time as a selection of recent additions to the museum’s collection,