Vladem Contemporary

Join us for an artist presentation and engagement with Window Box Artist Anna Rotty. Anna Rotty is an artist and teacher whose photographic observations and material studies explore light, water, and infrastructure. The Window Box installation, Shallows Unfolding, recalls memories of the Rio Grande as constructed landscapes and photographic explorations. Through manipulation of orientation and place,...

We invite families to join us in a fun art-making session at the Vladem Contemporary. Explore the galleries to find inspiration and enjoy the power of creating with your loved ones and friends. Light snacks will be available. For the first Sunday in December, we will create ornaments and luminarias.This event is FREE for all...

Come visit the Vladem Contemporary for a Lucy Lippard scavenger hunt to learn more about this revolutionary writer, curator, and activist who has been influencing the art world for over 60 years. Eleanor Antin, 100 Boots Marching, 1971-1973, 43 offset lithograph postcards, 4 ½ x 7 in. (each). Collection of the New Mexico Museum of...

We invite families to join us in a fun art-making session at the Vladem Contemporary. Explore the galleries to find inspiration and enjoy the power of creating with your loved ones and friends. Light snacks will be available. For the first Sunday in November, we will create autumnal leaf portraits.This event is FREE for all...

Come visit the Vladem Contemporary for a Lucy Lippard scavenger hunt to learn more about this revolutionary writer, curator, and activist who has been influencing the art world for over 60 years.  Melanie Yazzie, The U.S. Government Will Never Whitewash My Grandparents, 1992, screen print, 14 15/16 x 21 7/8 in. Collection of the New...

We invite families to join us in a fun art-making session at the Vladem Contemporary. Explore the galleries to find inspiration and enjoy the power of creating with your loved ones and friends. Light snacks will be available. For the first Sunday in October, we will create balloon silhouettes inspired by the Balloon Fiesta.This event...

Join us to celebrate the public opening of Lucy R. Lippard: Notes from the Radical Whirlwind, a dynamic exhibition honoring the prolific career of writer, activist, and curator Lucy R. Lippard—one of the most influential figures in contemporary art and cultural activism over the past sixty years. Drawing  from over 500 artworks, artist books, political posters,...

The New Mexico Museum of Art Vladem Contemporary will present Finding Parkinson’s: Doing Battle with My Brain, a special community event opening September 5, 2025. The installation showcases the deeply personal artwork of C. David Thomas, an acclaimed Boston-based artist who has lived with Parkinson’s disease (PD) following exposure to Agent Orange during the Vietnam...

Is there anything more enjoyable than looking at art and talking about books?  We at the Museum Library don’t think so and that’s why we host an art-themed book club! Our next book club meeting will be Noon, Sunday September 7, at the Vladem Contemporary.  We will be discussing Susan Magsamen and Ivy Ross’ book...

Come visit the Vladem Contemporary for Final Friday. Admission is free and there is always something special to see or do. This month join us for casual watercolor painting and printmaking in the classroom after you visit the exhibition Timeless Mucha: The Magic of Line.