Plaza Building

As one of Northern New Mexico’s most significant muralists and painter-historians to emerge during the late twentieth century, Zara Kriegstein (1952–2009) worked across painting, print, and large-scale public murals to create powerful explorations of personal and collective histories. Drawing from the New Mexico Museum of Art’s collection of Kriegstein’s prints, paintings, and etchings, Zara Kriegstein:...

This exhibition reintroduces Paul Burlin (1886–1969) as a foundational yet long-overlooked figure in American Modernism, centering his deep and formative relationship with New Mexico. Burlin’s career took a decisive turn in 1912, when married collectors George A. Harris (1889–1960) and Lillian D. Harris (1892–1922) acquired his painting Figure of a Woman. That initial encounter sparked decades...

This exhibition explores the innumerable histories of New Mexico’s lands and peoples. Honoring the multitude of communities, voices, cultures, and experiences that have shaped the state, and subsequently its place within the American narrative, the works presented here examine everything from intimate daily encounters to the grand, festive, and historical. Including work by renowned New...

Jody Folwell (b. 1942), a contemporary potter from Santa Clara Pueblo, New Mexico, has revolutionized Pueblo pottery, and Native art more broadly, by pushing the boundaries of traditional form, content, and design. She is the first Pueblo artist to use pottery for advocacy of social justice and political commentary, and over the past 5 decades,...

Buckle up for an evocative journey down America’s most storied highways. Roadside Attractions celebrates the centennial of Route 66 and the enduring romance of the American road trip through the lenses of photographers who have wandered far beyond the primary routes. Established in 1926, Route 66 stretched from Chicago to Santa Monica, carving a sinuous...

One of the twentieth-century’s premiere American photographers, Eliot Porter (1901-1990) grew up near Lake Michigan in Illinois and on Great Spruce Head Island in Maine, where he was fascinated by birds. In his quest to find them, he spent a lot of time looking at trees and throughout his life made many striking images of...

Fears about national security peaked after the Japanese military attacked Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, in December 1941. President Franklin D. Roosevelt issued an executive order to remove approximately 120,000 Japanese Americans and people of Japanese descent from their homes on the West Coast to “relocation centers” further inland. In the 1990s, two American photographers based in...

12th SITE SANTA FE International: Once Within a Time Featuring artist Maja Ruznic St. Francis Auditorium June 27, 2025 – January 12, 2026 In a first, the 12th SITE SANTA FE International will extend its presentation beyond SITE SANTA FE to many locations across the city. The expansion into different sites will prompt visitors to...

New Mexico Museum of Art on the Plaza The retrospective exhibition Gustave Baumann: The Artist’s Environment is organized in four parts and opens in three stages: Finding His Way, Beauregard Gallery: July 18, 2025-February 22, 2026 An Artist by Accident, New Wing: August 15, 2025-February 22, 2026 Home is Where the Heart Is: Clarke Gallery:...

This exhibition celebrates significant milestones for two of Santa Fe’s most enduring icons: the 100th anniversary of Zozobra and the 400th anniversary of Our Lady of Peace or La Conquistadora. This exhibition features contemporary artworks inspired by both of these historic figures in celebration of their enduring legacies. Zozobra – the personification of worry and...