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The New Mexico Museum of Art partners with the Santa Fe gallery CONTAINER Turner Carroll to host artist and musician Nadya Tolokonnikova. In 2012, Tolokonnikova gained global recognition and attention — and was sentenced to two years in prison — following Punk Prayer, an anti-Vladimir Putin performance piece she and conspirators staged inside a cathedral in...

Looking for a creative outlet during your lunch break? Stop by the Museum for a casual session of life drawing. We will have a (clothed) model, supplies, and ample space for participants to practice their drawing skills. This event will be recurring on the second Tuesday of each month. Cost: $10

Join us on First Friday for an in-gallery discussion on the art and artists featured in the exhibition With the Grain. Head of Curatorial Affairs, Christian Waguespack will lead this discussion with Jadira Gurule, Art Museum & Visual Arts program Manager for the National Hispanic Cultural Center and Jana Gottshalk, Curator of Collections, Education, and...

Join one of our knowledgable docents on Friday evenings for a spotlight discussion of a work on view in the galleries.  These deep dives are a great way to spend time with a work of art!  

Join us in the galleries for an informal discussion by the Museum’s Curator of Photography, Katherine Ware, about her newest exhibition, Manuel Carrillo: Mexican Modernist. Museum admission will be free all evening (5-7PM), and the talk will begin at 5:30 in the upstairs gallery. Mexican photographer Manuel Carrillo (1906-1989) turned to the camera fairly late...

Join our Head of Curatorial Affairs and Curator of 20th Century Art, Christian Waguespack and Mary Statzer, Curator of Prints & Photographs for the University of New Mexico Art Museum for an in-gallery conversation about one of our most popular paintings from the Transcendental Painting Group, Awakening, (Memory of Father) 1943 by Agnes Pelton. Free With Admission image:...

Join us this fall for Elements of Art: Story Time at the New Mexico Museum of Art Library.  Every other Monday at 10 AM the Museum Library invites children ages 3-5 to learn about a basic element of art though story, song, and craft.  Led by the Amazing Cyndi, this program will introduce children to...