Celebrating Santa Fe

Just as its nickname implies, Santa Fe certainly is “the city different.” A highly acclaimed contemporary art scene, a world-renowned opera company, cultural influences from around the globe, and architecture that is all its own are just a few of the things that define it

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Galleries To Visit
“The art scene has grown from the traditional Indian market and Southwestern art that Santa Fe is known for into a vibrant, eclectic, contemporary art market that is among the largest in the United States.”―floral designer Kristine Ruesch

Zaplin Lampert Gallery
651 Canyon Rd., 505/982-6100, www.zaplinlampert.com
With a renowned collection of works by the Taos Society and Santa Fe art colony, this gallery on historic Canyon Road celebrates pioneering artists of the American West.

The Rainbow Man
107 East Palace Rd., 505/982-8706, www.therainbowman.com
Gallery showcasing the vintage photography of Edward S. Curtis, who documented the lives of over 80 American Indian tribes between 1898 and 1928.

Casa Nova Gallery
530 South Guadalupe St., 505/983-8558, www.casanovagallery.com
Contemporary African art gallery regarded for its blend of color, art, craft, and furnishings.

Linda Durham Contemporary Art
1101 Paseo de Peralta, 505/466-6600, www.lindadurham.com
Devoted to the paintings, sculptures, and photography of New-Mexico artists.

SITE Santa Fe
505/989-1199, www.sitesantafe.org
“There is another side to Santa Fe that’s very avant-garde and international, very much advanced by the success of the nonprofit arts organization SITE Santa Fe and its International Biennial exhibition of contemporary art,” says Editorial Contributor Mary Beth Heaton.

Georgia O’Keeffe Museum
505/946-1000, www.okeeffemuseum.org
With 1,149 O’Keeffe paintings, drawings, and sculptures dating from 1901 to 1984, it is the largest single repository of O’Keeffe’s work in the world and the most visited art museum in New Mexico.

RESOURCES: Kristine Ruesch, Blumen Kenner Exquisite Flowers, 505/577-6098.

 

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