New Mexico Museum of Art

New Mexico Museum of Art

Former name	Museum of New Mexico Art Gallery [1]
Established	1917
Location	107 West Palace Avenue Santa Fe, New Mexico, U.S.
Coordinates	35°41′17″N105°56′21″W / 35.6881°N 105.9392°W / 35.6881; -105.9392
Type	Art museum
Website	nmartmuseum.org

The New Mexico Museum of Art is an art museum in Santa Fe governed by the state of New Mexico, United States. It is one of four state-run museums in Santa Fe that are part of the Museum of New Mexico. It is located one block off the historic Santa Fe Plaza. It was given its current name in 2007, having previously been referred to as The Museum of Fine Arts. ^[2]

History

The building was designed by architect Isaac Rapp and completed in 1917. ^[3] It is an example of Pueblo Revival Style architecture, ^[4] and one of Santa Fe's best-known representations of the synthesis of Native American and Spanish Colonial design styles. The façade was based on the mission churches of Acoma, San Felipe, Cochiti, Laguna, Santa Ana and Pecos. ^[5]

In September 2023, the museum opened Vladem Contemporary in the Railyard district as a dedicated venue for contemporary art. ^{[6] [7]}

Collections

The museum’s art collection includes over 20,000 paintings, photographs, sculptures, prints, drawings and mixed-media works. Notable artists in the collection include Ansel Adams, Gustave Baumann, Brian O'Connor, Georgia O'Keeffe, Fritz Scholder, T. C. Cannon, Bruce Nauman, Luis Jimenez, Maria Martinez, members of the Ashcan School, Los Cinco Pintores, Transcendental Painting Group, and the Taos Society of Artists. ^[8]

Paintings

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  Gerald Cassidy, Cui Bono, c. 1911
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  Gerald Cassidy, View of Santa Fe Plaza in the 1850s, c. 1930
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  Eanger Irving Couse, Taos Pueblo—Moonlight, 1914
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  William Herbert Dunton, My Children, 1920
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  Marsden Hartley, El Santo, c. 1919
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  Robert Henri, Portrait of Dieguito Roybal, San Ildefonso Pueblo, 1916
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  William Penhallow Henderson, Pueblo Adobes, c. 1918
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  William Penhallow Henderson, Noon, 1920
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  William Henry Holmes, Mesa Encantada, 1914
• 
  Sheldon Parsons, Santa Fe Mountains in October, c. 1919

St. Francis Auditorium

St. Francis Auditorium

The St. Francis Auditorium, located in the New Mexico Museum of Art, is the venue for various cultural and musical organizations, including the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival and the Santa Fe Community Orchestra. The auditorium has a seating capacity of 450. ^[9] The auditorium displays several murals depicting St. Francis of Assisi which were originally designed by Donald Beauregard and completed by Carlos Vierra and Kenneth M. Chapman. ^[10]

Library

The museum library contains art books, periodicals, biographical files of artists whose work is collected by the museum and catalogs of the museum's exhibitions since 1917. ^[11]

Vladem Contemporary

The New Mexico Museum of Art Vladem Contemporary.

Vladem Contemporary, view from Garfield.

The Vladem Contemporary Annex of the New Mexico Museum of Art is scheduled to open in September 2023. The annex will house the New Mexico Museum of Art's contemporary collections and shows. ^{[12] [13]} The renovation project is an adaptive reuse of the 1936 Charles Ilfeld Warehouse (repurposed and renamed as the State of New Mexico's Joseph F Halpin Records Building). The annex is named for philanthropists Bob and Ellen Vladem. ^{[14] [15] [16]}

References

Citations

1. Project, Federal Writers' (October 31, 2013). The WPA Guide to New Mexico: The Colorful State. Trinity University Press. pp. 198–199. ISBN   978-1-59534-229-4.
2. "Section 18-3-12 NMSA 1978". NMOneSource. New Mexico Compilation Commission. Retrieved August 6, 2019.
3. Sheppard (1988), pp. 83–88.
4. Wilson (1997), p. ^{[ page needed ]}.
5. "The New Museum of Santa Fé". The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin. 13 (8): 181–182. August 1918. doi:10.2307/3253686. JSTOR   3253686.
6. "New Mexico Museum of Art Vladem Contemporary will open to the public Sept. 23, 2023" (Press release). New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs. May 9, 2023. Retrieved August 13, 2025.
7. Scott, Chadd (September 14, 2023). "New Mexico Museum Of Art Vladem Contemporary Opens In Santa Fe September 23, 2023". Forbes. Retrieved August 13, 2025.
8. Jaques (2012), pp. 186–187.
9. A Report on the Cultural and Arts Survey of New Mexico. New Mexico Arts Commission. 1966. p. 60.
10. Sheppard (1989), p. ^{[ page needed ]}.
11. Fromme (1981), p. 97.
12. "Vladem Contemporary". New Mexico Museum of Art. Retrieved August 28, 2023.
13. "New Mexico Museum of Art Announces September Opening of Vladem Contemporary". Hyperallergic. August 15, 2023. Retrieved August 28, 2023.
14. Vitu, Teya (February 2, 2021). "Vladem Contemporary construction begins this week". Santa Fe New Mexican. Retrieved August 28, 2023.
15. De Vore, Alex (June 21, 2023). "Five New Things We Know About Vladem Contemporary". Santa Fe Reporter. Retrieved August 28, 2023.
16. Stiny, Andy (March 24, 2018). "Philanthropists making mark on Santa Fe". Santa Fe New Mexican. Retrieved August 28, 2023.

Works cited

• Fromme, Babette Brandt (1981). Curator's Choice: An Introduction to the Art Museums of the U.S. . New York: Crown Publishers. ISBN   0517542005.
• Jaques, Susan (2012). A Love for the Beautiful: Discovering America's Hidden Art Museums. Guilford, Connecticut: Globe Pequot Press. ISBN   978-0762779505.
• Sheppard, Carl D. (1988). Creator of the Santa Fe Style: Isaac Hamilton Rapp, Architect. University of New Mexico Press. ISBN   978-0826310255.
• Sheppard, Carl (1989). The Saint Francis Murals of Santa Fe: The Commission and the Artists. Santa Fe, New Mexico: Sunstone Press. ISBN   0865341370.
• Wilson, Chris (1997). The Myth of Santa Fe: Creating a Modern Regional Tradition. University of New Mexico Press. ISBN   0826317464.

External links

• Official website