Plaza Building

During the Renaissance, biblical episodes from the life of Christ were the artistic mainstay for a majority of artists. This exhibition focuses on the three major stages of Christ’s life: his incarnation, in the form of the Nativity; his Crucifixion; and finally the Resurrection. Through fifty three drawings and prints from the British Museum, we...

Overview The alcove shows continue the tradition began in 1917 of exhibiting works made by living artists.  These small, one-person exhibitions, called alcoves, were held in the original gallery space through the 1950s, resuming in the mid-1980s and again in the early 1990s and 2012. Alcoves 2020 continues this tradition with a series of six exhibitions featuring the...

As artists arrived in New Mexico over the course of the twentieth century they encountered no shortage of inspirational material. From the striking landscape and regional architecture to native ceremony, the Southwest often proved exotic for artists who came from a predominantly eastern, protestant background.  One regional community that captured the attention and imaginations of...