Santa Fe is synonymous with art.

Santa Fe is synonymous with art.

 

 

 

Bursting with more than 250 fine-art galleries, standout museums and up-close experiences like studio tours, live demonstrations and hands-on classes, Santa Fe is the third-largest art market in the country after New York and Los Angeles.

The local art scene traces its roots to ancient Native American traditions, to the Spanish Colonial era that began more than 400 years ago and to European and East Coast artists who settled here in the early 20th century.
Today you can browse historic art-filled adobes along Canyon Road, wander warehouse-like exhibition spaces in the Railyard, catch thought-provoking shows Downtown or on Museum Hill and visit a nearby Pueblo to experience traditional Native American art as it's being handcrafted.

Discover for yourself why this modern-day art colony has not only survived but thrived over the centuries and experience firsthand how its collection of everything from the classic to the contemporary, the ancient to the avant-garde, makes Santa Fe a mecca for art enthusiasts around the world.

 

 

The historic heart of Santa Fe is a hub of fine-art activity. Two of the four museums that contain the Museum of New Mexico collection—the New Mexico History Museum and New Mexico Museum of Art—are at the Plaza, while nearby, 20th-century modernist painter Georgia O’Keeffe and her contemporaries are celebrated at the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum.
Native American art takes center stage under the portal of the Palace of the Governors, where, every day, Native artists sell their handmade jewelry directly to the public.
Native art also figures prominently at leading galleries like Niman Fine Art, Golden Dawn Gallery and The Russian Art Gallery, as well as museums like the Pablita Velarde Museum of Indian Women in the Arts and the Museum of Contemporary Native Arts—the only museum in the world that showcases the work of contemporary
American Indian artists.

South of the Plaza, the State Capitol’s Governor’s Gallery, part of the New Mexico Museum of Art, presents six exhibits a year featuring works by prominent presentday
New Mexico artists.
The building also contains the Capitol Art Collection, comprising almost 600 paintings, sculptures, textiles, glass works, ceramics and mixed media pieces.
The City of Santa Fe Community Gallery at the Community Convention Center exhibits and sells works by Santa Fe and New Mexico artists.

 

 

 

 

 

 

출처 : Santafe official 2015 guide, santa fe.org