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Santos of New Mexico
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By: Barbe Awalt and Paul Rhetts

Four hundred years ago, the Spanish came to the New World and brought significant changes. One of the most lasting changes was their faith, Catholicism. Santos (painted and carved images of saints)...

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“El Portal” at the Palace of the Governors
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By: Sarah Laughlin

Occupying the entire north side of the historic plaza, the Palace of the Governors has been a center of activity since Santa Fe's founding as New Mexico's second capital by Governor Pedro de Peralta...

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How the Santa Fe Art Colony Began
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By: Suzanne Deats

When "Anglo" artists began to settle in the Santa Fe area in the opening years of the twentieth century, they discovered a mother lode of images, esthetics and amenities. The main draw was the...

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New Mexico: Photographer's Eden
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By: Michael More

"New Mexico," Ansel Adams said, is "the most completely beautiful place I have ever seen." Everywhere, it seems, there's a scene just waiting to have its picture taken: horses grazing in the shadow...

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"sin (time) ", DVD projection, curved wall, sound. Installation view, commissioned by SITE Santa Fe

Art Over the Edge
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By: Tom Collins

There was a moment one summer in the early to mid-‘90s when you could have dropped into Santa Fe and thought that you were in one of the art capitals of the world- Tribeca/Soho, Basel, Paris, Tokyo,...

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Aspen Santa Fe Ballet, Photos: Rosalie O'Connor