Other art in Santa Fe (New Mexico)
If you have any interest at all in "Anglo" art, make sure you walk down Canyon Road (an easy stroll from downtown), which is full of unique, quirky and just plain fun art galleries. Other galleries are west and south of the Plaza in the downtown area itself. A small sampling to give you a sense of what's there (note that opening hours at these can be somewhat erratic and are not always posted):
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Only in Santa Fe...
Another chapter was added to the weird, wonderful lore of the "City Different" in August 2007, when one of the many jewelry and art shops in the downtown area suffered a midnight break-in by -- no kidding -- a mountain lion. You won't have to compete for goods with this aesthetically inclined beast, however, as it was tranquilized by Fish and Game officers, removed, and released in the wilds of northern New Mexico.
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Axle Contemporary, Variable Locations and Hours: Check website for daily updates, +1 505 670-5854, . A mobile gallery of contemporary art, featuring works on paper and installation in a beautiful custom-retrofitted 1970 aluminum stepvan. Art by both established and emerging New Mexico-based artists.
Chuck Jones Gallery, 135 W. Palace Ave., +1 505 983-5999, . Amid the galleries featuring the scenic and cultural beauty of the Southwest and Native Americana, you can find this one featuring the "beauty" of ... Daffy Duck, Wile E. Coyote and the Roadrunner!? This gallery memorializes the great cartoon artist and his successors in animation art, with many originals. Not what you might think of as typical of the Santa Fe art scene, but highly entertaining. Hours apparently "flexible."
Gabriel Gallery, 6 Banana Lane (off US 285 north of town), +1 505 455-9230. Paintings, sculpture, jewelry; across the parking lot from the excellent Gabriel's restaurant (see below), and combines well with a meal there.
Gerald Peters Gallery, 1011 Paseo de Peralta, +1 505 954-5700, . Open M-Sa 10AM-5PM. One of Santa Fe's "high-end" galleries, with works by some famous artists (Hurd, Remington, Miro, etc.), bearing six-digit price tags in some cases. If you're looking for inexpensive "souvenir" art, look elsewhere, but the serious art collector should definitely check this one out.
Glenn Green Galleries, 136 Tesuque Village Road (in Tesuque, 5 miles north of the Plaza), +1 505 820-0008, . Open M-Sa 10AM-5PM; Sunday by appointment. Established in 1966, 5 acre sculpture garden and gallery. Contemporary sculpture, paintings, prints and wall art by artists such as Allan Houser (whom the gallery represented from 1974-1994), Khang Pham-New, Eduardo Oropeza, Melanie Yazzie, etc.
Jane Sauer Gallery, 652 Canyon Road, +1 505 995-8513, . M-Sa 10:00AM-5:30PM; Sun Noon-5:30PM; closed on Sun in winter. One of the top "material-based" galleries in the country showing the work of over 70 internationally-acclaimed artists using fiber, glass, clay, and sculptural materials to create their art.
Klebau Photography Gallery, 220 E. Santa Fe Ave., +1 505 954-4777, . The proprietor of this photography-oriented franchise is also deeply involved with Santa Fe's classical-music scene, and may be able to give you tips on what's playing if he's there (buying something doesn't hurt, of course).
Manitou Galleries, 123 W. Palace Ave., +1 505 986-0440 or +1 800 283-0440, . M-Sa 9:30AM-5:30PM, Su 11AM-5PM -- one of the relatively few Santa Fe galleries open 7 days a week. Mid-range ($100 to $20,000) work, mainly with a Southwestern theme; nice bronzes.
Mark White Fine Art, 414 Canyon Rd., +1 505 982-2073, . Open 7 days a week 10AM-5PM. Meditative wind sculptures. Inside the Gallery you can view radiant and unique paintings on metal.
Nedra Matteucci Fine Art, 555 Canyon Road, +1 505 983-2731, . Traditional paintings and sculpture by contemporary European and American artists.
Nedra Matteucci Galleries, 1075 Paseo de Peralta, +1 505 982-4631, . M-Sa 8:30AM–5PM. Another gallery by the well-known Santa Fe entrepreneur, this one with an emphasis on 19th- and 20th-century work, including a number of works from the art colony at Taos.
Shidoni Arts, Bishops Lodge Road (at the outlying village of Tesuque), +1 505 988-8001, . M-Sa 9AM-5PM. 8 acres of sculpture garden display the diverse and eclectic -- some would say peculiar -- work of the locally-celebrated Shidoni Foundry, along with furniture, ceramics, photography, etc.
Waxlander Gallery and Sculpture Garden, 622 Canyon Road, +1 505 984-2202, . M-Su 9:30-5:30PM. Contemporary artists led by Phyllis Kapp.
William R. Talbot Fine Art, 129 W. San Francisco St. (upstairs), +1 505 982-1559, . Specializing in antique maps and prints.
Winterowd Fine Art, 701 Canyon Road, +1 505 992-8878, . M-Sa 10AM-5PM, Su 12PM-4PM. A reasonable (if comparatively conservative) example of the many Canyon Road galleries; friendly and helpful service.
This listing barely scratches the surface of the art scene in Santa Fe; the community phone book lists over six pages of galleries. There are some tourist traps among them, but far more good stuff than tourist junk.
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