Destination: Santa Fe, New Mexico by Antiques & Fine Art staff from Antiques & Fine Art magazine

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Forthcoming Events in Santa Fe

Shows
5th Annual Historic
and World Tribal Arts Show
August 11–13; preview August 10
Shellaberger Tennis Center
1600 St. Michaels Drive
703.914.1268, www.tribalantiqueshow.com

23rd Annual Antique Ethnographic Art Show
August 12–13, 2006; preview party August 11.
El Museo Cultural, 1615 Paseo de Peralta
505.992.8929, www.whitehawkshows.com


	Whitehawk Shows

28th Annual Invitational
Antique Indian Art Show
August 15–16, 2006; preview party August 14
El Museo Cultural, 1615 Paseo de Peralta
505.992.8929, www.whitehawkshows.com

Antiques of the Americas (& Beyond)
August 18–20, 2006
El Museo Cultural, 1615 Paseo de Peralta
505.992.8929, www.whitehawkshows.com

Santa Fe Indian Market
August 19–20, 2006
Plaza and surrounding streets
505.983.5220, www.swaia.org



Andrew Dasburg (American, 1887-1979), Placita Sancturaio. Oil on panel, 13 x 16 inches. Courtesy of Gerald Peters Gallery.

New Mexico's stark, rocky scenery and gentle palette -- the earth tones of the ubiquitous adobe architecture and the silvery greens of its cottonwood trees -- made it irresistible to twentieth-century modernists seeking somewhere more exotic than Manhattan. Georgia O'Keeffe (1887–1986) is the best-known of them and the splendid Georgia O'Keeffe Museum is fittingly located in the heart of Santa Fe. The museum is a few blocks from the historic Palace of the Governors, built by order of the Spanish crown in 1609-1610. The oldest public building in continuous use in the United States, it has been the residence of over 100 rulers under the Spanish, Mexican, Confederate, and American flags. For many years, Native American artisans have sat in front of the palace every day, offering traditional crafts in indigenous materials that include turquoise and silver.

Art & Antiques Galleries
Adobe Gallery
221 Canyon Road
505.955.0550, www.adobegallery.com

Andreeva Portrait Commissions
and Gallery, Andreeva Portrait Academy
217 West San Francisco Street
505.982.7272, www.luxuryportraits.com

Gerald Peters Gallery
1011 Paseo de Peralta
505.954.5700, www.gpgallery.com

Morning Star Gallery
513 Canyon Rd.
505.982.8187, www.morningstargallery.com

Nedra Matteucci Galleries
1075 Paseo de Peralta
505.982.4631, www.matteucci.com

Owings Dewey Fine Art
76 East San Francisco Street
505.982.6244, www.owingsdewey.com

Peyton Wright Gallery
237 East Palace Avenue
505.989.9888, www.paytonwright.com

Sherwoods Spirit of America
1005 Paseo de Peralta
505.988.1776, www.sherwoodsspirit.com

TAD–Tribal Art
401 West San Francisco Street
505.983.4149, www.tadtribalart.com

TAI Gallery/Textile Arts
1601B Paseo de Peralta
505.984.1387, www.textilearts.com

William Siegal Galleries
135 West Palace Ave.
505.820.3300, www.williamsiegalgalleries.com

Zaplin Lambert Gallery
651 Canyon Road
505.982.6100, www.zaplinlampert.com



Sioux catlinite horse effigy pipebowl, circa 1875. L. 6 in. Courtesy of Morning Star Gallery.

Santa Fe's population is a mere 68,000, but it boasts over 250 art and antiques galleries and, according to a study done by the University of New Mexico, it has the country's second largest art market, after New York. The focus of most of the galleries is on contemporary and Southwest art, but walk around the city's historic squares or up Canyon Road and you'll find everything from nineteenth-century French academic bronzes to Han Dynasty terra cottas.

The month of August has an abundance of major shows -- from the three Whitehawk Shows of antique Indian and ethnographic art at the El Museo Cultural, to the Santa Fe Indian Market, which consumes the town's central Plaza with the work of 1,200 contemporary artisans from 100 tribes.



Exterior, Museum of International Folk Art.

The Museum of International Folk Art is just one of Santa Fe's many treasures. Its 130,000 objects from over 100 nations make it the largest folk art museum in the world.



Inn of the Anasazi, A Rosewood Hotel, 113 Washington Avenue, 505.988.3030, innoftheanasazi.com

There are more than 10,000 objects in the Girard Wing alone, including miniature cities along with collections of masks, embroidery, trains, boats, and figures. "Lloyd's Treasure Chest," named for donor Lloyd Cotsen, former CEO of Neutrogena Corporation, is an open storage area that explains preservation and conservation, and the ongoing war between museums and ravaging insects. Among the enticing shows currently at the museum is Dream On: Beds from Asia to Europe, that begins with a wall text invoking Groucho Marx’s comment: “Anything that can't be done in a bed isn't worth doing."

On the subject of beds: One of the top-rated hotels in Santa Fe is the Inn of the Anasazi, in the old city's center. Of relatively recent vintage, it feels as if it's been around for centuries. Part of this sensation is due to the use of materials: dark leather chairs, wooden ceilings, and horizontally patterned stonework inspired by Chaco Canyon, where the pueblo peoples lived a millennium ago.

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