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Guided by artists, rooted in New Mexico, SITE SANTA FE celebrates contemporary creative expression. Free admission always

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SITE SANTA FE @sitesantafe.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
The latest on Indian Theater: Native Performance, Art, and Self-Determination since 1969 in The Art Journal:
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The Forgotten Manifesto that Reshaped Native Performance Art | The Art Journal
Rediscovered decades after it was written in 1969, 'Indian Theatre' reveals how performance became a vehicle for Native self-determination
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SITE SANTA FE @sitesantafe.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Indian Theater Native Performance, Art, and Self-Determination since 1969 @SITESANTAFE On view through September 7 2026 Events all summer! Visit sitesantafe.org Video: Noor-un-nisa Touchon #SITESANTAFE #IndianTheater
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SITE SANTA FE @sitesantafe.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
IN REVIEW: Indian Theater at SITE SANTA FE reviewed by @Albuquerque Journal Read it below:
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Native art exhibit challenges the colonial gaze at SITE Santa Fe
'Indian Theater' explores Indigenous performance and self-determination, tracing roots from 1969 activism to powerful art today.
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SITE SANTA FE @sitesantafe.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
We top the list of @New Mexico Magazine's Five Things to Do This Weekend! Join us for the Opening Celebration of Indian Theater Fri Jun 5, 5-9 PM, FREE to attend, live music, food and drinks, immersive art -- no tix, just come! link: www.newmexicomagazine.org/blog/post/fi...
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Five Things to Do This Weekend | June 5–7
Find things to do in New Mexico this weekend, including a SITE Santa Fe exhibition diving into the history of Indigenous theater, a free concert by Lone Piñon at Winrock Park, summer car shows in Albu...
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SITE SANTA FE @sitesantafe.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Ahead of artist Erica Lord's performance tomorrow Saturday June 6 at SITE SANTA FE, she sat down with @Southwest Contemporary Magazine about the legacy of James Luna and her unique approach to it:
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The Twisty Afterlife of James Luna’s The Artifact Piece is Poignant and Devastating
Native artist James Luna bequeathed his most famous performance to protégé Erica Lord. She recounts its poignant and devastating evolution.
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SITE SANTA FE @sitesantafe.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
INDIAN THEATER Native Performance, Art, and Self-Determination since 1969 curated by Candice Hopkins @candicebhopkins June 5–September 7, 2026 at SITE SANTA FE @sitesantafe FREE admission always 🎥 New Red Order with Dylan Clancy #SITESANTAFE #IndianTheater
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SITE SANTA FE @sitesantafe.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Indian Theater: Native Performance, Art, and Self-Determination since 1969 opening June 5 at SITE SANTA FE www.e-flux.com/announcement...
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Indian Theater: Native Performance, Art, and Self-Determination since 1969 - Announcements - e-flux
Indian Theater: Native Performance, Art, and Self-Determination since 1969 opens at SITE SANTA FE in Santa Fe, New Mexico on June 5, 2026.
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SITE SANTA FE @sitesantafe.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
12th SITE SANTA FE International artist Karla Knight in her latest exhibition. Review by Brian Karl in @hyperallergic.com: hyperallergic.com/karla-knight...
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Karla Knight’s Cosmic Conspiracies
The artist’s game-like paintings and tapestries suggest an overactive imagination fueled by generations of crackpot supernatural lore.
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SITE SANTA FE @sitesantafe.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
✨Indian Theater: Native Performance, Art, and Self-Determination since 1969 ✨ Grounding Performance as the Foundation of Contemporary Native Art and Featuring Live Presentations June 5–Sept 7 2026 at SITE SANTA FE 📷 Eric-Paul Riege (Diné), olo lol olo lol olo (detail), photo Kali Spitzer
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SITE SANTA FE @sitesantafe.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Art Book Sale! This weekend May 15-17 11 AM-4PM up to 50% off Exhibition catalogs, monographs, limited edition works, and more To coincide with the Santa Fe International Literary Festival, get special deals on SITE SANTA FE publications Applies to in-person purchases only -- come see us!
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SITE SANTA FE @sitesantafe.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Learn more about KIVA!, one of our many collaborative education initiatives at SITE SANTA FE, on the Richard Eeds Show~ Link to episode: santafe.com/podcast/rich... Attend KIVA's Celebration on May 8, 8pm at SITE SANTA FE
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SITE SANTA FE @sitesantafe.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Throughout her career, artist Minerva Cuevas has addressed social issues around corporate advertising, oil industry, and the natural world. In the closing event of Once Within a Time, she discussed art and activism with SITE SANTA FE Curator Brandee Caoba. View full VIDEO tinyurl.com/mr3nuf3v
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SITE SANTA FE @sitesantafe.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Now available! MORE COLORS THAN THE EYE CAN SEE expands Jeffrey Gibson’s vision to transform how Native art is taught in K–12 classrooms nationwide. In partnership with SITESANTAFE, PortlandArtMuseum, and SmithsonianNMAI, Native arts educators developed 14 free, cross-disciplinary lessons
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MORE COLORS THAN THE EYE CAN SEE: The Art of Jeffrey Gibson | Native Knowledge 360°
This Artist Spotlight features resources for art students and teachers on the life and work of Jeffrey Gibson. It includes a gallery of Gibson’s artwork, biographical information, curatorial reflectio...
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SITE SANTA FE @sitesantafe.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
The reviews are glowing, and they keep coming in~ Thank you to Mariel Quancard for IMPULSE Magazine on the 12th SITE SANTA FE International: Once Within a Time Read here: impulsemagazine.com/symposium/re...
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Reimagining Value in the Wake of Once Within a Time — IMPULSE Magazine
The 12th SITE Santa Fe International Biennial proposed value as generated via circulation and dispersion.
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SITE SANTA FE @sitesantafe.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
SITE SANTA FE's Director of Creativity & Learning Kate Lee was on The Big Show with Honey Harris this AM talking about SITE SANTA FE Young Curators show opening TONIGHT Fri Feb 27, 5-7 PM presented at Zane Bennett 435 S Guadalupe St, Santa Fe, NM Listen here: post.futurimedia.com/kbac/playlis...
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SITE SANTA FE @sitesantafe.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
SITE SANTA FE Young Curators Exhibition The Search for Radiance in the Grotesque Feb 27-Apr 4, 2026 Opening TONIGHT! Fri Feb 27, 5-7 PM at Zane Bennett Contemporary Art 435 S Guadalupe St, Santa Fe, NM FREE and open to the public
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SITE SANTA FE @sitesantafe.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
SITE SANTA FE Young Curators Exhibition opens Fri Feb 27! Hear from some of this year's Young Curators and our Director of Creativity & Learning Kate Lee on the Richard Eeds Show: santafe.com/podcast/rich...
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Richard Eeds Show – February 20, 2026 - SantaFe.com
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SITE SANTA FE @sitesantafe.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Ekow Eshun, next curator of the SITE SANTA FE International Biennial, is a finalist for the LA Times Book Prize! Get a copy of his nominated book, The Strangers, in our Bookstore Open daily, 11AM-4PM and online in our webshop~
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Amy Tan, Ekow Eshun and Michael Connelly among L.A. Times Book Prize honorees and finalists
Novelists Amy Tan ('The Joy Luck Club') and Adam Ross ('Playworld') are among this year's L.A. Times Book Prizes honorees, while finalists include Michael Connelly, Stephen Graham Jones and Molly Jong...
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SITE SANTA FE @sitesantafe.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
12th SITE SANTA FE International artist Ali Cherri's latest is reviewed in Frieze: www.frieze.com/.../ali-cher.... Cherri's film was exhibited at the New Mexico Military Museum as part of Once Within a Time, which closed Jan 12 2026
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Ali Cherri Probes the Psychic Life of Soldiers
In a symbolically loaded exhibition at Almine Rech, New York, the artist treats assault rifles like transitional objects
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SITE SANTA FE @sitesantafe.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Sayre Gomez's latest gallery show in LA, reviewed in ARTnews Sayre's solo exhibition at SITE SANTA FE opens Oct 2026 Read here: www.artnews.com/art-in-ameri...
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Sayre Gomez Opens Up About His Strange New Soldier Sculptures
The Precious Moments-inspired sculptures of his children are on view at David Kordansky in Los Angeles. Read an interview with the artist.
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SITE SANTA FE @sitesantafe.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Sky Hopinka's latest show reviewed in Frieze by critic Brian Karl. Sky's work was featured in the 12th SITE SANTA FE International and will be presented in our upcoming show Indian Theater Read here: www.frieze.com/article/sky-...
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The Unruly Exuberance of Sky Hopinka’s Videos
At Slash, San Francisco, the artist combines idiosyncratic media poetics with assertions of Indigenous presence
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SITE SANTA FE @sitesantafe.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Ekow Eshun to curate next SITE SANTA FE International Biennial. The 13th edition open summer 2027: www.e-flux.com/announcement...
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Ekow Eshun to curate thirteenth International Biennial - Announcements - e-flux
SITE SANTA FE is pleased to announce that Ekow Eshun has been appointed curator of the 13th SITE SANTA FE International Biennial.
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SITE SANTA FE @sitesantafe.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Ekow Eshun announced as the next SITE SANTA FE International Biennial curator! In the Lagos Review: thelagosreview.ng/ekow-eshun-t...
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Ekow Eshun to Curate 2027 SITE Santa Fe International - The Lagos Review
SITE Santa Fe has appointed the acclaimed London-based curator Ekow Eshun to lead its 13th International exhibition...
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SITE SANTA FE @sitesantafe.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
The International Biennial Association (IBA) announces Ekow Eshun's appointment as the 13th SITE SANTA FE International Biennial curator! www.biennialassociation.org/article/ekow...
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Ekow Eshun Appointed Curator of the 13th SITE SANTA FE International Biennial – International Biennial Association
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Hyperallergic @hyperallergic.com · 06/02/2026
Ekow Eshun will curate the 13th SITE SANTA FE International Biennial, Mnuchin Gallery is closing, Chelsea Bighorn won the Walker Youngbird Foundation’s 2026 Emerging Native Arts Grant, and more news from the art world in this week’s Art Movements.
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Art Movements: Ekow Eshun Heads to Santa Fe
The London curator is tapped to curate SITE SANTA FE, Mnuchin Gallery closes, a buyer spends big money on a tiny Michelangelo foot drawing, and other industry news.
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SITE SANTA FE @sitesantafe.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Ekow Eshun to lead the 2027 edition of the SITE SANTA FE International Biennial! As announced in Black Art & Design: tinyurl.com/5xvspsu4
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SITE SANTA FE @sitesantafe.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
Ekow Eshun is the next curator of the SITE SANTA FE International Biennial! As announced in ArtReview today: artreview.com/ekow-eshun-t...
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Ekow Eshun to curate 13th SITE Santa Fe International
The 13th edition is scheduled to open in summer 2027
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SITE SANTA FE @sitesantafe.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
A thoughtful conversation with newly announced SITE SANTA FE International Biennial curator Ekow Eshun, in today's Southwest Contemporary: Read here: southwestcontemporary.com/site-santa-f...
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SITE Santa Fe Taps London-Based Curator Ekow Eshun for 2027 International
The just-announced curator of SITE's 2027 biennial reveals his multi-venue ambitions for a show punctuated by "moments of encounter."
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SITE SANTA FE @sitesantafe.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
Ekow Eshun named 13th SITE SANTA FE International Biennial Curator! As announced in @artforum.com today: Read here: www.artforum.com/news/ekow-es...
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Ekow Eshun Named Curator of 13th Site Santa Fe International Biennial
The organizers of the SITE Santa Fe International Biennial have announced Ekow Eshun as the curator of the event's thirteenth edition, to run 2027–28.
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SITE SANTA FE @sitesantafe.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
Ekow Eshun announced as the next SITE SANTA FE International Biennial curator in ARTnews today: Read here: www.artnews.com/art-news/new...
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Curator Ekow Eshun Picked to Organize Next SITE Santa Fe International
Curator Ekow Eshun, known for "In the Black Fantastic" and "The Time Is Always Now," will organize the 2027 SITE Santa Fe International.
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SITE SANTA FE @sitesantafe.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
Ekow Eshun to Curate 13th SITE SANTA FE International Biennial Opening in 2027 SITE SANTA FE is pleased to announce that Ekow Eshun has been appointed curator of the 13th SITE SANTA FE International Biennial, opening in summer 2027 and on view through early 2028.
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SITE SANTA FE @sitesantafe.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
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Congress Funds Institute for American Indian Arts
The Senate confirmed appropriations for the college and several other embattled cultural institutions following Trump's threats to defund them.
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SITE SANTA FE @sitesantafe.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
"For decades, Rebecca Salsbury James was remembered only by small circles of the art world, but that seems to be changing. Curator Cecilia Alemani included works by Salsbury James in “Once Within a Time,” the recent edition of the Site Santa Fe International." -- artnet
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Rebecca Salsbury James, the Artist Who Brought Georgia O’Keeffe West
Rebecca Salsbury James mastered the meticulous art of reverse glass painting. Now, the New Mexico Modernist is gaining renewed attention.
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SITE SANTA FE @sitesantafe.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
FINAL DAY of the 12th SITE SANTA FE International: Once Within a Time Closing January 12 2026 We're open til 5 PM today~
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SITE SANTA FE @sitesantafe.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Final days of the 12th SITE SANTA FE International, and last call for critical reviews! The latest from Canada-based Momus magazine, from writer Ceci Moss: "The decision to uplift not one person but persons as a curatorial framework feels both timely and generative."
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History as a Chorus: Reimagining Monumentality at SITE Santa Fe - Momus
A few miles outside of Santa Fe is a former foundry turned gallery space known as Finquita. In the main building, David Horvitz’s installation...
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SITE SANTA FE @sitesantafe.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
"These examples are just snippets of Once Within a Time – the entire show deserves multiple visits, and time to visit the other locations in the city." More from a review of the 12th SITE SANTA FE International: Once Within a Time
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Contemporary Art Extravaganza Provides Time-Travel Portals
The scale and scope of the contemporary art on display is tremendous, but how often do art-seekers also get an opportunity to travel across ancient streets and landscapes, to meet real and fictiona…
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Museum of International Folk Art @folkartmuseum.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
What begins as curiosity: "What’s inside that gold elevator?" - turns into an unforgettable journey through sound, story, and tradition. Experience the exhibition before it closes 1/12 moifa.org/blog/2025/12/23/intern-hi…
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SITE SANTA FE @sitesantafe.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
12th SITE SANTA FE International exhibiting artist Cristina Flores Pescorán’s performances at the Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian reflected on dynamic relationships between the body and ancestry, health and illness, restoration, and medication. View on SITE SANTA FE YouTube channel
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SITE SANTA FE @sitesantafe.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
looking back to one of our previous exhibitions and performances, There Must Be Other Names for the River, created by Marisa Demarco, Dylan McLaughlin and Jessica Zeglin:
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Connecting the Dots from the River to the Gulf: Turning River Data Flow into Sound Performance Speaks Volumes for Rio Grande Ecology
Marya Errin Jones* Abstract The site-specific performance project, There Must Be Other Names for the River (2019–2024), utilized 50 years of river data to sonically express into an unknown future t…
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SITE SANTA FE @sitesantafe.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
SITE SANTA FE’s Curator Talk Series continues in the New Year! 🎉 Curator Talk: Diana Campbell--TONIGHT!! Monday, January 5 5:30–7 PM SITE SANTA FE, Marlene Nathan Meyerson Auditorium $10 General/ FREE for Members 🎟️ Get tix here: tinyurl.com/cy59pdut
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SITE SANTA FE @sitesantafe.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
As part of SITE SANTA FE’s Curator Talk Series, distinguished curator Ekow Eshun presented some of his most celebrated projects--The Time is Always Now: Artists Reframe the Black Figure and In the Black Fantastic. View the full talk at link on SITE SANTA FE YouTube channel tinyurl.com/yc6bksem
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Museum of International Folk Art @folkartmuseum.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
A gold elevator. Newspaper-covered walls. Drums you can feel in your feet. Amadeo Roldan explores @sitesantafe.bsky.social  installation at MOIFA by Zhang Xu Zhan (closing 1/12/26!) moifa.org/blog/2025/12/23/intern-hi…
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New Mexico Museum of Art @newmexicoartmuseum.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
Frieze Magazine chose @sitesantafe.bsky.social 12th International "Once Within a Time" as one of the ten best shows in the Americas in 2025. The show included an installation here at the New Mexico Museum of Art by Maja Ruznic. 👏 www.frieze.com/article/year-in-revi…
An empty art gallery with rows of wooden benches facing a screen. Vibrant paintings hang on the side walls under decorative wooden ceilings.
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SITE SANTA FE @sitesantafe.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
Drawing from the language of women’s fashion, Catholicism, and systems of incarceration, Patricia Ayres’s sculptures explore bodily constraint and imposed conditions of control. Watch the full on SITE SANTA FE YouTube channel: youtu.be/EaiVmxG2f8g?...
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SITE SANTA FE @sitesantafe.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
12th SITE SANTA FE International is selected by Frieze Magazine as one of the best shows in the Americas of 2025!\ "From a major Jack Whitten retrospective at MoMA to a storytelling-focused SITE Santa Fe International, these are this year’s standout exhibitions" --Read here: tinyurl.com/p4n5w2rd
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SITE SANTA FE @sitesantafe.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
Indigenous Knowledge Systems Series returns in 2026 “Of Maps, Abstraction, and Language” features 3 incredible speakers Wed–Fri, January 7–9, 2026 at SITE SANTA FE 5:30–7 PM $ 10 General/ FREE for Members and Students with ID with Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA) MFA in Studio Arts program
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SITE SANTA FE @sitesantafe.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
A timeless holiday party, one for the ages✨ ⏳ Our Members were transported to the free-spirited atmosphere of Claude’s Bar 🍹 and to Doña Tules’ iconic Burro Alley saloon 🎰 for one unforgettable night! ⏳ We celebrated an extraordinary year with festive fare and spirited company ⭐️
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SITE SANTA FE @sitesantafe.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
Congratulations 12th SITE SANTA FE International artist Charisse Pearlina Weston! Featured in the weekend arts section of The New York Times:
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Surveillance Never Looked So Good
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SITE SANTA FE @sitesantafe.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
Conversation in The Observer with 12th SITE SANTA FE International artist Uman:
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How Uman Channeled a Turbulent Year Into Calm Abstraction
In conversation with Observer, the artist reflects on her first solo museum exhibition in the United States, which she says was shaped by trust, time and creative freedom.
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SITE SANTA FE @sitesantafe.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
12th SITE SANTA FE International artist Omari Douglin @omaridouglin imagines how the soft sculptures in his interactive installation could have an unseen life of their own. Watch the full artist panel here tinyurl.com/42hvtnte%E2%... on SITE SANTA FE YouTube channel
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