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The National Gallery of Art, in Washington, D.C, is currently featuring photography by Subhankar Banerjee, professor of art and founder and director of The University of New Mexico’s Center for Environmental Arts & Humanities, in the Beneath the Surface:...

New Mexico’s rich history has long connected its people and communities to Latin America, Spain and Indigenous Tribal Nations. As the state’s flagship university, The University of New Mexico is honoring and preserving those deep-rooted connections...

UNM’s Global Education Office recently celebrated its annual International Festival, a beloved campus tradition held for more than 30 years. The event has become such a longstanding tradition that no one seems to know exactly when it first...

Ray Hernández-Durán, an art history professor in UNM’s Art Department in the College of Fine Arts, was recently named Regents' Professor. 

New Mexico is a place people don’t just live in, they belong to it. Some are born here, others arrive later in life, but many eventually claim it as home. Its landscapes, heritage, traditions, and sense of community leave a lasting imprint, no matter how...

The UNM Department of Art has recognized undergraduate student Chelsea Snow as the recipient of the Reggie Behl Award. The award includes a $1,000 cash prize and is presented annually to a student whose drawing portfolio demonstrates exceptional skill,...

The University of New Mexico’s award-winning podcast, It’s (Probably) Not Rocket Science (IPRNS), returns for Season 3 this fall with an episode worthy of a best-selling detective novel. It happened nearly 40 years ago when two paintings were stolen...

The University of New Mexico Art Museum (UNMAM) announces its monthly open hours this fall semester in the Beaumont Newhall Study Room. 

Extensive FBI investigation results in the homecoming of two Taos treasures by Taos Society of Artists Victor Higgins and Joseph Henry Sharp Aspens and Oklahoma Cheyenne (also known as Indian Boy in Full Dress), stolen off Harwood Museum walls in 1985....

The University of New Mexico Art Museum has been selected to host the upcoming Association of Academic Museums and Galleries (AAMG) Annual Conference. This marks the first time UNM will host the prestigious annual conference, as well as the first time it...