Art & Art History

When he was a senior at La Cueva High School in Albuquerque, Ian Hucke had major surgery to remove a mass from his brain due to a congenital condition. While still in rehabilitation, and not wanting to delay college, he made a deal with his parents:...

The University of New Mexico College of Fine Arts and SciArt Santa Fe will present “Relearning the Cosmos Through a Multicultural Consciousness,” a LASER Santa Fe talk and demonstration by UNM College of Fine Arts alumnus artist Marcus Zúñiga on his...

Justine Andrews, an associate professor in The University of New Mexico Department of Art, recently became the director for the Institute of Medieval Studies, only the third in the program’s 34-year history. She follows in the footsteps of the late Helen...

A massive, colorful snail puppet is sliding through the neighborhoods of Albuquerque, spreading joy and comfort to people of all ages. It’s part of an art project from UNM Fine Arts student Ashleigh Abbott, who is finalist in the upcoming Biodesign...

Across the Albuquerque Metro, groups continue answering the call to create masks needed to help curb the spread of COVID-19. In April, when the Center for Disease Control (CDC) recommended cloth masks should be worn in public settings, UNM staff members...

University of New Mexico Master’s of Fine Arts candidate Robbin Bates installed her thesis exhibition on March 16, her artist talk was scheduled for March 25, and a reception for March 27. In the end, only four people saw her exhibition before COVID-19...

People are worried, lonely, bored, and frustrated as the pandemic isolation drags on and they are stuck in their homes. So artist and curator Janie Perry Gonzales, founder of Vida Art Connections, decided it was a good time to have an art show. Five of...

Albuquerque poet, author, editor, award-winning reporter, and UNM alumni V.B. Price will read his poems in a presentation called Death Self: A Collection of Paintings and Poems on Monday, March 9, from 5:30 to 7 p.m. at George Pearl Hall on the UNM...

Two University of New Mexico alumni are among the 59 artists who have been selected to show their work in the State of the Art 2020 exhibit at the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art and its satellite The Momentary in Bentonville, Ark. Frank Blazquez...

The annual UNM Winter Student Porcelain Sale will be held Thursday-Friday, Dec. 5-6 in the Atrium of the Fine Arts Building located on the first floor. Hours for the event are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Thursday and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Friday....