Santa Fe, NM — July 21, 2026 — The Harwood Museum of Art, a Unit of the University of New Mexico (UNM), has acquired a property in the heart of Santa Fe’s historic and cultural district, strengthening ties between the University’s communities in Albuquerque and Taos. The historic 19th century Spiegelberg House, located at 237 East ...
The jaguar palmas of Veracruz are masterpieces of the Classic Veracruz style (roughly 600–1000 CE), named after palm fronds due to their tall, often flaring shape. They are frequently represented in stone and can take the form of arms, hands, a player or a fan-tailed bird. Jaguar Palma Veracruz culture, Mexico, 800-1000 CE stone 15.5 ...
At the close of the 16th century, Northern Europe was reeling from the devastation wrought from the 30 Years War and the near destruction of the Netherlands in the process. The Hapsburg Empire’s attempts to maintain control of the Lowlands by way of terror and suppression left in its wake a countryside whose economic base ...
José Benito Ortega, the last of the late 19th-century santeros, traveled throughout northern New Mexico and southern Colorado making santos for small chapels, meeting houses, village homes, and for Penitentes (members of a religious brotherhood) from the 1870s to the early 1900s. José Benito Ortega(1858-1941)Nuestra Señora del Rosario, ca. 1875cottonwood, gesso and natural pigments 20″ x 8″ x ...
Teotihuacan stone masks are among the most iconic and enigmatic artifacts of ancient Mexico. Little is known about their original function, but the masks were likely used in rituals or practices associated with ancestor worship or the preservation of elite status. Although these masks have not been found in actual burial sites, they were perhaps ...
Filippo Gagliardi was a painter, draftsman, and architect active in Rome from the early 1630s until his death in 1659. Known as ‘Filippo delle Prospettive’, Gagliardi was an expert in perspectival painting and instruction. Filippo Gagliardi (c. 1606-1659) Capriccio with The Colosseum, The Arch of Constantine, and The Tower of Maecenasc. 1640 – 1650 Oil on ...
This painting depicts the Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary, a popular subject in Catholic art, especially following Pope Alexander VII’s bulls in favor of the dogma. Spain Ave Maria Purisima, ca. 1805-1832 Oil on canvas 38.5 x 28 inches44 1/2 x 33 3/4 inches framed Mary is shown standing on a crescent moon, which is associated with the ...
The work seen here depicts an ocelotl, or jaguar, shown in profile. The glyph for Ocelotl typically shows a jaguar head or full body, with its signature spots and sharp teeth. Ocelotl Day in the Aztec Calendar evokes the jaguar — fierce, sacred, and feared — a creature of twilight who walks between worlds. Mesoamerica Aztec CultureOcelotl1200-1400 ...
Miguel Mateo Maldonado y Cabrera (1695-1768) was an indigenous Zapotec painter during the Vice Royalty of New Spain, today’s Mexico. He was influential in the propagation of the icon and faith in the Virgin of Guadalupe and is most famous for his “Casta” paintings, which illustrate and classify mestizaje (racial mixing) in Mexico’s colonial society. La Virgen de ...
A distinctive collection of historic New Mexico prints, in museum quality framing, graces our hallway at the moment. The prints encompass a variety of techniques, ranging from etching and lithography to woodblock, linocut, aquatint, and serigraphy. The collection includes pieces by artists who will be familiar to many, but the primary focus is on ...