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Dark Bird Palace

A famous flea market artist's studio that's full of odds and ends.

Santa Fe, New Mexico

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The Dark Bird Palace is the paint studio of the most famous flea market artist in the world, Kelly Moore. The Flea Market shrine is built of odds and ends from the market and old paintings of the artist and stands on the famous (820) Canyon Roadd next to the TeaHouse in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

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Dark Bird Palace
821 Canyon Road
Santa Fe, New Mexico
United States
35.680098, -105.92361
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