Art in New Mexico

Discover 18 places to experience unusual art in New Mexico.

Santa Fe, New Mexico

Nuevo Mexicano Heritage Arts Museum

This century-old museum showcases New Mexico’s history through arts and crafts.

Truth or Consequences, New Mexico

Sims Art Fence

A surprise blip of color and kitsch.

Corona, New Mexico

'Cowboy Ruckus'

Catch two 18-foot-tall ranchers mid-brawl as you drive by on Highway 285.

Frontera Sculpture Oasis

Luna County, New Mexico

Frontera Sculpture Oasis

This roadside sculpture garden in New Mexico venerates Mother Earth and outsider art.

'Intersection Point Zero'

Carrizozo, New Mexico

'Intersection Point Zero'

This sculpture is intended to reset a person’s creativity.

Dragonfly Trail Petroglyphs

Silver City, New Mexico

Dragonfly Trail Petroglyphs

Hidden in the Chihuahuan Desert resides an amazing collection of petroglyphs.

Albuquerque, New Mexico

Calabacillas Arroyo Artificial Fossils

From a T-rex to a teapot, a cast of artificial fossils illustrates New Mexico's history.

Belen, New Mexico

Through the Flower Art Space

A home base for Judy Chicago, one of America's leading radical feminist artists.

Crow Canyon Petroglyphs

One of the American Southwest's most extensive collections of Navajo rock art.

Albuquerque, New Mexico

Auto Hawk

A sculpture of a flying hawk made from colorful car doors.

Curtain closed.

Taos, New Mexico

D.H. Lawrence Forbidden Art

Reproductions of nine banned oil paintings coyly hidden behind a curtain in a New Mexico conference room.

The Haiku Pathway

Santa Fe, New Mexico

Haiku Pathway

A serene garden path lined with 36 haiku stamped into clay stones.

Fraggle Rock.

Lordsburg, New Mexico

Fraggle Rock

The outcropping is graffitied with the name of the beloved musical Muppet television series.

Los Cerrillos, New Mexico

Origami in the Garden

Giant origami sculptures tucked into desert scenery beckon passers-by to explore further.

Permanently Closed

Dark Bird Palace

Santa Fe, New Mexico

Dark Bird Palace

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

Chill forest

Santa Fe, New Mexico

House of Eternal Return

An immersive environment that is part haunted house, part choose-your-own-adventure, and part jungle gym.