The city of Santa Fe in New Mexico, was a very charming city. That possessed incredible nature landscapes, is filled with legendary history and culture, and with an incredible art scene that spans from the traditional to the contemporary. So, I’m going to be highlighting my favorite art related places that this city had to offer.

Any art enthusiast should pay a visit to this city, starting with visiting the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum. This museum preserves and presents the incredible work of O’Keeffe.

Georgia O’Keeffe was one of the most significant artists of the 20th century (1887-1986), she dedicated her art to creating imagery that expressed “the wideness and wonder of the world as I live in it.” 

She was mostly known for her paintings of large scale flowers that gave a magnifying effect to certain flowers

, while also being known by her colorful interpretations of New Mexico landscapes. She was recognized as “The Mother of American Modernism”. Her work can be said that it made commentary on the female sexuality, although that is my personal interpretation. I encourage everyone to go a look for her art… Nevertheless, these are some of my favorite pieces by her.

Blue Line (1919)
Grey Lines with Black, Blue and Yellow, 1923.
 

Meow Wolf

At the other end of the spectrum, Meow Wolf is an interactive art experience currently located only in Santa Fe, but will be expanding to the cities of Las Vegas and Denver in 2020/2021.

They create an immersive and interactive experience that transport you into fantastic realms and perception of realities. That includes art installations, video and music production, and extended reality content.

It’s an incredible place that everyone should be able to experience, this place takes the spectator on a trip. With a multidimensional mystery house with secret passages, portals to magical worlds (with some portals being the refrigerator and washing machine). They have created a narrative filled with surreal, maximalist, mesmerizing art exhibits.

An incredible, incredible place that will transport you to a different world and most certainly make any art student/lover be filled with excitement and inspiration.