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GALLERY GUIDE
Friday, October 18, 2013 S6
COURTESY OF ADOBE GALLERY
“San Ildefonso Feast Day Dance Procession,” a casein painting by San Ildefonso artist J.D. Roybal (1922-1978) is one of the early 20th century Native American works featured at Adobe Gallery.
does art
matter? Santa Fe Gallery Association works to bring connoisseurship to the public
By Kate McGraw For the Journal
Santa Fe, as the press release from the Santa Fe Gallery Association ballyhooing its latest promotion states, is “one of the most distinctive cultural destinations in America.” There are more than 200 art galleries and more than a dozen museums presenting exhibitions of art every year. Santa Fe is a small town, but its art scene — concentrated in a two-squaremile area focused on Canyon Road, downtown and the Railyard — is multidimensional and wide-ranging. Small wonder Santa Fe became the first U.S. municipality to be chosen by UNESCO as a Creative City. In fact, it’s one of only nine cities in the world to hold this designation. Nevertheless, the last few years of recession have hurt the gallery business badly. Something had to be done, Association members said to one another, to “get the collectors back into the galleries,” as David Eichholtz, manager of David Richard Gallery, put it baldly. The first Art Matters/Santa Fe starts today and runs this weekend and next in more than 17 galleries and museums around the city. Each venue includes a current exhibition plus a related event — an artist talk, a lecture, a panel discussion, a demonstration— sometimes during the Art Matters weekends. “I just really felt we needed to celebrate the breadth of art here and highlight for collectors the high degree of expertise and knowledge and connoisseurship in Santa Fe,” Eichholtz said of his brainchild. “We want to get people back into the galleries to meet the artists and curator and gallerists. “We have a lot of galleries and museums,” he said. “It’s very wonderful, the amount of knowledge in this town about Native, Western, traditional, Hispanic, contemporary, modernist, even African — all highclass art. “This is a shoulder season with delightful weather. There are a lot of great shows open at this time,”
COURTESY OF PIPPIN CONTEMPORARY
“Stargazer,” a mixed-media on panel by Cody Hooper, is one of the paintings currently featured at Pippin Contemporary.
COURTESY OF DAVID RICHARD GALLERY
“& Passed Here” is a 2007 oil and graphite on canvas by Toadhouse, aka Allan Graham, whose solo show “Any Position Limits the View (We Are Only Here For A Spell)” is on view at David Richard Gallery.
If you go WHAT: Art Matters, a series of lectures, panel discussion, artist talks and demonstrations, sponsored by members of the Santa Fe Gallery Association WHEN: Today and Saturday and Oct. 25-27. WHERE: 17 Galleries (see Gallery guide listings) CONTACT: (505) 995-9902; www. ArtMattersSantaFe.org Eichholtz said. Eichholtz’ own gallery, David Richard Gallery in the Railyard, will feature a panel discussion from 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday with Allen Graham, who also goes under the name Toadhouse, John Yau, Arden Reed and Peter Frank. See ART on PAGE S5
COURTESY OF WINTEROWD FINE ART
“Global Crossroads,” an exhibition of new paintings by Don Quade, is opening today at Winterowd Fine Art. “Water Blessing” is an acrylic on panel.