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Ritual Killing: Oryx in New Mexico
As the desert transitions from deep blacks to dim greys and blues, we creep through the mountain pass. We leave the city lights behind us and roll into the dark nothingness.
Visual art
Weaving New Meanings
Without traffic, it only takes thirty minutes to reach KwaMashu and Siyanda. Past Durban’s inner suburbs, stadiums, mansions, and malls, I reach the few highway entrances that connect these historically Black neighborhoods—home to over 175,000 people, over ninety percent of whom are isiZulu-speaking—to the rest of this 3.25-million-person harbor city.
From Disability to AgrAbility
November 20, 2021, in Valencia County was just another crisp, clear autumn day on the farm for Tiffany Sánchez. As usual, she prepared herself for a full day of working with and training horses at Adelino Legacy Farms, her family’s op-eration.
Embroidering the Canon
By Emily Withnall When an eclectic scattering of artists across the United States began pushing the boundaries of what photography could be in the 1960s and ’70s, they did not collectively name themselves.
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Hot In Here
By Paul Weideman "It’s easy in New Mexico to wind down while things heat up,” according to a New Mexico Tourism Department guide to New Mexico’s hot springs at newmexico.org. However, residents’ ability to enjoy our steamy mineral springs is not what it historically was.
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A New Mexican Love Story
By Emily Withnall In Frank Blazquez’s photograph Sleepy and his Daughter, Sleepy flashes the prison gang sign for Los Padillas. He is shirtless and covered in tattoos, his arms wrapped around his young daughter, who sits on his lap.
![A man wearing glasses and a vest stands on railway tracks with hands pressed together in a prayer gesture. [gen-ai]](https://elpalacio.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/08.cx2_-400x225.jpg)
It’s In the Telling
By Molly Boyle On January 20, 2021, when 22-year-old Amanda Gorman read her poem “The Hill We Climb” at the presidential inauguration of Joe Biden, the pandemic-stricken world sat up and took notice.
Pasó por Aquí
By Dr. Alicia M. Romero "For through the lack of expert help we made many detours, wasted time from so many days spent in a very small area, and suffered hunger and thirst.
Found in Collection
By Michelle Gallagher Roberts In early 2007, staff at the New Mexico Museum of Art were implementing the first phase of planned collecting storage renovations that required all artworks from the first collection storage room be removed from the space to allow for the installation of new state-of-the-art compact art storage.
We Like Your Digs, Your Style, and Your Art
By Julie Sasse Elaine Horwitch was a major force in contemporary art in the Southwest from the late 1960s until her death in 1991. She was responsible for launching the careers of hundreds of artists from the Southwest and the nation.