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BY BARBARA ANDERSON Food is such an evocative subject for all of us who love to eat. Even when the real thing isn’t right under your nose, images of food, like gorgeous color photographs of succulent fruits and vegetables or steaming plates loaded with enchiladas, make you salivate and head for the kitchen. (more…)
Categories: Featured, Visual art
BY DANIEL KOSHAREK T. Harmon Parkhurst, one of the great photographic chroniclers of New Mexico in the early twentieth century, left the state for California in 1951. He had been gored by a bull while photographing a rodeo and moved to recuperate with his children. He never fully recovered and died on August 14, 1952, in California.Before he left, Parkhurst had begun experimenting with first-generation Kodachrome color transparency film.
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BY LES DALY He calls himself simply Anom. Among the Balinese he is respectfully known as Ida Bagus Anom Suryawan, reflecting his status as a Brahmin, the highest caste in Balinese society, and with it the influence that he carries. Yet, to welcome visitors warmly, a single name will do. It is a kind of personal balance, and in Bali the ideal of balance is always in the air.
Categories: Featured, Visual art
BY CINDRA KLINE WHAT MAKES AN ARTIST important or inspirational? Iconic? What sets a path to a legacy, and what earns one in the eyes of an audience? Whatever the answer, Allan Houser was born with a special ability to connect, through his art, with peoples all over the world. (more…)
Categories: Visual art
WITH KATHERINE WARE While working on the solo exhibition Delilah Montoya: Syncretism, artist Delilah Montoya spoke with curator Katherine Ware about growing up as a New Mexican in Omaha, her emerging activism, the importance of collaboration, and how art can give a voice to communities. (more…)
Categories: Featured, Interviews, Visual art
BY BARRY LOPEZ Adapted for El Palacio Editor’s note: This spring, distinguished author Barry Lopez addressed a joint meeting of the New Mexico Association of Museums and the Texas Association of Museums, in Lubbock, Texas. El Palacio was in attendance and subsequently received permission to publish Mr. Lopez’s remarks. (more…)
Categories: Featured, Visual art
![A still life painting of assorted pottery, cups, a metal pot, a jar of water, food items, and containers arranged on a red-draped table. [gen-ai]](https://elpalacio.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/3-AR995957-400x225.jpg)
![Several people sit and kneel in a field, harvesting and bundling carrots, with mountains visible in the background. [gen-ai]](https://elpalacio.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Parkhurst_HP.1974.10.060-400x225.jpg)
![An adult and a child sit on a tiled floor, working together on wood carving using chisels and mallets, with carved pieces and tools around them. [gen-ai]](https://elpalacio.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/RIO1771-400x225.jpg)
![A man demonstrates stone carving to four young adults gathered around him, observing closely in what appears to be an art classroom or workshop. [gen-ai]](https://elpalacio.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Sepia_rg03box25f01i05-400x225.jpg)
![A man with a large back tattoo and a striped blanket sits outdoors next to a woman draped in a robe, both facing away amid a rocky landscape. [gen-ai]](https://elpalacio.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Diegovirgen-400x225.jpg)
![An older man with glasses and a white beard, wearing a blue plaid shirt, stands outdoors among green moss-covered branches. [gen-ai]](https://elpalacio.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Barry-Lopez-1-400x225.jpg)