The Taos Art Museum has opened a new exhibition titled “Land, Legacy, and Perspective: Landscapes of Northern New Mexico” on May 12, 2026, in the Janis and Roy Coffee Gallery. Featuring 30 works from the museum’s permanent collection and select loans from private collections, the show includes paintings and works on paper by artists such as Ernest L. Blumenschein, Leon Gaspard, Gene Kloss, Barbara Latham, Joseph Henry Sharp, Victor Higgins, and E. Martin Hennings. Spanning the early to mid-20th century, the exhibition captures scenes of Taos Pueblo, adobe villages, Black Mesa, snowy mountain passes, and aspen groves in various media.
The exhibition matters because it explores the enduring, transformative relationship between artists and the Northern New Mexico landscape—a theme central to Taos’s identity as an art destination. Executive Director Christy Coleman notes that while the concept might seem familiar, the collection reveals the landscape’s multiplicity, with each artist interpreting the same vistas differently. The show also emphasizes the layered histories of Indigenous and Hispanic communities embedded in the land, inviting viewers to slow down and reconsider what familiarity can obscure, making it both a celebration of regional art and a meditation on place and perception.