University of New Mexico Art Museum — Attraction in Albuquerque

The University of New Mexico (UNM) Art Museum is located on three floors in Popejoy Hall on the campus of UNM. The attractive, modest-size gallery, which opened in 1963, displays changing exhibitions from the museum's holdings of more than 30,000 objects - the largest collection of fine arts in the state.

The core of UNM Art Museum's holdings focus on 19th and 20th Century American art. This includes historical to contemporary photographic arts ranging from early daguerreotypes, to photographic prints from the Harlem Renaissance, to digital imagery; fine lithographic prints including the complete Tamarind Archive; and the Raymond Jonson archive of more than 1,300 of the renowned artist's own paintings and drawings and hundred of works by related artists. The UNM Art Museum also has small holdings of Old Master works, Spanish and Latin American arts, Early Modern European and American art works, and California Bay Area Art since the 1950s. --- The museum does not have a permanent display of any part of its collections. (Note: The UNM Art Museum's Native American art and pottery are shared, and held by the UNM Maxwell Museum of Anthropology nearby.)

During Winter 2021-22, the UNM Art Gallery is showing an outstanding selection of painting triptychs, cycles, and portraits by Raymond Jonson (1891-1982), a leader of the Transcendental Painting Group that was active during the...

A nice little museum. I enjoyed viewing and learning about the art and styles of Helen Frankenthaler and Elaine de Kooning on the main floor. Especially liked de Kooning's 'Taurus' collection as well as learning about women as artists in their day and how they struggled to be taken as seriously as men. Also, Jason Pollock's piece and how he used art to work through his serious depression. The second floor holds art and memorabilia relating to oppression and revolution in different countries like Cuba - and interesting is the highlight of unsung activism and participation of brave women in these times and places. A very...

Keep your expectations tempered as this is Albuquerque, and not a major art market, and you'll have a great time. Not huge, but not small, as there are galleries on three floors. The exhibitions are frequently lesser-known artists, but there's always something I like. I always leave having learned something. Because of UNM's ties with the fine art photography world, you can expect to see at least one photography exhibit...