Abundance: New Acquisitions from 2016 to 2026 features paintings, prints, photographs and sculpture created between 1810 and 2024 by 44 artists from nine countries, highlighting the breadth of the UNMAM collection while celebrating the people who have helped shape it.
Exhibitions
Please note: The UNM Art Museum will be closed one day only, Saturday, August 29, 2026, for staff training. We’ll resume regular hours on Tuesday, September 1. Our hours are 10 AM-4 PM Tuesday-Saturday and we are always free to all.
WHAT’S ON VIEW
Current Exhibitions
Tamarind Goes Global (1985–2020)
Tamarind Goes Global (1985-2020) highlights Tamarind Institute’s commitment to collaborative printmaking through international projects and series. The exhibition features prints from UNMAM's Tamarind Archive Collection and celebrates printmaking’s ability to create understanding, solidarity and exchange.
LOOKING BACK
Past Exhibitions
Swimming In It
March 22 - April 20, 2024
The UNM Art Museum presents The University of New Mexico Department of Art’s 31st Annual Juried Graduate Exhibition, featuring the work of fifteen artists currently enrolled in the MFA Program.
Hindsight Insight 4.0
February 16 - May 11, 2024
Created and curated by museum staff and collaborators, the exhibition features portraits, landscapes, and abstract artworks from the museum’s permanent collection that complement curricula at the University of New Mexico during the Spring 2024 semester.
Cottonwood Tassels: Gustave Baumann’s Prints, Proofs, and Process
October 14, 2023 - March 9, 2024
Behind every finished woodcut print there are countless preliminary studies, cancelled blocks, and trial proofs. This exhibition presents the working materials involved in creating an editioned impression of Gustave Baumann’s Cottonwood Tassels.
Hindsight Insight 3.0
September 8 - December 9, 2023
Created and curated by museum staff and collaborators, the exhibition features portraits, landscapes, and abstract artworks from the permanent collection that complement the curricula of the UNM’s Department of Art and Art History during the Fall 2023 semester.
Pelton & Jonson
June 2023 - March 15, 2025
Pelton & Jonson: The Transcendent 1930s presents paintings, drawings, and archival materials to illustrate the aesthetic achievements and personal connections between American painters Agnes Pelton and Raymond Jonson.
Tradition and Transformation
March 30 - September 30, 2023
Tradition and Transformation: Colonial New Spain and Contemporary Hispanic America at the UNM Art Museum explores New Mexico’s complex history through European painting and sculpture produced in colonial New Spain, and art made in New Mexico.