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Guided by artists, rooted in New Mexico, SITE SANTA FE celebrates contemporary creative expression.
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Ekow Eshun to Curate 13th SITE SANTA FE International Biennial
Opening in 2027

SITE SANTA FE is pleased to announce that Ekow Eshun has been appointed curator of the 13th SITE SANTA FE International Biennial, opening in summer 2027 and on view through early 2028.
Sayre Gomez's latest gallery show in LA, reviewed in ARTnews
Sayre's solo exhibition at SITE SANTA FE opens Oct 2026

Read here: www.artnews.com/art-in-ameri...
Sayre Gomez Opens Up About His Strange New Soldier Sculptures
The Precious Moments-inspired sculptures of his children are on view at David Kordansky in Los Angeles. Read an interview with the artist.
www.artnews.com
February 11, 2026 at 7:47 PM
Sky Hopinka's latest show reviewed in Frieze by critic Brian Karl. Sky's work was featured in the 12th SITE SANTA FE International and will be presented in our upcoming show Indian Theater

Read here: www.frieze.com/article/sky-...
The Unruly Exuberance of Sky Hopinka’s Videos
At Slash, San Francisco, the artist combines idiosyncratic media poetics with assertions of Indigenous presence
www.frieze.com
February 10, 2026 at 6:01 PM
Ekow Eshun to curate next SITE SANTA FE International Biennial. The 13th edition open summer 2027:

www.e-flux.com/announcement...
Ekow Eshun to curate thirteenth International Biennial - Announcements - e-flux
SITE SANTA FE is pleased to announce that Ekow Eshun has been appointed curator of the 13th SITE SANTA FE International Biennial.
www.e-flux.com
February 9, 2026 at 7:15 PM
Ekow Eshun announced as the next SITE SANTA FE International Biennial curator! In the Lagos Review:
thelagosreview.ng/ekow-eshun-t...
Ekow Eshun to Curate 2027 SITE Santa Fe International - The Lagos Review
SITE Santa Fe has appointed the acclaimed London-based curator Ekow Eshun to lead its 13th International exhibition...
thelagosreview.ng
February 6, 2026 at 9:56 PM
The International Biennial Association (IBA) announces Ekow Eshun's appointment as the 13th SITE SANTA FE International Biennial curator!

www.biennialassociation.org/article/ekow...
Ekow Eshun Appointed Curator of the 13th SITE SANTA FE International Biennial – International Biennial Association
www.biennialassociation.org
February 6, 2026 at 6:58 PM
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Ekow Eshun will curate the 13th SITE SANTA FE International Biennial, Mnuchin Gallery is closing, Chelsea Bighorn won the Walker Youngbird Foundation’s 2026 Emerging Native Arts Grant, and more news from the art world in this week’s Art Movements.
Art Movements: Ekow Eshun Heads to Santa Fe
The London curator is tapped to curate SITE SANTA FE, Mnuchin Gallery closes, a buyer spends big money on a tiny Michelangelo foot drawing, and other industry news.
hyperallergic.com
February 6, 2026 at 2:32 PM
Ekow Eshun to lead the 2027 edition of the SITE SANTA FE International Biennial! As announced in Black Art & Design:
tinyurl.com/5xvspsu4
February 5, 2026 at 10:40 PM
Ekow Eshun is the next curator of the SITE SANTA FE International Biennial! As announced in ArtReview today: artreview.com/ekow-eshun-t...
Ekow Eshun to curate 13th SITE Santa Fe International
The 13th edition is scheduled to open in summer 2027
artreview.com
February 4, 2026 at 7:13 PM
A thoughtful conversation with newly announced SITE SANTA FE International Biennial curator Ekow Eshun, in today's Southwest Contemporary:

Read here: southwestcontemporary.com/site-santa-f...
SITE Santa Fe Taps London-Based Curator Ekow Eshun for 2027 International
The just-announced curator of SITE's 2027 biennial reveals his multi-venue ambitions for a show punctuated by "moments of encounter."
southwestcontemporary.com
February 3, 2026 at 10:49 PM
Ekow Eshun named 13th SITE SANTA FE International Biennial Curator! As announced in @artforum.com today:

Read here: www.artforum.com/news/ekow-es...
Ekow Eshun Named Curator of 13th Site Santa Fe International Biennial
The organizers of the SITE Santa Fe International Biennial have announced Ekow Eshun as the curator of the event's thirteenth edition, to run 2027–28.
www.artforum.com
February 3, 2026 at 10:48 PM
Ekow Eshun announced as the next SITE SANTA FE International Biennial curator in ARTnews today:

Read here: www.artnews.com/art-news/new...
Curator Ekow Eshun Picked to Organize Next SITE Santa Fe International
Curator Ekow Eshun, known for "In the Black Fantastic" and "The Time Is Always Now," will organize the 2027 SITE Santa Fe International.
www.artnews.com
February 3, 2026 at 10:47 PM
Ekow Eshun to Curate 13th SITE SANTA FE International Biennial
Opening in 2027

SITE SANTA FE is pleased to announce that Ekow Eshun has been appointed curator of the 13th SITE SANTA FE International Biennial, opening in summer 2027 and on view through early 2028.
February 3, 2026 at 10:45 PM
"For decades, Rebecca Salsbury James was remembered only by small circles of the art world, but that seems to be changing. Curator Cecilia Alemani included works by Salsbury James in “Once Within a Time,” the recent edition of the Site Santa Fe International." -- artnet
Rebecca Salsbury James, the Artist Who Brought Georgia O’Keeffe West
Rebecca Salsbury James mastered the meticulous art of reverse glass painting. Now, the New Mexico Modernist is gaining renewed attention.
news.artnet.com
January 21, 2026 at 12:25 AM
FINAL DAY of the 12th SITE SANTA FE International: Once Within a Time
Closing January 12 2026
We're open til 5 PM today~
January 12, 2026 at 7:52 PM
Final days of the 12th SITE SANTA FE International, and last call for critical reviews! The latest from Canada-based Momus magazine, from writer Ceci Moss: "The decision to uplift not one person but persons as a curatorial framework feels both timely and generative."
History as a Chorus: Reimagining Monumentality at SITE Santa Fe - Momus
A few miles outside of Santa Fe is a former foundry turned gallery space known as Finquita. In the main building, David Horvitz’s installation...
momus.ca
January 8, 2026 at 5:21 PM
"These examples are just snippets of Once Within a Time – the entire show deserves multiple visits, and time to visit the other locations in the city." More from a review of the 12th SITE SANTA FE International: Once Within a Time
Contemporary Art Extravaganza Provides Time-Travel Portals
The scale and scope of the contemporary art on display is tremendous, but how often do art-seekers also get an opportunity to travel across ancient streets and landscapes, to meet real and fictiona…
itsnewstoyou.me
January 8, 2026 at 12:07 AM
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What begins as curiosity: "What’s inside that gold elevator?" - turns into an unforgettable journey through sound, story, and tradition. Experience the exhibition before it closes 1/12 https://moifa.org/blog/2025/12/23/intern-highlight-film-compound-eyes-of-tropical-12th-international-site-santa-fe/
January 7, 2026 at 7:04 PM
12th SITE SANTA FE International exhibiting artist Cristina Flores Pescorán’s performances at the Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian reflected on dynamic relationships between the body and ancestry, health and illness, restoration, and medication.

View on SITE SANTA FE YouTube channel
January 6, 2026 at 7:46 PM
looking back to one of our previous exhibitions and performances, There Must Be Other Names for the River, created by Marisa Demarco, Dylan McLaughlin and Jessica Zeglin:
Connecting the Dots from the River to the Gulf: Turning River Data Flow into Sound Performance Speaks Volumes for Rio Grande Ecology
Marya Errin Jones* Abstract The site-specific performance project, There Must Be Other Names for the River (2019–2024), utilized 50 years of river data to sonically express into an unknown future t…
www.critical-stages.org
January 5, 2026 at 11:42 PM
SITE SANTA FE’s Curator Talk Series continues in the New Year! 🎉
Curator Talk: Diana Campbell--TONIGHT!!
Monday, January 5
5:30–7 PM
SITE SANTA FE, Marlene Nathan Meyerson Auditorium
$10 General/ FREE for Members
🎟️ Get tix here: tinyurl.com/cy59pdut
January 5, 2026 at 8:53 PM
As part of SITE SANTA FE’s Curator Talk Series, distinguished curator Ekow Eshun presented some of his most celebrated projects--The Time is Always Now: Artists Reframe the Black Figure and In the Black Fantastic.

View the full talk at link on SITE SANTA FE YouTube channel tinyurl.com/yc6bksem
December 30, 2025 at 7:20 PM
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A gold elevator. Newspaper-covered walls. Drums you can feel in your feet. Amadeo Roldan explores @sitesantafe.bsky.social  installation at MOIFA by Zhang Xu Zhan (closing 1/12/26!) https://moifa.org/blog/2025/12/23/intern-highlight-film-compound-eyes-of-tropical-12th-international-site-santa-fe/
December 29, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Reposted by SITE SANTA FE
Frieze Magazine chose @sitesantafe.bsky.social 12th International "Once Within a Time" as one of the ten best shows in the Americas in 2025. The show included an installation here at the New Mexico Museum of Art by Maja Ruznic. 👏
https://www.frieze.com/article/year-in-review-best-shows-americas-2025
December 22, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Drawing from the language of women’s fashion, Catholicism, and systems of incarceration, Patricia Ayres’s sculptures explore bodily constraint and imposed conditions of control.

Watch the full on SITE SANTA FE YouTube channel: youtu.be/EaiVmxG2f8g?...
December 19, 2025 at 5:11 PM