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Unfolding Art in Albuquerque, Part III

07. May 2015

By William Peterson

Art critic and historian William Peterson continues his retrospective of Albuquerque art and explores how movements in the art world manifested and flourished in the high desert.

Unfolding Art in Albuquerque, Part II

22. April 2015

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By William Peterson

Art historian and critic William Peterson discusses curatorial conundrums at the Albuquerque Museum's Visualizing Albuquerque.

Unfolding Art in Albuquerque, Part I

24. February 2015

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By William Peterson

A citywide art celebration provides an opportunity to explore Albuquerque's rich, and often overlooked, artistic history.

Charlie Hebdo and Baudelaire’s Laughter

10. February 2015

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By William Peterson

To the Frech poet and author Charles Baudelaire, the essence of laughter was the ultimate fool’s errand, yet the pen of the “licensed fool” often acts as a necessary strike at ideological tyranny.

Sam Scott’s “Wounded Healers”

30. October 2014

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By William Peterson

On display at Santa Fe’s Center for Contemporary Arts, manifestations of sufferers and protectors and the otherworldly healing energy released through experience.

Being an Alien: Jonathan Glazer’s “Under the Skin”

08. September 2014

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By William Peterson

Being an Alien: Jonathan Glazer’s “Under the Skin”

A cold examination of the human animal highlights an isolation and loneliness inherent in much of modern society.

Zachariah Rieke: The Tao of Painting

13. August 2014

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By William Peterson

Longtime New Mexico painter's new work fuses ancient Eastern philosophy and modern Western technique in an ongoing dance with nature and the elements.