HISTORIC FECHIN STUDIO
Donald Graham, "Portrait of Frankie Samora"
Taos Icons: Large-Scale Portraits by Donald Graham
On View: September 12 - November 1, 2026
Opening Reception: Saturday, September 12, 1-3 p.m. RSVP
Internationally known portrait, fashion, and fine art photographer Donald Graham has lived in Taos for more than twenty-five years. During that time, he has photographed people he has encountered throughout the community, bringing to each portrait an interest in character, expression, and individuality that has defined his work throughout his career.
In Taos Icons, Graham presents a selection of these photographs at an extraordinary scale, with each portrait printed at four by five feet. Enlarged to this size, the images take on a powerful physical presence within the Fechin Studio. Intimate details of expression, posture, gesture, and appearance become more pronounced, revealing qualities that might be overlooked at a smaller scale.
The subjects of Taos Icons are people whose lives and work have mattered to Taos in different ways. Graham’s monumental portraits honor that significance while keeping each person’s individuality at the center. At this scale, faces and figures command the Studio, changing the usual relationship between viewer and photograph. The portraits become direct encounters with the people Graham has photographed, emphasizing the personality and distinct character of each subject.
On View: September 12 - November 1, 2026
Opening Reception: Saturday, September 12, 1-3 p.m. RSVP
Internationally known portrait, fashion, and fine art photographer Donald Graham has lived in Taos for more than twenty-five years. During that time, he has photographed people he has encountered throughout the community, bringing to each portrait an interest in character, expression, and individuality that has defined his work throughout his career.
In Taos Icons, Graham presents a selection of these photographs at an extraordinary scale, with each portrait printed at four by five feet. Enlarged to this size, the images take on a powerful physical presence within the Fechin Studio. Intimate details of expression, posture, gesture, and appearance become more pronounced, revealing qualities that might be overlooked at a smaller scale.
The subjects of Taos Icons are people whose lives and work have mattered to Taos in different ways. Graham’s monumental portraits honor that significance while keeping each person’s individuality at the center. At this scale, faces and figures command the Studio, changing the usual relationship between viewer and photograph. The portraits become direct encounters with the people Graham has photographed, emphasizing the personality and distinct character of each subject.
HISTORIC FECHIN HOUSE
Nicolai Fechin, "Nude with Shell"
Oil on canvas, ca. 1923-1926
Nicolai Fechin: Figures, Nature, and Expression
On View: through October 18, 2026, in the Fechin House
Trained at the Imperial Academy of Arts in St. Petersburg, Nicolai Fechin combined rigorous classical training with a highly expressive approach to both drawing and painting. His work moves easily between careful observation and energetic handling, creating images that feel alive on the page and on the canvas.
From human figures to landscapes, the exhibition brings together works that show how close observation and energetic mark-making shaped Fechin’s work across subjects and media. Whether depicting a body, a landscape, or an organic form, his handling of line, paint, and color gives each work a strong sense of character and mood.
Presented in the historic Fechin House, the exhibition offers a vivid encounter with Fechin’s art, revealing an artist for whom expression and observation were inseparable.
On View: through October 18, 2026, in the Fechin House
Trained at the Imperial Academy of Arts in St. Petersburg, Nicolai Fechin combined rigorous classical training with a highly expressive approach to both drawing and painting. His work moves easily between careful observation and energetic handling, creating images that feel alive on the page and on the canvas.
From human figures to landscapes, the exhibition brings together works that show how close observation and energetic mark-making shaped Fechin’s work across subjects and media. Whether depicting a body, a landscape, or an organic form, his handling of line, paint, and color gives each work a strong sense of character and mood.
Presented in the historic Fechin House, the exhibition offers a vivid encounter with Fechin’s art, revealing an artist for whom expression and observation were inseparable.
JANIS AND ROY COFFEE GALLERY
Martin E. Hennings, "Thinning Aspens," Oil on paper. Permanent Collection of Taos Art Museum.
Land, Legacy, and Perspective: Landscapes of Northern New Mexico
On View: through November 1, 2026, in the Janis and Roy Coffee Gallery
We are delighted to present this exhibition, drawn from our permanent collection and local lenders, offering a rare opportunity to see these masterworks together. Land, Legacy, and Perspective is part of the museum’s ongoing exploration of the artistic legacy of Taos and northern New Mexico and the continuing resonance of these landscapes today.
The dramatic vistas of northern New Mexico have long beckoned artists from across the country and around the world. This exhibition brings together works by Ernest L. Blumenschein, Leon Gaspard, Gene Kloss, Barbara Latham, Joseph Henry Sharp, Victor Higgins, and many others, each drawn to the region’s distinctive light, rugged geography, and layered history. Their paintings, ranging from vibrant oils to delicate watercolors, capture scenes from Taos Pueblo to Black Mesa, from sunlit adobe villages to snowy mountain passes.
While these artists approached northern New Mexico as observers and interpreters, often from outside its longstanding communities, the landscapes they depict are not empty or anonymous. For centuries before these painters arrived, the mountains, valleys, and villages of this region have been, and remain, homelands for Indigenous peoples such as the Pueblo, Navajo (Diné), Apache, and many others. Hispanic communities, rooted here since Spanish colonization, have also shaped the land’s culture, traditions, and appearance.
As you move through the exhibition, we invite you to reflect on these landscapes not only as scenes of natural beauty but also as enduring sites of memory, history, and belonging for the region’s Indigenous and Hispanic peoples. These layered histories continue to influence northern New Mexico, giving each painting deeper meaning that extends beyond the artist’s individual vision.
On View: through November 1, 2026, in the Janis and Roy Coffee Gallery
We are delighted to present this exhibition, drawn from our permanent collection and local lenders, offering a rare opportunity to see these masterworks together. Land, Legacy, and Perspective is part of the museum’s ongoing exploration of the artistic legacy of Taos and northern New Mexico and the continuing resonance of these landscapes today.
The dramatic vistas of northern New Mexico have long beckoned artists from across the country and around the world. This exhibition brings together works by Ernest L. Blumenschein, Leon Gaspard, Gene Kloss, Barbara Latham, Joseph Henry Sharp, Victor Higgins, and many others, each drawn to the region’s distinctive light, rugged geography, and layered history. Their paintings, ranging from vibrant oils to delicate watercolors, capture scenes from Taos Pueblo to Black Mesa, from sunlit adobe villages to snowy mountain passes.
While these artists approached northern New Mexico as observers and interpreters, often from outside its longstanding communities, the landscapes they depict are not empty or anonymous. For centuries before these painters arrived, the mountains, valleys, and villages of this region have been, and remain, homelands for Indigenous peoples such as the Pueblo, Navajo (Diné), Apache, and many others. Hispanic communities, rooted here since Spanish colonization, have also shaped the land’s culture, traditions, and appearance.
As you move through the exhibition, we invite you to reflect on these landscapes not only as scenes of natural beauty but also as enduring sites of memory, history, and belonging for the region’s Indigenous and Hispanic peoples. These layered histories continue to influence northern New Mexico, giving each painting deeper meaning that extends beyond the artist’s individual vision.
Interested in submitting a proposal to exhibit in the Fechin Studio? Learn more here!