12 Best Things to Do in Santa Fe

"In the heart of the Railyard District, the new Vladem Contemporary Art Museum, is a key addition to what’s quickly being hailed as Santa Fe’s premiere arts district. Already home to the edgy SITE Santa FE, there are several local galleries and two film venues (one of which belongs to Game of Thrones scribe George R.R. Martin). Set in a renovated, steel industrial warehouse from the 1930s, the museum’s inaugural Shadow + Light exhibition (through April 28, 2024) looks at New Mexico’s famed light and features works by Florence Miller Pierce and Emil Bistrram; both original members of the 1938-founded Transcendental Painting Group. Also: New Mexican resident Judy Chicago will display two drawings and an augmented reality (AR) project. Outside, a breezeway houses Albuquerque-born Leo Villareal’s "Astral Array,” a permanent LED light (running 24/7) installation generating patterns that recall cloud formations and other far-out celestial wonders. A nod to Villareal’s work, the gift shop sells a small collection of table lamps, alongside unique glass, pottery and coffee table tomes." - Kate Donnelly