Nüart Gallery

Nüart Gallery is a contemporary fine-art gallery with exhibition spaces in Santa Fe, New Mexico and Santa Monica, California. Established at the beginning of the 21st century, the gallery describes its mission as showing the work of the very best artists it knows, and it has built a program centered on figurative painting, contemporary representational work, and internationally known artists. Its Santa Fe location operates across ten exhibition rooms, and the gallery states that it has mounted more than 250 solo and group exhibitions over its first two decades. The gallery represents roughly 40 artists who originate from a range of countries, and it has introduced many of them to the United States market. Its artists are held in major museum collections worldwide, including the New York Museum of Modern Art, the Getty, LACMA, the Art Institute of Chicago, the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Tate Modern, the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, the Cleveland Museum of Art, the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C., the Walker Art Center, and the de Young Museum. The gallery ships works to collectors on every continent. Nüart Gallery runs a regular exhibition calendar across its two locations. Recent and current programming has included a Santa Fe group exhibition bringing together Michael Bergt, John Tarahteeff, and Shinji Himeno under the title "Semblance," and a Los Angeles solo exhibition of new work by William T. Carson titled "Time Out of Time" at the Santa Monica space. The gallery also maintains a mailing list and an online presence through its website, where exhibitions and artist information are published. As a commercial gallery, Nüart operates as a private business rather than a publicly listed company. It functions as a dealer and exhibition platform for its represented artists, connecting them with private collectors and museums, and it participates in the primary art market through solo and group shows. Its dual-city footprint in Santa Fe and Santa Monica places it within two significant American art markets: the long-established Santa Fe art scene and the Los Angeles-area contemporary art scene.

Nüart Gallery was established at the beginning of the 21st century, according to its own account, and has since developed into a contemporary fine-art gallery with a presence in two American art centers. Its founding mission was to show the work of the very best artists it knew, and that mission has guided a program built around established and internationally known artists, particularly in figurative and representational painting. The gallery's principal location is in Santa Fe, New Mexico, where it operates ten exhibition rooms. Over its first two decades the gallery states that it mounted more than 250 solo and group exhibitions. This exhibition record reflects a sustained program of both individual artist presentations and thematic group shows, such as the Santa Fe exhibition "Semblance," which brought together Michael Bergt, John Tarahteeff, and Shinji Himeno around figurative painting and the human form. A second location operates in Santa Monica, California, serving the Los Angeles-area art market. Programming there has included solo exhibitions such as William T. Carson's "Time Out of Time," presented in 2026. The dual-city structure allows the gallery to participate in both the long-established Santa Fe art scene and the broader Los Angeles contemporary art market. Nüart Gallery represents approximately 40 artists who originate from a range of countries. The gallery has introduced many of these artists to the United States market and ships works worldwide to collectors on every continent. Its artists are represented in preeminent museum collections across the globe, including the New York Museum of Modern Art, the Getty, LACMA, the Art Institute of Chicago, the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Tate Modern, the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, the Cleveland Museum of Art, the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C., the Walker Art Center, and the de Young Museum. As a private commercial gallery, Nüart functions as a dealer and exhibition platform, connecting its artists with private collectors and museums and participating in the primary art market through its exhibition calendar. It maintains an online presence through its website, where exhibitions, artist information, and a mailing list are available.

• 2026

  Santa Fe group exhibition "Semblance" featuring Michael Bergt, John Tarahteeff, and Shinji Himeno.

• 2026

  Los Angeles solo exhibition "Time Out of Time" by William T. Carson at the Santa Monica space.

• 2000

  Nüart Gallery established at the beginning of the 21st century.

• Gallery mounts more than 250 solo and group exhibitions over its first two decades.

A contemporary fine-art gallery focused on figurative and representational work by established and internationally known artists, operating in Santa Fe and Santa Monica and serving collectors and museums worldwide.

• Semblance (Santa Fe group exhibition)

  Group exhibition bringing together Michael Bergt, John Tarahteeff, and Shinji Himeno, considering the human form as a bearer of myth, psychological experience, and imagined identity.

• Time Out of Time (Los Angeles solo exhibition)

  Solo exhibition of new work by William T. Carson at the Santa Monica space, on view September 12 – October 3, 2026.

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