Georgia O'Keeffe Museum, Art museum in Santa Fe, United States
Description
The Georgia O'Keeffe Museum is an art museum in Santa Fe, United States, presenting paintings, drawings, and personal belongings of the American modernist artist. The collection focuses on her depictions of New Mexico landscapes, close-up flowers, and abstract forms created during her decades working in the Southwest.
History
Anne Windfohr Marion founded the museum, which opened in 1997 as the first museum in the United States dedicated solely to a woman artist. The institution acquired works from various collections and directly from the artist's estate after her death in 1986.
Culture
The museum features rotating exhibitions that connect O'Keeffe's artistic vision with contemporary art movements and modern American cultural expressions.
Practical
The museum sits in a Pueblo Revival Style building in downtown Santa Fe, within easy walking distance from the Plaza. The interior spaces spread across two floors and include galleries with natural light as well as a museum shop and research library for visitors.
Did you know?
The museum holds more than 3000 works by the artist, including early watercolors and experimental compositions from her New York period. Many of these pieces appear in rotating exhibitions and remain accessible to the public beyond the standard display areas.
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