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GALLERY DESCRIPTION
In mid April 2008, Zane Bennett Contemporary Art unveiled the most ambitious new contemporary art gallery in Santa Fe. The nearly 10,000-square-foot space, with multiple, lofted galleries upstairs and down, marks, in many ways, the maturation of the thriving Railyard District where it is be located, and of the contemporary art scene in Santa Fe.
The gallery’s historic new home at 435 South Guadalupe has been gut-renovated, with meticulous respect for its historic external appearance, as well as for its new role as a leading contemporary-art space. Unlike any other gallery in the city, it features a soaring 22-foot-high interior, multiple skylights, and an airy, spacious brightness more reminiscent of Soho than of low-slung, adobe Santa Fe.
The gallery’s greatest distinction, however, lies in its approach to nurturing artists and connecting them with the ideal collectors. “We won’t be just a passive marketplace,†says Sandy Zane, the owner and director of Zane Bennett Contemporary Art. “We will, instead, be extremely pro-active in finding, promoting, commissioning, and presenting some of the most important contemporary artists, established and emerging, from the United States and abroad. We already are working closely with many of those artists, making sure we understand and can articulate their visions, intentions and techniques to collectors. We also want to be known as a smart, accessible resource for information about contemporary art. We plan to become one of the top galleries in Santa Fe, acting as a conduit between people who want to own superb contemporary art and the artists who are, at this moment, making it.â€
The new space, with its size and flexibility, allows, too, for community arts events and artist-in-residence programs.
<br>This contemporary art gallery features international and regional artists specializing in painting, works on paper, sculpture, mixed media and photography.
<br>Tuesday - Saturday 9:30 am - 5:30 pm
and always by appointment
<br>Staff include:
<br>Sandy Zane, Owner
<br>Christian Cheneau, Artistic Director
<br>Mark DiPrima, Sales Director
<br>Nancy Boshers, Assistant Sales Director
<br>Brad Hart, Exhibition Coordinator
<br>Emily Gergasko, Office Manager
<br>Whitney Stewart, Graphic Designer
<br>Barbara Diener, Photographer
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