Santa Fe is art. Art is Santa Fe. I don’t know by what measure, but Wanda read that Santa Fe is the third largest art market in America. I believe it. That’s saying a lot for a city of only 84,000.
But art is everywhere. On the sidewalks, in the signage, in the galleries, along the road and highways, even the bridges are adorn with murals. And it isn’t just one style. There is, of course, plenty of Old Western and Native American art, but there is also modern art, dreamy impressionism art, abstract art, realism, caricatures, junk art, funky art, antique art......
Now here’s the thing. As eclectic as this menagerie is, it’s all classy, stunningly beautiful, and somehow wonderfully fits together. Santa Fe is a spectacular city. It is pristinely clean. It is prosperous. It has style.
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