Elusive Time

The journey to Taos for artists Lucy and Dirk Herrman always seemed to them a foregone conclusion.

By Dena Miller

“It was just an intuitive thing, that somehow I just knew we would live in New Mexico,” Lucy said, and Dirk concurred. “We moved a lot but on our first visit here we knew this was going to be ‘home.’ It was an immediate, powerful draw.”

‘Thunderhead 2,’ oil on canvas by Dirk Herrman

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At the Harwood

One venue the pandemic has been unable to dim is the Harwood Museum of Art. Even when you cannot visit in person, executive director Juniper Leherissey Manley and staff have continued to curate first-rate exhibitions that shine like beacons in these difficult times.

By Dena Miller

Summer 2021 will be no exception. In addition to extending its popular juried exhibit of local talent — Contemporary Art/Taos 2020 — the Harwood welcomes summer season with two new shows — one, a journey into an ephemeral, atmospheric otherworld; the other — solidly, down-home Northern New Mexico. 

‘Lowrider Shrine, El Rito, New Mexico, 1997,’ by Nicholas Herrera. Photo by Siegfried Halus. Courtesy of the Palace of the Governors Photo Archives (NMHM/DCA), HP.2017.38.3.

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