It's all about the art in Taos, New Mexico

Arty Taos

In Taos, it’s all about the art.

Populated with more artists and galleries per capita than Paris, the town is overflowing with beautiful and creative artworks.  Artists are drawn by the light, which is sometimes warm and golden and other times bold enough to turn the surrounding mountains blood red—a fact that prompted the Spanish conquistadors to dub them the Sangre de Cristo Mountains for their resemblance to the “blood of Christ.”  Rainbow halos are said to hang over the mountains in summer.  Read more. . . 


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