Michael Wigley Galleries
Significant to Santa Fe is the Paseo de Peralta loop; more exactly the curve extending two directions from Acequia Madre. Within a block and a half, three of the premier galleries in America command this important art district. For more than 35 years the famous Fenn Galleries, now Nedra Matteucci's, has held the keystone position on the Paseo. Within the last few years expansive Gerald Peters Gallery opened just to the north of Fenn and on the southern curve lies another of Santa Fe’s treasures, the Michael Wigley Galleries, Ltd.
Owner Michael Wigley defines his primary market as focused on serious collectors for whom the gallery is an intentional stop. Lately, however, this particular curve of the street known locally as the Paseo has become a destination for an increasing numbers of serious art viewers and collectors. “Since the opening of the Gerald Peters Gallery-
one of the largest retail fine art galleries in the world- and with
the prominence of Nedra Matteucci's Fenn Galleries and Michael Wigley Galleries,
Paseo de Peralta has established itself as one of the exquisite
fine art loops in the United States,” comments art journalist
Meredith Greenspan. Pull in at 1111 Paseo de Peralta, where parking is ample and easy, and you'll find yourself at an historic property which seventeen years ago Wigley renovated into an elegant and comfortable gallery featuring traditional American paintings and nationally contemporary artists. The gallery’s 5,800 square feet of exhibition space is divided into a number of comfortably-sized rooms with a warm, inviting atmosphere. Oriental and Navajo rugs, fireplaces, fresh flowers, and tastefully selected furnishings create an attractive and pleasing setting for Wigley’s collection of paintings, sculpture, fine art jewelry, and Pueblo Indian pottery.
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Artists Eric
Sloane Historical Bettina
Steinke Joseph Henry Sharp Pottery Acoma
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