Research Center Facts

  • Dedicated to perpetuating the artistic legacy of Georgia O'Keeffe and to the study and interpretation of American Modernism (1890-present), the Georgia O'Keeffe Museum Research Center opened on July 13, 2001 during a three-day symposium entitled "Defining American Modernism".  It is the only Research Center devoted to American Modernism.
  • The Research Center has an environment of quiet contemplation and study, echoing the atmosphere of Georgia O’Keeffe’s houses in Abiquiu and Ghost Ranch.
  • An extensive research library includes the libraries O'Keeffe maintained at her Abiquiu and Ghost Ranch houses, archives with a wide variety of documents and correspondence pertaining to O'Keeffe, and all of the personal property O'Keeffe owned at the time of her death in 1986, such as artist materials and found objects.
  • Six stipends are awarded annually to scholars to pursue projects related to the study of American Modernism and to the art and life of Georgia O'Keeffe. Areas of study include art history, architectural history and design, literature, music and photography. One stipend is offered to a museum curator interested in organizing an exhibition on American Modernism at the Georgia O'Keeffe Museum.
  • The houses at Abiquiu and Ghost Ranch, where O'Keeffe lived and worked part of each year beginning in the mid-1930s, are also components of the Research Center. Surrounded by the stunning landscape configurations that intrigued O'Keeffe and inspired her work for more than five decades, both houses offer scholars an especially rich context for the further understanding of O'Keeffe's art and esthetic.
  • In October 2001, the Center hosted a highly successful online symposium entitled "The Modern/Postmodern Dialectic: American Art and Culture, 1965-2000", which attracted 13,753 hits and opened up a unique forum for art scholars and the public alike to discuss art, politics and technology. The online conference was permanently archived, giving the public an ongoing opportunity to read the lively discussions that took place. To learn more, click here> 
  • Housed in the historic, late 19th century Bergere House at 135 Grant Street in Santa Fe, the Research Center is located several blocks from the Santa Fe Plaza and one block from the Georgia O'Keeffe Museum. The renovated building and a new structure were designed by Gluckman Mayner Architects of New York.
  • The Research Center garden, thanks to a gift from the Barbara Goede Family Foundation, has been enhanced with plantings of trees and flowering plants that were subjects of Georgia O’Keeffe’s paintings.
  • Barbara Buhler Lynes is the Emily Fisher Landau Director of the Research Center as well as curator of the Georgia O'Keeffe Museum. Lynes is a scholar of American Modernism and the leading expert on O'Keeffe. Lynes has written extensively on Georgia O'Keeffe and is the author of Georgia O'Keeffe: Catalogue Raisonné.
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Public Programs / Adult
The Art of Listening with Oliver Prezant, Part II
November 09, 2009 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM

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Public Programs / Women
Graphic Novels: A Brief History and How-To
November 10, 2009 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM

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