SHEPARD FAIREY in NEW MEXICO

SHEPARD FAIREY painted murals in New Mexico -- in both Albuquerque and Santa Fe -- while he was exhibiting at the Turner Carroll Gallery on Canyon Road in Santa Fe:

Mural in Albuquerque (left) and Santa Fe (right)

ALBUQUERQUE

JULY 26, 2026

Ruth and Virgil Velasco

with Shepard Fairey

Shepard Fairey at his mural unveiling

Mayor Tim Keller speaking

Stephanie Weiner poses in front of the mural

giving us a sense of scale

AUGMENTED REALITY

Virgil Velasco projecting his ALBU-BRIJE

in front of the mural with

AUGMENTED REALITY

Virgil Velasco's AR figure

 in front of Shepard Fairey's mural projected with

AUGMENTED REALITY

Virgil Velasco's AR figure

 in front of Shepard Fairey's mural projected with

AUGMENTED REALITY

Virgil Velasco's AR figure

 in front of Shepard Fairey's mural projected with

AUGMENTED REALITY

STEAM ENGINE 2926

The train image refers to STEAM ENGINE AT&SF 2926 of Albuquerque:

• "It is the world's heaviest 4-8-4, and the sole operating class 2900 locomotive among the last six in existence."

The AT&SF 2926 has been restored and occasionally steams through Albuquerque, as seen in the YouTube videos below:

Quelab Air Force

Training by the last of old Quelab

AT&SF 2926 steam engine

 at the Albuquerque Rail Yards -- September 29, 2024

GLASS to MURAL

The mural covers the whole south wall, which used to be glass windows:

Rail Yards Market ABQ -- with Quelab

Note the glass windows at the far end of the ABQ Railyard building in 2024,

which are now covered with the Shepard Fairey mural

Shepard Fairey also threw up some wheat pastes around Albuquerque:

Shepard Fairey in the Barelas neighborhood, in Albuquerque

Shepard Fairey on Central Ave,

between I-25 and Broadway in Albuquerque

Shepard Fairey at Cesar Chavez Ave and 3rd Street

in Albuquerque

Artist SHEPARD FAIREY

(interviewed by the Albuquerque Journal)

SANTA FE

JULY 16, 2026

John Tollett took these photos of the Shepard Fairey mural when he was painting it in Santa Fe on July 16, 2026:

UPDATE (August 25, 2026): I took photos the Shepard Fairy pieces in Santa Fe when I went up there to draw: 

The main new mural

at the Santa Fe Art Institute

On the old Smith's at the College Plaza Shopping Center

on Cerillos near St Michaels

Wheat Paste

On Cerillos near St Michaels

Wheat Paste

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The TURNER CAROLL Gallery also brought street artist SWOON to SANTA FE earlier, in May 2026:

SWOON

SWOON giving her presentation

at the Santa Fe Art Institute on May 14, 2026

EXIT

Both SHEPARD FAIREY and SWOON were featured in the Banksy movie EXIT THROUGH THE GIFT SHOP:

Exit Through the Gift Shop - Documentary

(Shepard Fairey)

Exit Through the Gift Shop - Documentary

(Swoon)

FOOTNOTE: While Shepard Fairey was in New Mexico, Josh Kerr broke the World Record for running the Mile -- 3:42.66 -- on 18, July 2026.  Josh Kerr went to the University of New Mexico, and apparently is a resident of Albuquerque.