2026 Harwood Online Auction
May 3-9, 2026
Bea Mandelman, caption.
Shop for a treasure. Support a legacy.
Dates for Online bidding:
May 3-9, 2026
In person preview at Harwood:
Saturday, May 2, 11:00 am–5:00 pm
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Embrace your love of art and culture while making a difference. Each winning bid helps support Harwood Museum of Art, ensuring it remains a vital hub in Taos, New Mexico.
Images left to right: Jonathan Warm Day Coming, Still Here, acrylic, signed lower right, year unknown.
Wine: one bottle Silver Oak Cellar, 2007 Cabernet Sauvignon, 750 ml.
Maria Samora, brushed sterling rhomboid ring, 1.25″ wide, size 7 but slightly adjustable.
Louis Ribak, Yellow Bull, 1950s, acrylic on canvas, framed 25 x 29″, signed lower middle.
Gene Kloss, An American Printmaker, A Raisonné, signed by author Eugene Sanchez, published 2009, 2 volumes, 582 pages.
Samuel Quezada pot, polished black pot with spiral design, minor blemishes, 11.25 x 9 x 4″, undated.
Artists include Peter Chinni, Robert M. Ellis, Bill Gersh, Gustavo Victor Goler, Bruce Gomez, Carlos Hall, Fran Larsen, Bea Mandelman, Mata Ortiz pots, August Muth, Louis Ribak, Howard Behling Schleeter, William Stewart, Jonathan Warm Day Coming.
Also, several wine lots, two-night stay at The Blake, a private class at Taos Ceramics Center, a ring from Maria Samora, a vase from Logan Wannamaker, Larry Bell Studio tour and guitar, Taos Limo ride to and from Santa Fe Airport, jewelry, quilts, a golf outing at Taos Country Club, a custom pen and ink drawing of your home or business, a one-night stay at Ojo Caliente Santa Fe and a personal Mandala reading, lots of special art books.
Charles Ross, Star Axis(1971- still in progress). © 2025 Charles Ross / Artists .Rights Society (ARS), New York
Star Axis Raffle: Stairway to the Heavens
$100 PER TICKET
Only 250 tickets available
Star Axis & Element House: Exclusive Life Changing Experience
Enter for a chance to experience Star Axis – a monumental, land-art earthwork designed with the geometry of the stars. This naked-eye observatory offers a rare encounter with the cosmos. Earth and sky meet in breathtaking alignment.
Win this extraordinary opportunity to visit Star Axis, the world-renowned sculptural observatory perched atop a mesa in eastern San Miguel County, New Mexico.
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Not yet open to the public, Star Axis is among the most ambitious land-art projects ever created. Through this raffle, you and five guests will receive special access to this remarkable site. This immersive experience offers a profound connection to art, astronomy, and the vast beauty of the New Mexico landscape.
Your experience begins at the stunning Element House, where you’ll be welcomed by artists Charles Ross and Jill O’Bryan, the visionary creators of Star Axis.
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Together, you will:
- Travel with the artists to Star Axis to witness a high-desert sunset
- Return to Element House for an intimate dinner with your hosts
- Venture back under the night sky, using astronomers’ flashlights to explore celestial alignments woven into the monument’s design
- Spend the night at Element House
- Wake to sunrise and enjoy a relaxed morning with breakfast provisions provided
Only 250 tickets will be sold
Purchase multiple tickets to increase your chances of winning.
Good luck!
Raffle Details & Rules
- Travel dates must be coordinated with Star Axis and trip must take place between June 15 – September 15, 2026; check-in is 4:00 p.m. and checkout is 11:00 a.m. the next day.
- Drawing will take place May 10, 2026 at 1:00 PM MDT in the auditorium at the Harwood Museum of Art in Taos. A Zoom link will be sent for those who wish to watch remotely. Winner does not need to be present to win.
- Participants must be 21 years or older.
- Harwood Museum employees, Harwood Governing Board members, Harwood Alliance Board members, and committee members of the Harwood Museum of Art are not eligible.
- Travel, lodging beyond the experience night, and all applicable taxes are the responsibility of the winner.
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For over 100 years Harwood has preserved and exhibited a unique record of Taos’ role in the development of American art. With over 6500 pieces, the Harwood collection includes works by the Taos Society Artists’ Joseph H. Sharp, E.I. Couse, Ernest Blumenschein, and Victor Higgins; mid-century artists such as Andrew Dasburg, Marsden Hartley, Emil Bisttram, Cady Wells, Edward Corbett, and Rebecca Salsbury James.
The Harwood collection also includes internationally recognized contemporary artists such as Agnes Martin, Fritz Scholder, Gustave Baumann, Melissa Zink, Ken Price, Ronald Davis and, Larry Bell, and a dedicated Hispanic Traditions gallery with a significant collection of retablos, bultos, tinwork and furniture from historical and contemporary artists.