The third installment of this Southwestern biennial achieves, at the very least, a more lucid title than its predecessors (“Longing and Belonging: From the Faraway Nearby,” 1995; and “Truce: Echoes of Art in an Age of Endless Conclusions,” 1997). Independent Spanish curator Rosa Martinez, fresh from organizing the Istanbul Biennial, brings twenty-five cutting-edge contemporary artists to Santa Fe, including Ghada Amer, Louise Bourgeois, Mona Hatoum, Shirin Neshat, Charlene Teters, and—in case you were getting worried—a few guys, too. The show occupies a range of sites, even one at Los Alamos National Laboratory. Given recent spyhunts there, Martinez's artists had better make sure to keep their noses clean.

— Matthew DeBord