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.
Located at 1101 Paseo de Peralta, near the curve at Acequia Madre, the Michael Wigley Gallery is visible from Paseo de Peralta and shares the Paseo Loop with prestigious nearby gallery neighbors, Nedra Matteucci and Gerald Peters. Ample parking is behind the modern looking gallery at Halona Street and the Paseo.
The gallery’s contemporary exhibition space is a spacious open concept gallery and Sculpture Patio. Historic paintings from the Estate of Eric Sloane, Museum paintings by Laurence Sisson and a host of renown contemporaries give the gallery a unique and exclusive inventory. Bronzes by the late Harry Jackson are also featured in the extensive collection.