NEW YORK/SANTA FE—Summer may be a quiet time in the art world, but last week the New Museum and the Museum of Modern Art turned up the volume in New York with exhibition openings. On the Bowery, the New Museum unveiled its apocalyptic summer show, "After Nature," on July 16, while the night before in midtown, MoMA opened its survey and celebration of prefabricated architecture, "Home Delivery." Both events were stylish affairs with versatile crowds. Art historian Robert Hobbs, gallerist Elizabeth Dee, and arts writer Linda Yablonsky all turned up to gaze at Maurizio Cattelan's headless, taxidermied horse skin at the New Museum, and businessman and billionaire Henry Kravis, architect Michael Haverland, and gallerist Patrick Seguin could be seen milling around the pre-fab homes at MoMA.

Also, two weeks ago, New Mexico was in the limelight with Art Santa Fe 2008, held July 10–13. This year the successful international fair switched from being a biennial to an annual event. ARTINFO caught up with some of the gallerists at the opening.

Click on the photo gallery to the left for some of our favorite shots from the openings.