Site Santa Fe, in the Santa Fe Railyard, is having it’s annual holiday sale that features books and art. Art Books, fun and funky art, and holiday cheer abound at SITE. The contemporary art space is located at the corner of Guadalupe and Paseo de Peralta.

And, now that scientists have created superintelligent rats, getting rid of the pesky things will be even harder. Maybe that’s why SITE Santa Fe is giving them away. For SITE’s 2004 biennial, artist Kim Jones created a grotesque facade made of rubber rats and, apparently, the place has been infested ever since. This year, highfalutin art rats are handed out willy-nilly at the organization’s holiday book sale. SITE has a hell of a library of art books and artist catalogs for sale this year, at discounts of up to 50 percent. A modest purchase enters one into a drawing for a limited edition Lorna Simpson print; additional prints are on sale at benevolent-baby-Jesus prices. SITE is open Christmas Eve for those procrastinators among us, but the sale goes on into the new year. Disclaimer: Rats aren’t entirely free. They come with a $50 purchase; but having been hanging out on art books, they won’t just be superintelligent, they’ll be hyper-cultured.

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