N.M. Stat. § 56-11-3
Art consignment; priority of claims, liens or security
interests.
A work of art delivered to an art dealer by an artist for the purpose of exhibition or
sale, and the artists' [artist's] share of the proceeds from the sale of the work by the
dealer, whether to the dealer on his own account or to a third person, shall create a
priority in favor of the artist over the claims, liens or security interests of the creditors of
the art dealer, notwithstanding any provision of the Uniform Commercial Code [Chapter
55 NMSA 1978].