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Anna Adami talks with ballet dancer and painter Oliver Freeston about his practice, what brought him to making art, and his life in Watauga, Texas.

Doug Welsh writes about the connection between The Orange Show Center for Visionary Art and the nearby University of Houston.

Charissa Terranova reviews the exhibition “Denton Modernism: 1940-1980” at Photographs Do Not Bend Gallery in Dallas.

Elena Rodz reviews the exhibition "En El Frente," a show of Chicano independent publications from the 1960s and 70s, on view at Weil Gallery at the Center for the Arts, Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi.

William Sarradet writes about four feature-length documentaries screened at the 2023 iteration of the Flatland Film Festival in Lubbock.

This week: a retrospective of portraits by a renowned local artist in Houston, a show of abstract works created across three decades in Galveston, a celebration of Black joy through photorealistic portraits in Dallas, and more.

Emily Lee reviews a solo exhibition by artist Ariel Wood, on view at grayDUCK Gallery in Austin.

Brandon Zech escribe sobre la vida, obra y legado del artista y galerista de Houston Wayne Gilbert.

A video tour of an exhibition by artist Laura J. Lawson, on view at Ro2 Art Gallery in Dallas.

Xan Murphy reviews an exhibition by artist, writer, and translator JD Pluecker, on view at Texas State Galleries in San Marcos.

Kim Sandoval writes about the Flower Shop Residency, a new artist-in-residence program in Brownsville, Texas founded by artist Jesus Treviño.

A video tour of an exhibition by artist Roj Rodriguez, on view at Monterroso Gallery in Houston.

Jessica Fuentes, William Sarradet, and Brandon Zech discuss exhibitions they've seen so far this fall, including shows at The Warehouse, Ruby City, Inman Gallery, the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, and beyond.

Jessica Fuentes writes about Mona Hatoum's "Mobile Home II," which was recently acquired by Ruby City in San Antonio.

Bucky Miller gives an imagined tour of a mysterious set of photographs taken at a mysterious museum location.

This week: a solo show featuring portraits of disappeared individuals from Central and South America in Houston, a Dallas-based artist's first solo museum exhibition in Fort Worth, an exhibition of objects and structures that draw on the visual language of plumbing and drainage in Austin, and more.

Valentin Diaconov reseña tres exposiciones de la artista Ming Smith en exhibición en el Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, Art is Bond y la Barbara Davis Gallery.

A video tour of an exhibition by artist Ed Barr, on view at the Dougherty Arts Center in Austin.

A video tour of artist Joan Frederick's exhibition, on view at the Blue Star Arts Complex in San Antonio.

On the occasion of the earthwork's 50th anniversary, Jon Revett writes about Robert Smithson's "Amarillo Ramp," Smithson's impact on land art, and his many unrealized projects in Texas.