Jessica Fuentes on how co-curated exhibitions help broaden museums' perspectives.
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Diez y ocho ilegales Pressure-Cook in a Boxcar: Border Politics and Two Migration Hellscapes by Adan Hernandez
Ruben Cordova writes about two paintings by artist Adan Hernandez and discusses how the works relate to the U.S.' recent history of immigration policies.
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Sean J. Patrick Carney habla sobre la historia de los muchos mesías de Texas y la relación entre la superstición y la religión.
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Sean J. Patrick Carney on how the history of Texas' many Messiahs ties in with the life, work, and ethos of Donald Judd.
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Objects of Deployment: Blue Star Contemporary Presents “The Veterans Book Project” and “Travel Distance”
Barbara Purcell on two exhibitions at Blue Star Contemporary in San Antonio that feature artwork about and by U.S. service veterans.
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Sean J. Patrick Carney on the history of Texas' many Messiahs, and the relationship between superstition and religion.
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Jessica Fuentes discusses the significance of the newly opened Molina Family Latino Gallery at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History.
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Lauren Bock looks at Teresita Fernández's lobby installation, "Stacked Waters," at the Blanton Museum of Art.
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Caitlin Duerler Chávez visits three art exhibitions at the University of Houston Clear-Lake, and also writes about the school's public art.
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Colette Copeland writes about the exhibition "This is Ukraine: Defending Freedom," which is currently on view in conjunction with the Venice Biennale.
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Husna Krueng, an 8th grade student at Tanglewood Middle School, writes about Juame Plensa's "Tolerance" sculpture in Houston.
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Artistic and religious spaces are both deeply rooted in culture, and as religious beliefs and opinions become more and more entrenched, maybe art is one place where we can come together to reveal our common humanity.
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Colette Copeland compiles a list of artworks from the Venice Biennial she would like to see in her local Texas museum.
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The battle for who gets to claim the cultural capital of our cities is eternal, and it wages on in every zone of the city where something cool is starting to catch on.
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Caitlin Duerler Chavez writes about her recent visit to the Marfa Invitational Art Fair in Marfa, Texas.
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In this essay, which won the 2022 Central Texas Glasstire Art Writing Prize, Allison Marino writes about 16th century maps included in the "Relaciónes geográphicas."
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Un remedio para todos tus problemas: visitar a Jan van Huysum
by Cody Ledvinaby Cody LedvinaHace unos años me encontré en uno de esos momentos sorprendentemente placenteros que me unió a un artista y género de arte a los que jamás les había dedicado ni un solo pensamiento.
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Jessica Fuentes reflects on a recent trip to Nice, France and an ongoing collaboration between students and professors from the University of Texas at Dallas and the Lazaret Cave.
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The artists and poet involved in the show — all hailing from throughout the Rio Grande Valley — promote sustainable practices, either conceptually or in their materials and processes.
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Dispatches from Spain, Part Three: Accidental Residencies: What Ávila, Spain and Taos, New Mexico Have in Common
While visiting the work of Guido Caprotti in Spain, I was struck by how the Italian painter’s professional trajectory mirrored that of the Taos Society of Artists in New Mexico.