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The Strangest Fruit: Vincent Valdez at David Shelton
by Betsy Hueteby Betsy HueteEven though the work isn’t enacting what Valdez intended, it’s still provocative. Shifting from political to personal, The Strangest Fruit tackles questions of masculinity.
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Large-scale paintings of the artist’s friends as victims of hanging in reference to the historical lynching of Latinos in the U.S.
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Vincent Valdez: Excerpts for John is the eighth film in a series of short documentaries produced by Walley Films in association with Glasstire. Filmmakers Mark and Angela Walley began documenting…
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Acclaimed San Antonio artist, Vincent Valdez, now living in Los Angeles returns to show new works in Flashback. Bruce Metcalf’s exhibition The Miniature Worlds is organized by Palo Alto Art Center,…
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A beautiful woman in sunbathing attire floats over the dark, glittering panorama of Los Angeles. The image is part of the diptych Wish You Were Here by Vincent Valdez. In…
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There is a ripple going through the San Antonio art community. It’s the appreciative buzz that comes with a young artist who awes not just his elders, but his peers…
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Four new artists at David Shelton Gallery show off their new work in Foretopia. Judith Cottrell, Sara Frantz, Jayne Lawrence and Vincent Valdez work in a variety of mediums including…
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The University of Houston has announced that a new work by Rick Lowe has gone on permanent display at the college’s new John M. O’Quinn Law Building.
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Jessica Fuentes, Leslie Moody Castro, William Sarradet, and Brandon Zech count down some of their favorite art books of the year.
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NXTHVN, a nonprofit fellowship program in New Haven, Connecticut, has opened its annual call for applications from artists and curators.
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The National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C. invites artists from across the U.S. to submit portraiture for consideration in its seventh triennial Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition.
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The City of Houston’s Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs has announced awards to individuals and nonprofits totaling $100,000 via the City’s Initiative program and $99,500 through the Let Creativity Happen! grant program.
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Essay
Texas in Riverside: “Cheech Collects” at the Cheech Marin Center for Chicano Art and Culture, Riverside, California
Ruben C. Cordova reviews the Cheech Marin collection and building, and compares it to the inaugural exhibition of Marin’s collection at the San Antonio Museum of Art in 2001.
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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.
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The U.S. Latinx Art Forum, an advocacy organization, has announced the recipients of its 2023 Latinx Artist Fellowship grants of $50,000, including two artists with Texas connections.
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News
Contemporary Arts Museum Houston Names Ryan N. Dennis as Senior Curator; Promotes Rebecca Matalon and Patricia Restrepo
The Contemporary Arts Museum Houston has named Ryan N. Dennis as Senior Curator and Director of Public Initiatives, and promoted Rebecca Matalon and Patricia Restrepo.
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Art League Houston has announced the recipients of its annual Texas Artist of the Year and Texas Patron of Year awards, as well as its biennial Lifetime Achievement Award in Arts Leadership.
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Ashley Allen talks with Joe Diaz about his collection of Latinx art, and the responsibility of preserving works for future generations.
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An obituary for San Antonio-based Chicano artist Jesse Treviño, who died Monday, February 13, 2023.