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“In selecting images for Modern Billings, I strove for quiet in order to stand out against the noise.”

Regina Valkenborgh placed a pinhole camera atop one of London's observatory telescopes to record an image of sun as it traces a path across the sky.

“Wangechi Mutu’s recent group of four bronze female figures is exciting and powerful, and we are honored to add one of them to our permanent collection.”

The Orange Show, The Beer Can House, and Smither Park are part of the 39-year-old Orange Show Center, which also produces the annual Houston Art Car Parade.

Among his many accomplishments beyond the Brazos Bookstore, Kilian, along with Houstonians Glenn Cambor and Gay Block founded Inprint, a literary arts nonprofit.

“I think that is ultimately what is at the foundation of my practice — it is an insistence on mobility, which is like freedom and liberation. To move.”

The prize awards $5,000 cash, a solo exhibition in 2021, and a Legal Mentorship Package worth $4,500.

Additionally, San Antonio-area artists interested in applying to FOCO's cycle 3 (March- May 2021) may do so by emailing the residency.

Kalee Appleton, Brenda Ciardiello, Michelle Cortez Gonzales, and Kasey Short have been selected as the 2021 cohort. 

Austin Film Society, Dallas' Aviation Cinemas and Texas Theatre, and Houston's Cinema Arts Society, MoonStruck Drive-in, and DeLUXE Theater are among dozens across the country that will be a part of Sundance 2021

The Dia de Los Muertos dialogue uses Casas's exhibition as a starting point, and will explore how the tradition has been observed during the AIDS epidemic and the coronavirus pandemic.

2020 prize winners for the Barthelme Prize for Short Prose, the Gulf Coast Prize in Translation, and the Toni Beauchamp Prize in Critical Art Writing were announced.

In the film, Guston reveals his motives and philosophy about painting.

“It’s always like: In here we’re an artist, in here we’re a social entrepreneur, in here we’re making policy changes. Whatever it is, it's being in a space where we feel like we’re needed the most to make social impact.”

The online initiative will give each of five recipients portfolio review slots with curators, gallerists, photo editors, book publishers and collectors.

The online presentation features a new performance by Houston-based artists Anthony and Francis Almendárez, whose works consider histories, cultural traditions, and personal experiences.

The open call asks artists to submit photographs of Black Lives Matter public art for an exhibition, and a book to be published in the near future.

"These are mirrors. These are affirmations. I want people, especially Black people, to look at these paintings and see themselves."

“The inaugural Catalyst for Change grantees demonstrate the power of artists to challenge the status quo and reimagine a more just world in which everyone can thrive.“

Doreen A. Ríos (Mexico City, Mexico) has been announced as San Antonio's 2021 Contemporary Art Month curator.