Leslie Moody Castro

  It’s a common complaint that the major art centers and cities in Texas are simply not connected with each other, have little dialog, and generally just don’t share the…

Recently I had the pleasure of traveling to Houston for the second annual Texas Contemporary Art Fair.  I was impressed, and the fair deserves a pat on the back.  Considering…

I recently had the pleasure of curating a video show at Tiny Park Gallery in Austin, Texas titled the Time and Space of Calixto Ramirez.  The exhibition was a show of…

As I prepared for the Texas Contemporary Art Fair I was reminded of a long conversation I had with artist Emilio Rangel.  I was sitting in his studio when he…

  Take a moment to chuckle.  You’re welcome.   Issa Benítez Dueñas Art Sickness Bag, 2005 Printed paper bag Collection of Proyecto Changarrito 

  I was falling asleep slowly around 1:30 am when I heard the chime of a Facebook chat message.  I debated about just ignoring it, but my Facebook obsession kicked…

Part II of my fantastic chat with artist Christina Sukhgian Houle who is in Mexico City for six weeks as part of the SOMA summer artist in residency project.  We…

A few weeks ago I had the pleasure of sitting with artist Christina Sukhgian Houle who is in Mexico City for six weeks as part of the SOMA summer artist…

First, because of a three day texting exchange with Ben Aqua.  These reminded me of…     …this:   Then I received an email from Armando Miguélez of his latest series…

I always find it curious when art institutions decide to go into ambitious building programs.  Typically the reasoning is the same: to offer a space in which the public is…

  It’s really difficult to talk about foreignness.  I really discovered this in 2006 when I returned to live in Austin after living in Mexico City preceded by a research…

I talk about Mexic-Arte Museum a lot and I always have.  I have a long history with the institution, and I will say again that I want them to succeed…

  Typically it’s fun to sit back and watch as the art world in Austin continues to grow, gain strength, respect, and generally produce quality art and artists despite its topsy-turvy…

The past couple of weeks have been a whirlwind in Mexico City.  The annual art fair, in its eighth year, Zona MACO took place last week and sent the art…

I had the incredible pleasure of visiting the studio of artist Pablo Vargas-Lugo a little more than one week ago.  Pablo’s studio is temporarily nestled in a corner of the…

Throughout a weekend of constant seismic activity and back-to-back aftershocks I braved the constantly trembling ground on Friday and made the short trek further into the San Rafael neighborhood to…

It’s not uncommon to walk the streets and stumble upon a vendor selling their wares laid out on top of a blanket directly on the street in Mexico City.  This…

There are few times where I am genuinely homesick, and even fewer times that I miss my birth country.  That said, the hardest part of expatriating has always been missing…

The future is an incredibly difficult thing to talk about.  How is it possible to sustain a relevant conversation about something as hypothetical and non-existent as what has not happened…

I had an art trek.  There were three openings and I was determined to make it to all of them.  I succeeded (mostly). Opening #1 was a performance piece by…