Essay

In light of wholesale destruction, what can we say about Aztecs beliefs?

Michael was a payer of attention to everything — nothing was too low to pique his curiosity.

Pero eso es parte de lo que hace atractiva a Guadalajara: antes de darte cuenta ya estás sumergida en la vibra de la ciudad y luego dejas ahí a una familia metafórica aún más grande.

Texas-based visual artists have fallen under the songsters’ spells, making works that channel their power and allure.

Ruben Cordova breaks down multiple forms of diversity on show in the "Men of Steel, Women of Wonder" exhibition at San Antonio Museum of Art.

The show is not just romanticizing the artists. It's also nostalgic for a time when art like this could be made and understood. 

I continue to drive down the highways and back roads, as if they are the pages of a book, reading America one town at a time.

The show at Houston Center for Photography, collecting the late Howze’s extraordinary, intimate portraits of Freedmen’s Town residents, is an attempt to slow down a disappearance.

Art-wise, Mexico City is structured very differently from Guadalajara and Monterrey. Here, we would visit residencies, the SOMA school, and artists we had wanted face time with for some time.

Bill Wittliff was one of the most talented and creative people I have ever known. “I saw stories that needed to be told and that needed to be preserved.”

There was a sense of disorientation that stood between us and understanding the city, both geographically and culturally.

In Guadalajara, you get pulled in before you know it, then leave with an even bigger metaphorical family. 

Personal history, heritage, and cultural practice — combined with an ethical concern for the bio-material — contribute to expanding definitions of bio-art.

Scott Walker took an 11-year hiatus before returning for one of the most remarkable final artistic acts in memory.

For the past 24 years, Gallery 414 has survived the rise and fall of other art spaces in the city, and served as a proving ground for artists and curators alike.

I gravitate to HCCC despite my own bullishness regarding art and craft as separate worlds, but I think that’s a testament to everything HCCC gets right.

These houses write their own elegies. Sometimes, they write your personal elegy. Most of my visual life in Texas consisted of these quiet structures. 

Our neighbors in Fort Davis think that we are unbelievers or worse because we do not cover our house with Christmas lights every year.

I’ve been watching the nerds that come to these lectures since 1995.

Pompeo Coppini was unlucky even when he was lucky.