Ruben Cordova writes about Catrina imagery and artwork created during Day of the Dead celebrations in Mexico and across the U.S.
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Bucky Miller writes about his search to find Skelly, Home Depot's 12-foot skeleton.
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Jessica Fuentes reflects on her experience visiting Robert Irwin's "untitled (dawn to dusk)" at the Chinati Foundation in Marfa.
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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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Jessica Fuentes writes about Mona Hatoum's "Mobile Home II," which was recently acquired by Ruby City in San Antonio.
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Displaying Play: The Oliver Museum of Museums in Photographs (OMOMIP), Part 2
by Bucky Millerby Bucky MillerBucky Miller gives an imagined tour of a mysterious set of photographs taken at a mysterious museum location.
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On the occasion of the earthwork's 50th anniversary, Jon Revett writes about Robert Smithson's "Amarillo Ramp," Smithson's impact on land art, and his many unrealized projects in Texas.
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Ruben C. Cordova evaluates sculptor Octavio Medellín's later work, beginning with a masterpiece, the "History of Mexico," which he calls “a symphony in wood.”
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Barbara Purcell writes about a visit to the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art and its expansive — and growing — collection.
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Sarah M. Vasquez writes about Alpine's Mural Alley, a collection of murals by local artists highlighting the town's West Texas landscape.
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Displaying Display: The Oliver Museum of Museums in Photographs (OMOMIP), Part 1
by Bucky Millerby Bucky MillerBucky Miller muses about a mysterious set of photographs taken at a mysterious museum location.
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Ruben C. Cordova writes about the life and work of Chicano artist and Con Safo group member Roberto Ríos.
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Emma S. Ahmad writes about the artist MOM's summer residency exhibition and mural project at The Creative Arts Center of Dallas.
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Ryan Cantu escribe sobre el cambio de marea que trae consigo oportunidades y apoyo para artistas en la ciudad de Laredo.
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Jessica Fuentes escribe sobre la necesidad de textos y programas multilingües en museos, destacando el trabajo de El Paso Museum of Art y el International Museum of Art and Science en McAllen, Texas.
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Ryan Cantu writes about the changing tide of opportunities and support for artists in the city of Laredo.
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Jessica Fuentes escribe sobre las artistas contemporáneas cuyos trabajos exploran los roles femeninos tradicionales, mujeres históricas importantes, el arte performativo y el cuerpo femenino.
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Leslie Thompson writes about murals commissioned for East Texas' post offices during the Works Progress Administration.
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“The Cheech” Center for Chicano Art is Brilliantly Inaugurated by the de la Torre Brothers’ “Collidoscope”
Ruben C. Cordova writes about an exhibition by the de la Torre Brothers which debuted at the new Cheech Marin Center for Chicano Art & Culture, and is now on view at the Art Museum of South Texas.
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Jessica Fuentes writes about the need for multilingual text and programs in museums, highlighting the work of the El Paso Museum of Art and the International Museum of Art and Science in McAllen, Texas.