TX Studio: Ann Johnson
Ann Johnson’s studio is a manifestation of the love that de Chardin believed comprises the universe.
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TX Studio: Julia Barbosa Landois
Julia Barbosa Landois and I sit under the marginally-less sweltering awning of a Houston coffee shop on one of the first truly furnace-like days of the year, discussing her fears.
Border Crossings and the Transborder Biennial at the El Paso Museum of Art and Museo de Arte de Ciudad Juárez
Extending nearly 2,000 miles from the state of Texas, though Southwestern New Mexico, along the southern edge of Arizona to California, and all the way to the Pacific Ocean, the border of the United States and Mexico is a massive, expansive region.
Contemporary History: Vincent Valdez’s ‘The City’ at the Blanton Museum of Art
Artist Vincent Valdez visited Austin in 2015 to see the exhibition Witness: Art and Civil Rights in the Sixties at the Blanton Museum of Art.
The Standout: Hedda Sterne at Amon Carter Museum of American Art
“Hedda Sterne was a prolific and wildly adventurous artist...."
Artists in 3 Parts at the Louise Hopkins Underwood Center for the Arts
People who aren’t from Texas often hold misconceptions about the state.
Oil, Bats, and Bulletproof Vests: Minerva Cuevas’s Pop Mural at the DMA
An armadillo and a pair of prairie dogs wearing bulletproof vests.
Awarded Anticipation: DMA 2018 Awards To Artists
Ten Texas artists, all of whom have set themselves apart through their work in sculpture, photography, time-based media, painting, and artist books, have been awarded the Clare Hart DeGolyer Memorial Fund Award, the Otis and Velma Davis Dozier Travel Grant, and the Arch and Anne Giles Kimbrough Fund Award, collectively known as the Dallas Museum of Art Awards to Artists, which has funded over 300 artists since its original inception in 1980.
TX Studio: Margo Sawyer
It was a typical hot and muggy Texas day when I made the 45-minute drive from Austin to Elgin. I was on my way to visit artist Margo Sawyer for the second time,
It Happened in Texas: Antoni Miralda, the Kilgore Rangerettes and Flying Bread at the CAMH
Jim Harithas was the maverick director of the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston from 1974 to 1978.
Nick Vaughan and Jake Margolin: The Scene at Devin Borden Gallery
Stepping into The Scene (Houston: 1969 -1981) at Devin Borden Gallery, the space seemed small, tight.
Ambiente Amore: Felipe Lopez at Clarke & Associates
Through the expansive storefront windows of Clarke & Associates in Houston comes a flood of light.