Editor’s note: This article is also published in English on Glasstire. Find that here. Nota del editor: Este artículo se publicó originalmente en inglés en Glasstire el 4 de noviembre del
The first lines of a wall-sized poem at the entrance of Katarina Janečková Walshe’s exhibition Host at The Contemporary Austin are a potent plea for change: “I am the Mother of
Para leer este artículo en español, por favor vaya aquí. To read this article in Spanish, please go here. The massive, wall-sized photo is a sort of visual portal. In it, a
Editor’s note: This article is also published in English on Glasstire. Find that here. Nota del editor: Este artículo se publicó originalmente en inglés en Glasstire el 19 de junio del
Para leer este artículo en español, por favor vaya aquí. To read this article in Spanish, please go here. “The Chicano artist cannot isolate himself from the community but finds himself in
Texans have a rare opportunity to experience Japanese history in The Floating World: Masterpieces of Edo Japan at the Blanton Museum of Art. The expansive exhibition features more than 130
In 1968, Anni Albers gave up weaving. The German-American artist and designer had been weaving since her student days at the Bauhaus school in the early 1920s and had spent
Chloe Chiasson’s exhibition Keep Left at the Fork at Dallas Contemporary will likely feel familiar to those who have traveled through or spent time in small town Texas. Pole fishing,
During the Edo period (1603 —1868), Japan was effectively closed to the outside world. But in the mid-19th century, a Japanese scholar named Shoei Umeyama teleported through time and space
The last time I wrote about Ryan Thayer Davis, I cited a 2019 Sightlines Critic’s Picks piece in which Thao Votang warned that locals should “catch and collect a work
Next year marks a century since the death of Abraham Ángel, one of Mexico’s most beloved but most enigmatic modern artists. Born in 1905 in a small mining town to
In the mid-1970s, a group of American artists began to push against the aesthetic austerity of Minimalism, Conceptualism, and other prominent -isms of the modern art world. The defiant artists
Anyone visiting The Contemporary Austin over the next few months will likely encounter Competing with Lightning / Rivalizando con el relámpago, an exhibition by the Los Angeles-based artist Eamon Ore-Giron.
“We invite you to see by listening,” the poet Joanna Klink told the audience before the beginning of Sketches for Three Voices, a spoken performance of a text by curator
A few Saturdays ago, I attended my first-ever dog dance performance. As a dog lover who has recently adopted a new puppy, I found it impossible to keep from smiling
Entering Northern-Southern’s current exhibition fitting feels like stepping into a tranquil, light-filled living room. With its lush plants in ceramic vessels, warm wood furniture, and handheld puzzles, the exhibition is
When San Antonio-based artist Jenelle Esparza started weaving six years ago, she took to it so quickly that she felt like it was already in her bones. “It became like
In the 1970s, a group of suburban Houston women came together to make and sell their artwork. The Garden Artists, as the women were known, were largely self-taught, and often
A Commitment to What is Before You at Northern-Southern is a meditation on quietude and form. The exhibition presents an unexpected blend of artists — Alexandre Pépin, Donya Stockton, and
A single blade of grass might not matter much to the average person, but for Vincent Van Gogh, it was the key to an entire world. “This blade of grass
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