Michael Agresta
By Michael Agresta:
Rattling Cages
Dallas artist Sedrick Huckaby’s new work portrays the grief of incarceration for black men and their families.
Dallas artist Sedrick Huckaby’s new work portrays the grief of incarceration for black men and families, exploring the trappings of race and fatherhood. Read More
De Stijl Displays the Identity-Conscious Work of UT-Austin’s Only Black MFAs
In its 55-year history, UT-Austin's visual arts MFA program has seen seven black graduates. A new gallery is highlighting their work this summer. Read More
‘Trapped’ in the Limelight
The everyday struggles of a San Antonio abortion clinic services director are at the heart of the acclaimed documentary 'Trapped.'
San Antonio clinic director Marva Sadler is at the center of an acclaimed new documentary tracking anti-abortion laws' effects on providers and patients. Read More
Texas’ Strange Brand of Cool
Revisiting 'Paris, Texas' — the film that made nowhere hip.
'Paris, Texas' invented a certain flavor of Texas cool, an updated take on the archetypes of the state (men wandering out of the desert, trailer-park romance, drive-up banks and neon roadside diners) that appealed to cultured outsiders. Read More
Photos of Dystopia
FotoFest, Houston’s biennial art photography fair, bears witness to a planet in peril.
FotoFest, Houston’s biennial art photography fair, bears witness to a planet in peril in alternately beautiful and disturbing ways. Read More
Houston’s Absent Son
The Bayou City displays the personal collection of its beloved-in-absentia Mark Rothko.
The Bayou City displays the personal collection of its beloved-in-absentia Mark Rothko. Read More
Here Are 21 Texas Mass Shootings ‘Good Guys’ with Guns Didn’t Stop in 2015
Nearly four dozen people, including at least six children, have been killed (so far) in Texas mass shooting incidents this year.
According to the Gun Violence Archive and ShootingTracker.com, America has averaged more than one mass shooting per day so far in 2015. Twenty-one of those mass shootings (instances where four or more people were killed or injured by gunfire) occurred in Texas. Of the eight deadliest gun violence incidents of the year nationwide, Texas can claim three. Read More
Catching Up with Janis
Her brand of blues presaged 21st century sexual politics.
Joplin remains important now, 45 years after her death, through a combination of that indelible voice and her zeitgeisty identification with the exuberant spirit of 1960s counterculture. Read More
‘Upstairs Inferno’ a Harrowing Look at Another Era of LGBT Life
Robert L. Camina's new documentary takes an unflinching look back at 'the largest gay mass murder in U.S. history.'
Upstairs Inferno is a worthy effort to dredge up a piece of significant, but for too many of us, forgotten, history — what is, in Camina’s estimation, the largest-ever mass murder of LGBT people in the United States. Read More