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San Antonio Artist Jennifer Ling Datchuk Gives Multicultural Women a Seat at the Table
Putting a modern spin on traditional Chinese ceramics, Datchuk’s new Austin exhibit asks what it means to live between cultures.
On a recent trip to China, artist Jennifer Ling Datchuk visited a shop in Shanghai that offers eyebrow tattooing. Women can choose from a variety of brow shapes...Read More
The Clothes that Make the Man
Jose Villalobos’ art redresses the macho traditions of norteño culture.
Jose Villalobos’ art redresses the macho traditions of norteño culture. – by Michael Agresta June 24, 2019 On a June evening in 2018, artist Jose Villa...Read More
Snakes and Ladders
In San Antonio, two artists explore hidden geometries of the city.
Living in a city can deaden our instinct for noticing environment. Caught up in our day-to-day lives, we walk — or, especially in Texas, drive — through our...Read More
100 Ways to Draw a Line
The edge becomes the center at the Transborder Biennial 2018 in El Paso and Ciudad Juárez.
100 Ways to Draw a Line The edge becomes the center at the Transborder Biennial 2018 in El Paso and Ciudad Juárez. Nearly 80,000 people cross the border in the...Read More
Artist Rodney McMillian Wants Viewers to Grapple with Race — and Register to Vote
From a 2-D White House to a video juxtaposing the KKK and the Texas Capitol, McMillian’s conceptual art is symbolic yet cryptic.
The first thing you see as you walk into the latest exhibit at the Contemporary Austin is a voter registration desk. A small digital flag and the words “REGIS...Read More
Now You See It
Artist Mel Chin revisits home in Houston.
"Rematch," Mel Chin's overtly political career-retrospective exhibition, will dominate the Houston museum world for two months....Read More
Texas Contemporary Artists Series Final Exhibit Open in San Antonio
The diverse work of 12 artists who call Texas home went on display at UTSA's Institute of Texan Cultures May 3, and will remain up through Oct. 26, constituting...Read More
Danny Lyon Humanizes Biker Culture at the San Antonio Museum of Art
Danny Lyon's “The Bikeriders,” on display at the San Antonio Museum of Art, shows a more flattering side of 1960s motorcycle culture. ...Read More
Seven Contemporary Mexican Artists Interpret the Unthinkable in “Crónicas”
"Crónicas: Seven Contemporary Mexican Artists," uniquely interprets the drug war in Mexico through the eyes of seven young Mexican artists and photographers....Read More