Abilene, Through the Looking Glass
A monumental blown-glass installation inside a sparkling new library reflects a city—one grappling with an AI boom and an insurgent book-banner—that’s defined by its slippery cultural identity.
Art
Isn’t It Iconic?
The price tag on a new public sculpture in San Antonio renews a 20-year debate over whether a city program creates art — or just controversy.
Photos of Dystopia
FotoFest, Houston’s biennial art photography fair, bears witness to a planet in peril.
Captive Genius
From the isolation of a psych ward, Mexican immigrant Martín Ramírez became a 20th century master.
Houston’s Absent Son
The Bayou City displays the personal collection of its beloved-in-absentia Mark Rothko.
Narco Violence, as Seen by a Journalist-Turned-Artist
Binational artist Luz Maria Sánchez grapples with killings that haunt her family and her country of birth.