In This Film Noir–Themed Exhibition, That Shadowy Silhouette Is Your Own Reflection
Chase a Crooked Shadow, a blockbuster group show in Dallas, yanks a cinematic trope from the nostalgic fog into an equally murky present.
June 02, 2026
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Sable Elyse Smith Unwinds the Clock on Race, Power, and the Carceral Machine
With disarming, familiar objects like coloring books and furniture, Sable Elyse Smith’s Clockwork at The Contemporary Austin exposes how race and the carceral system shape identity.
May 05, 2026
Heaven, Hell, and H-E-B: Archeological Artistic Strategies Excavate Complicated Pasts, Presents, and Futures
Wagon tracks of the doomed Donner Party, detritus of present-day migration, football stadiums as future ruins—Sean J. Patrick Carney traces archeological strategies invoking the Southwest’s complicated past, present, and futures.
March 20, 2026
Arrows on the Quanah Parker Trail
The “largest art installation in the world” covers the land in Texas once shared by bison, Comanche, and their horses. As a memorial, it represents but does little to repair.
March 20, 2026
InterviewTexasVol. 13 The Road
Arts Activism in the Shadow of SpaceX: An Interview with Nansi Guevara
Artist and activist Nansi Guevara on how art can help protect the Rio Grande Delta from colonial encroachment in Brownsville, Texas.
March 20, 2026
The Road: Julie Libersat
Denton-based new media artist Julie Libersat transforms everyday roadside objects into installations that challenge how we navigate public space, belonging, and access.
March 20, 2026
The Road: Hannah Spector
Inspired by recurring trips to an almost-ghost town in Texas, Hannah Spector makes haunting multimedia installations.
March 20, 2026
The Road: Vahid Valikhani
Iran-born, Texas-based artist Vahid Valikhani photographs American roadsides, revealing friction in liminal zones.
March 20, 2026
The Road: Verónica Gaona
Houston-based artist Verónica Gaona sculpts car parts, twisting and denting patriarchal notions of the American gestalt.
March 20, 2026
Los Encuentros Models a More Accountable Marfa—But Can it Last?
At Ballroom Marfa, five Latinx artists scramble Marfa's mythologies with humor and ferocity. They leave behind a mural, and a challenge.
March 20, 2026
Meet the McNay: Opening Doors for Connection and Discovery
Texas's first modern art museum, the McNay brings together 23,000 works, a landmark Spanish Colonial estate, and deep community roots in the heart of San Antonio.
March 20, 2026
Peripheral Vision: Abby Flanagan Decenters the Visual in an Exhibition that Feels Truly Ecological
How can art plumb the depths of an aquifer? Abby Flanagan’s exhibition design in To Move Through Stone activates the peripheries to visualize the intangible flows of an ecological system.
March 12, 2026
In Seven Days by Chuck Ramirez, Foodscapes Become Community Portraits
A series of still life photographs by late San Antonio artist Chuck Ramirez capture the essence of a Texas community and subculture.
October 23, 2025
Sandy Skoglund Brings Natural Havoc to Rule Gallery in Marfa
Experience Sandy Skoglund's Natural Havoc at Rule Gallery's Marfa location, October 10–November 29. Rare outtakes, sculptures, and drawings reveal her iconic creative process.
October 08, 2025
An Artist Who Paints the Landscape of the Brain
After five brain surgeries, Dallas-based Alicia Parham paints neurologically informed, otherworldly compositions in resilience.
September 25, 2025
Studio VisitTexasVol. 12 Obsession
Eli Ruhala: Post Obsession
After years of building maze-like monuments to queer love, Texas-based painter Eli Ruhala is at a crossroads his practice.
September 05, 2025
InterviewTexasVol. 12 Obsession
“We’re Inside a Body!”: An Interview with Artist and Caver Erika Jaeggli
Texas-based artist Erika Jaeggli on her first descent into a cave—and the all-consuming passion it unearthed.
September 05, 2025
PhotographyTexasVol. 12 Obsession
Phoebe Shuman-Goodier Transfigures Trash into Tender Monuments of Care and Possibility
Phoebe Shuman-Goodier’s photography marks her sculptural collaborations with her father, and a shared obsession with transforming a junkyard into art.
September 05, 2025
Obsession: Cande Aguilar
For Cande Aguilar, the hand-painted signs of the Rio Grande Valley define contemporary painting more than museums do.
September 05, 2025
In the Shadows, Our Ghosts Lurk Creepily Resonates at a Time of Mass Surveillance and Obscuration
Curator Fabiola Iza brings together eleven artists for an exhibition that investigates the shadowy corners of perception.
September 05, 2025
SponsoredTexasVol. 12 Obsession
Discover World-Class Contemporary Art at this San Antonio Gem
Discover Ruby City, San Antonio's stunning contemporary art center born from Linda Pace's vivid dream. This jewel-like red building by David Adjaye houses 1,400+ works, sculpture gardens, and free programming.
September 05, 2025
¡Cuidado! Transforms Care Workers’ Daily Labor into Powerful Video Art
Experience ¡Cuidado! at the Blaffer Art Museum in Houston, June 7–September 27, 2025, a video installation by X Arriaga Cuellar and Adán Vallecillo that explores Honduran care workers' labor.
August 26, 2025
An Artist Who Builds Dreamworlds Alongside Moths, Stones, and Stars
Sculptor-photographer Virginia L. Montgomery is based in Austin but her work lives on a different plane, somewhere between science and dreams.
August 07, 2025
Studio VisitTexasThe Hyperlocal
Dallas AIR Quality Report: The Cedars Union Offers “Life-Changing” Support for Artists
By prioritizing locality and the rich diversity of its community, the Cedars Union has become a cornerstone for Dallas artists and creatives.
July 15, 2025
Take Respite: Aisha Imdad’s Works Feel Like a Monsoon Rain, or Like Falling in Love
Aisha Imdad’s exhibition of paintings, The Allegorical Gardens, is a stunning display of virtuosity and literary allusion.
June 17, 2025
Texas Artist Michael Tracy Channeled the Violence and Transcendence of the Borderlands
Late artist Michael Tracy hit the Texas border village of San Ygnacio like a "cyclone." His creative aggression melded with an empathic awareness of his adopted home.
May 29, 2025
Meet the “Sad Little Houses” of Dallas, and the Artists on the Front Lines of the Housing Crisis
Three artists confront the Texas housing crisis with street-level projects using piñatas, murals, gentrification walking tours, and more.
May 06, 2025
Through Barbed Wire: Amarillo’s Invisible, and Hypervisible, Monuments
Hallie Ayres follows the barbed wire strand to contrast the hypervisibility of Cadillac Ranch, the secrecy of Pantex, and the site-specificity of Combine City.
April 29, 2025
An Artist Who Wrangles Cattle, Pours Iron, and Pulls Prints
Artist Jack Craft operates a cattle ranch in the Texas Panhandle while producing minimalist sculptures and experimental prints.
April 17, 2025
FeatureTexasVol. 11 The Hyperlocal
Can Art Stave Off Gentrification? San Antonio Cultural Spaces are Preserving the Westside
Three San Antonio arts organizations leverage a land trust and other strategies to literally hold space on the rapidly growing city's Westside.
March 07, 2025
