ReviewTexasVol. 11 The Hyperlocal
Cowboy Cuts Close to Home, Deep in Cowboy Country
In Fort Worth—known as “Cowtown”—the exhibition Cowboy at the Amon Carter made waves by reimagining the mythology surrounding the American cowboy.
March 07, 2025
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María Elena Ortiz’s Sweeping Curatorial Worlds Start with Hyperlocal Specificity
Amid a triumphant New York triennial, Fort Worth–based curator María Elena Ortiz looks back at her diasporic storytelling efforts—and calls for a bigger Latinx curatorial web.
January 16, 2025
In Dario Robleto’s The Signal, Love is Imperative
Dario Robleto’s wide-ranging reach—in which the deepest interiors and most distant exteriors mix with popular culture and early analog media—is getting more articulate with each pass.
September 27, 2024
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The Fort Worth Circle Pioneered Modern Art in Cowtown in the 1940s and ’50s
The Fort Worth Circle, a progressive mid-century artist group, introduced modernism to the conservative North Texas town and laid the groundwork for the city’s vibrant art community of today.
March 26, 2024
Work in Progress with Claire Kennedy
Fort Worth-based artist Claire Kennedy explores materiality and play during her residency at Arts Fort Worth that culminates in an exhibition of new work.
February 23, 2024
Donna Zarbin-Byrne’s Like Water from a Rock Reimagines Landscapes Against Grief
Donna Zarbin-Byrne’s solo exhibition at Arts Fort Worth immerses viewers in fantastical representations of ecosystems from Texas and Hawai’i in the wake of climate crisis.
November 14, 2023
Breaking the “Buckskin Ceiling”: Jaune Quick-to-See Smith’s Memory Map
Jaune Quick-to-See Smith provokes conversations about Indigenous peoples and transforms the contemporary art canon with her long-overdue career retrospective.
November 03, 2023
Exhibition by “Under-Understood” Louise Nevelson Reclaims the Late Artist’s Place in American Art History
The World Outside: Louise Nevelson at Midcentury at the Amon Carter takes a fresh look at the influential artist through a historical lens, and argues that the world shaped her.
October 03, 2023
Making the Unseen Seen in Jammie Holmes’s Make the Revolution Irresistible
Jammie Holmes’s first solo museum exhibition celebrates the lives of everyday Black folk while continuing the rich tradition of Black figurative painting.
September 05, 2023
