Streaming Killed the Video Stars, Except These Ones
Santa Fe’s last video store, a nonprofit in Albuquerque, and an archive in Texas venerate and preserve analog media in the age of AI.
August 11, 2026
Texas
Once an Intern at El Paso’s Rubin Center, Andres Payan Estrada Makes History as Its New Director
As the Rubin Center for the Visual Arts's first homegrown director, Andres Payan Estrada understands the opportunities and challenges of borderlands arts.
August 04, 2026
If the U.S.-Mexico Border is an “Open Wound,” This Binational Art Encounter Reveals its Sutures
Curator Edgar Picazo Merino introduces Sutura, a fall art experience in El Paso and Ciudad Juárez that aims to stitch up a bloody borderlands metaphor.
July 28, 2026
Nic Nicosia Isn’t Doing This on Purpose (or Maybe He Is)
Is Nic Nicosia's work utterly surreal? Deeply autobiographical? His Dallas retrospective plumbs an oeuvre brimming with play and pain.
July 21, 2026
Encounter the American West Through the Works of Ed Ruscha and Ron Cooper in Amarillo
At the Amarillo Museum of Art, Stations Words | Bars Cars brings together the works of Ed Ruscha and Ron Cooper, who met and became friends during an intensely creative time in California.
July 14, 2026
Meet Exit, the Multimedia Collective Building Community for Borderlands Artists
Young borderlands artists often face a choice: leave or turn art into a hobby. A nascent El Paso group is shooting for a "second chance."
June 16, 2026
For this Borderlands Museum, Moving Art Across the Line is a Moral Imperative
At the El Paso Museum of Art, a slate of binational projects blurs everyday logistics with ever-intensifying border politics.
June 09, 2026
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
Opening Reception: Subject to Surviving | Juvana Soliven
Art League Houston is pleased to present “Subject to Surviving,” the Texas debut solo exhibition of Honolulu-based artist Juvana Soliven. This installation presents a years-long exploration of work that utilizes […]
May 01, 2026
Opening Reception: No Longer, Not Yet | Marisol Valencia
Art League Houston is pleased to present “No Longer, Not Yet,” an installation of new sculptures by Houston-based artist Marisol Valencia. The exhibition arises from a year and a half […]
May 01, 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
FeatureSouthwestVol. 13 The Road
Marfas Everywhere
A million-dollar gambit in New Mexico is one of many small-town projects chasing the fabled success of Marfa, Texas. Can it actually be replicated?
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
The Road: Hannah Spector
Inspired by recurring trips to an almost-ghost town in Texas, Hannah Spector makes haunting multimedia installations.
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: Vahid Valikhani
Iran-born, Texas-based artist Vahid Valikhani photographs American roadsides, revealing friction in liminal zones.
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: Verónica Gaona
Houston-based artist Verónica Gaona sculpts car parts, twisting and denting patriarchal notions of the American gestalt.
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
Opening Reception: 2666 Project
The 2666 Project is a series of paintings made directly onto the pages of a physical paperback copy of Roberto Bolaño’s novel 2666. The book, unfinished at the time of […]
March 18, 2026
How Phoenix Art Museum’s First “Local Art” Curator Built a Regional Launchpad
Christian Ramírez's scope is technically local at Phoenix Art Museum, but the assistant curator channels years of Southwest connections from Tucson to El Paso.
February 12, 2026
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
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
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
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
¡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
FeatureSouthwestThe Hyperlocal
Exiled Artist Named “War and Peace” Never Gave Up Faraway Fight for Democracy
Two fires marked Burmese artist Sitt Nyein Aye’s life. After his tragic death in Colorado, a tribute to his "Little Myanmar" of the Southwest.
August 21, 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
Modern Nature: The Contemporary Art Guide to Southwest Botanical Gardens
Southwest botanical gardens have reshaped their grounds as living museums for stunning—and challenging—contemporary art. Discover seven culture-filled desert oases.
July 03, 2025
