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News, guides, reviews, and features from the Texas art scene.
The1fiddler · CC BY-SA 3.0
Violeta Alvarez: Casa de Cultura in Houston
From Rolling Stone and Pitchfork to a gallery in Sawyer Yards — Violeta Alvarez's Fresh Arts residency transforms family memory into community art.
RedDot Texas
Michael Barera · CC BY-SA 4.0
Megan Olivia Ebel: RUBY Projects & Revolver Galeria
Through Revolver Galeria and RUBY Projects' La Ruche HTX residency, the Canadian-born curator is building bridges between Houston and the world.
Deborah Roberts: Austin's Most Important Artist
The mixed-media collage artist — Whitney Museum, Brooklyn Museum, 2023 Texas Medal of Arts — still lives and works in Austin. Here's why that matters.
dvanhorn from Somerville, MA, USA · CC BY 2.0
Nancy Whitenack: 40 Years at Conduit Gallery
Nancy Whitenack built Conduit Gallery from a warehouse in 1984. Four decades later, she's a Dallas institution.
Larry D. Moore · CC BY 4.0
Artpace San Antonio: 30 Years of Art Residencies
Artpace has hosted 250+ artists, 9 MacArthur Fellows, and 84 Venice Biennale participants. Inside San Antonio's residency.
Hourick · CC BY 3.0
Project Row Houses: Rick Lowe's Houston Legacy
Project Row Houses turned shotgun houses into art. Rick Lowe's Third Ward legacy, explained.
Fapharis · CC BY-SA 3.0
Donald Judd's Block: A Life Designed in Marfa
Inside Judd's Block: the Marfa residence with adobe walls, a 13,000-volume library, and self-designed furniture.
Larry D. Moore · CC BY 4.0
Women & Their Work: Austin's Art Institution
Women & Their Work: 46 years, 2,000 artists, a Smithsonian-archived legacy. Austin's feminist gallery, profiled.
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