Art
Virtually Experience the Artworks of This Pioneering Chicano Artist
LA Plaza de Cultura y Artes is live streaming a walkthrough of its special exhibition on Carlos Almaraz.
Chicano art
Art
Unpacking the History of LA’s Disappearing Chicano Murals
On August 20, Vroman's Bookstore is hosting a conversation around the Chicano murals of the 1960s and '70s, in advance of an exhibition at LA Plaza de Cultura y Artes.
Art
The Prolific Output of a Chronicler of Chicano Lives and Struggles
LOS ANGELES — As I arrived recently at the Fowler Museum, I made a beeline toward the José Montoya exhibition, rushing past a beautifully situated cloister and a series of photographs recording the efforts of the Legalize LA labor activist campaign.
Art
In San Antonio, a Chicano Painter Who Paired Pop Art with Pointed Politics
SAN ANTONIO, Texas — This summer, curator and art historian Ruben Cordova organized an unprecedented four-part exhibition of Casas’s work, illustrating the singularity of the Humanscapes series and asserting Casas’s critical role as a Chicano Pop artist.
Art
Thinking About the Origins of Street Art, Part 1
Setting a time and a place for the birth of street or urban art is always a tricky question, as one could argue that its history is as old as humanity. Besides, it’s not that easy to find documentation about the development of street art and graffiti before the 1980s because of the way technology ha