Jean-Michel Basquiat painted the portrait in 1985, on the door of a Dallas apartment where he was staying.
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Photographer Captures the Unexpected, Everyday Choreography of NYC’s Streets
Elizabeth Bick’s images inject a sense of theatricality and intention into the randomness of everyday life.
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In Vivid Pastels, Adrian Armstrong Explores the Complexity of Blackness
Armstrong’s layered portraits prompt a consideration of race that is not tethered to skin shades.
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Deborah Roberts’s Intricate and Thoughtful Depictions of Black Childhood
“There’s a lot here to unpack if you’re willing to do the work,” says Roberts.
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Delita Martin Demonstrates What Becoming the Spiritual Other Looks Like
The portraits in her new series Conjure, on view at the Art Museum of Southeast Texas, fuse reality and fantasy in the space between the waking and spirit life.
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How a Tweet Led to the FBI’s Return of a Looted Nepalese Sculpture
The looted status of the stele has been well documented since the 1980s, but it wasn’t until this year that the FBI and Dallas Museum of Art collaborated to return the religious artifact.
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Sam Houston State University’s New MFA in Art & Social Practice Emphasizes Community Engagement
Artists can generate awareness of social issues, unite communities, and become catalysts for change at this great name in education. Fall 2021 applications are due April 12.
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Ariel René Jackson on the “Detective Work” of Telling Truthful Stories
“We need to keep reassessing where we get our data from to understand how the narrative is shaped. And how it shapes us,” says Jackson.
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“Everyone Here Hates You”: Artists Send Marfa Tourists a Message
Local artists Chris Ramming and Rob Brill address tourists traveling to Marfa, which is in a COVID-19 hotspot and doesn’t have a hospital.
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Meet Virginia Jaramillo, a Pioneering Minimalist Who Fuses Cosmology and Science Fiction
Despite a career spanning six decades, Jaramillo’s rigorous, original work has largely been overlooked by museums and markets — until now.
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San Antonio Museum of Art Acquires First Works by Contemporary Native American Artists
The museum’s collection now includes a mixed-media garment by Jeffrey Gibson and an aluminum signage piece by Edgar Heap of Birds.
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Chuck Ramirez, the Heartfelt Photographer of Trash and Banal Throwaways
Ramirez identified as a conceptual artist, but unlike his peers, his work is “filled with a deep and palpable humanity.”