News
Explore Latin American and Latinx Art History Through This Bilingual Digital Archive
A trove of over 8,000 key documents, from critical texts to manifestos, is accessible on MFA Houston's newly redesigned digital archive.
Texas
History
Conserving the Art and Legacy of Spain's First Recorded Female Artist
Once the official sculptor in the court of the last Habsburg king, Luisa Roldán is easily the most famous sculptor you’ve never heard of.
Art
An Avant-Garde Magazine That Promoted the Indigenism Movement
Amauta affirmed the rights and political demands of Latin America’s indigenous groups and recognized their cultures as vital and authentic alternatives to Hispanicized, colonial narratives.
News
Censored Video by Xandra Ibarra Might Go Back on View
| During a public meeting at the Centro de Artes in San Antonio, Texas, the center's committee voted to reinstall Xandra Ibarra's work, which had been removed from the exhibition XicanX: New Visions. The city, which funds and oversees Centro de Artes, had barred Ibarra's video prior to the exhibitio
In Brief
City of San Antonio Removes Video Work by Xandra Ibarra, Prompting Cries of Censorship
The National Coalition Against Censorship says the removal of Ibarra's video "raises serious First Amendment concerns."
News
A Trove of Historic and Handwritten Mexican Cookbooks Is Now Online
Skimming through the titles — like Recetas que escribió mi madre con amor para sus hijas ("Recipes my mom wrote with love for her daughters") — gives one a sense of the intimate nature of these objects, digitized by the University of Texas at San Antonio.
Art
Literary Drawings Foreshadow an Apocalyptic Future
Robyn O’Neil’s oversized, multi-panel graphite drawings resemble a graphic novel told across multiple walls and rooms. This narrative storytelling makes sense, as O’Neil's cited influences are more literary than artistic.
Art
Interactive Installations Prod Visitors Out of Their Comfort Zones
speechless: different by design is unrelenting in its demands that visitors interact with the exhibitions.
Art
Two Transnational Artists Connect Through Shared Experiences of Displacement
Betelhem Makonnen and Stephanie Concepcion Ramirez trace the influence of neo-colonialism on immigrants from the Global South, merging their personal journeys into a collective experience.
Art
Joiri Minaya’s Tropical-Inflected Critiques of Colonialism
In unifying contemporary tropical realities with histories of colonization, Minaya demonstrates how imperialist attitudes survive in the discourse and commodification culture surrounding tropical tourism.
Announcement
On Site: 50 Years of Public Art of the University of Houston System Highlights 40 of the Collection’s Most Notable Works
This book commemorates the 50th anniversary of Public Art of the University of Houston System and features public artworks by artists including Carlos Cruz-Diez, Margo Sawyer, Alyson Shotz, Frank Stella, and Andy Warhol.
Art
Representations of Listless, Deadening, Corporate Office Life
Using cubicle partitions obtained from the Texas Department of Education in Austin, Jessica Vaughn’s setup resembles a planned office airlifted from the 1980s.