Art
In Maria Antelman's Work, Technology Is More Than Just a Tool
One of the most evincing themes in Mechanisms of Affection is how easy it is for computers, digital spaces, and technology writ large to be anthropomorphized.
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Announcement
University of Houston School of Art Invites Applications for Studio MFAs and MAs in Art History
State-of-the-art graduate studios and sculpture facilities open in Fall 2020.
Announcement
Mobius Houston to Transform University of Houston Arts District
This large-scale, bi-color acrylic installation, by New York-based Uruguayan artist Marta Chilindrón, debuts at the University of Houston System temporary public art program.
Announcement
Apply Now for the 2020 Fellowship With Project Row Houses and University of Houston
Two fellows will receive a $15,000 stipend each, a research grant, access to a community brain trust and mentorship. Applications are due by October 25, 2019.
Announcement
University of Houston School of Art Announces Fall Visiting Speaker Series
Guests will include Charlene Villaseñor-Black, Richard The, and Beverly Fishman.
Art
Subverting the Whiteness of Antiquity
Lily Cox-Richard questions — and successfully subverts — a long-held association between the aesthetic qualities of classical sculptures with physical whiteness.
Art
Inside the Dallas Museum of Art's Revamped European Collection
After a summer rehaul, the museum has reopened its European art galleries with rarely seen works from the museum's permanent collection, restored Old Master paintings and sculptures, and a collection of Impressionist and Modern masterworks.
Art
Mapping Non-European Visions of the World
Maps drawn by Indigenous artists at the behest of the Spanish in the 16th century illustrate the amalgamation of visual traditions during the early years of contact between Indigenous groups and colonizers.
In Brief
Musicians Pay Tribute to El Paso Shooting Victims With a Corrido
Crosses, candles, balloons, photographs, and flowers have become common symbols of the mourning that follows mass shootings; however, residents of the Texan border town are using music to memorialize the fallen victims.
In Brief
As Parkland Parents Honor Son with El Paso Mural, City Struck by Walmart Shooting
Artist Manuel Oliver has painted 30 murals in honor of his son Joaquin and his advocacy for a compassionate immigrant policy. His latest mural in Texas has unwillingly become the symbol of a shared tragedy.
In Brief
Family Realizes Portrait of Their Mother Is by Influential Nigerian Modernist
"Christine," a portrait of an American hairstylist named Christine Elizabeth Davis, was painted in 1971 by Ben Enwonwu, one of Africa's most influential 20th-century artists.
In Brief
PEN America Condemns Trump Administration for Closing Child Detention Camps to Press
“It is shocking that the American public largely must learn about the dangerous conditions at these detention centers not through reporters being able to cover the news, but through second-hand reports from lawyers and advocates granted access under a legal agreement with the U.S. border patrol,” th