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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.
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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.
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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
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How Latin American Artists Have Used Language to Political and Poetic Effects
The artworks in Words/Matter suggest that language is not simply ethereal and cerebral, but infinitely malleable, corporeal, and tactile.
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The Proliferation and Politics of Copies During the Renaissance
Copies, Fakes, and Reproductions challenges viewers’ assumptions that “copies” must be “fakes” and therefore “bad.”
Announcement
Apply for the St. Elmo Arts Residency at the University of Texas at Austin
Awarded each academic year to a newly graduated MFA artist, the St. Elmo Arts Residency offers a house and a studio space in addition to a $30,000 stipend, teaching experience, and a solo exhibition.
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Julie Speed: East of the Sun and West of the Moon, on View at the El Paso Museum of Art
The exhibition features nearly fifty works, many from the past five years and previously unseen, in oil, gouache, and collage. On view through April 7, 2019.
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Imagining a Photo Archive of the American West When Mexico Ruled the Land
Because images of the West were created after 1848, we have few visual references to the region during its Mexican era. One artist wants to correct that art historical schism.