Courtney McClellan considers a proposition on aura in The Space Between Looking and Loving: Francesca Fuchs and the de Menil House at The Menil Collection, Houston.
May Howard reviews Sindhu Thirumalaisamy’s concrete stories, alongisde a collaboration with multimedia artist Ahimsa Timoteo Bodhrán, at Aurora Picture Show, Houston.
Zahrah Butler visits the Houston-based studio of Delita Martin to speak about her textured portraits of Black women and crafting a visual narrative with natural iconography.
In September’s co-publishing initiative with Oxford American, Zahrah Butler reflects on the work of Tay Butler, a Houston-based artist who examines the commodification of Black athletes and soldiers.
In this GHOST theme feature, Emile Mausner examines Dario Robleto’s materially-rich sculptures, where melted bullet led and ring-finger bones evoke ghosts of the Civil War.
In our inaugural release of the GHOST theme, Valentin Diaconov traces the practice of larí garcia, who utilizes objects within their installations as a postscript to loss and grief.
In July’s co-publishing partnership with Oxford American, Daniel Fuller travels around Houston on a John T. Biggers mural tour, detailing the artist’s legacy left around the city.
Anna Nelson-Daniel reviews Diedrick Brackens: the shape of survival in the Walter and Linda Evans Center for African American Studies at the SCAD Museum of Art, Savannah.
May Howard reviews the role of artists-archivists Myriam Amri and Xitlalli Alvarez Almendariz in An Act to Prohibit Camels and Dromedaries from Running at Large at Friends Gallery, Houston.
