CAM Perennial 2020 at the McNay
In this selfie Instagram world, it’s a relief to see good portraiture. Continue reading CAM Perennial 2020 at the McNay
Category: Art Confessions
Christmas at MoMA
This new presentation and selection of work makes it more clear than ever that we don’t get our magic from the same pieces. Continue reading Christmas at MoMA
The Glasses
For Christmas, I gave my 13-year-old daughter a pair of glasses that look like something Alice found in Wonderland. They’re Sweet Tart pink, washed in iridescence, … Continue reading The Glasses
Agnes Martin’s Retrospective at the Guggenheim, December, 2016
I could do that….Yeah, but you didn’t! Continue reading Agnes Martin’s Retrospective at the Guggenheim, December, 2016
A Cosmic, Cartoonish Reverberating Boing
With his unusual, heightened aural sensibility and analytical and conceptual prowess, Boyd makes art that can be sound-based, visual, or both, but it always surprises the viewer with its poetic and philosophical bent. Continue reading A Cosmic, Cartoonish Reverberating Boing
Review: Julie Speed
From a distance, they look like medieval paintings by an idiosyncratic monk who strayed from the predictable chronicles. Continue reading Review: Julie Speed
Studio Visit: Kelly O’Connor
Kelly O’Connor creates psychedelic dreamscapes that look like Walt Disney on acid. Continue reading Studio Visit: Kelly O’Connor
Strange Pilgrims at the Contemporary Austin
People wished for vegan waffles, world peace, time to watch their son grow up, and successful bone marrow transplants, but my favorite was “endless queso bar.” Continue reading Strange Pilgrims at the Contemporary Austin
Not Just Any Cake
Everyone in San Antonio may not know about Artpace, but everyone in the international art world does. Continue reading Not Just Any Cake
Immersed
That voice we hear in our heads, the one that often gets muffled by what we think we should be thinking: Carlozzi reminds us to listen to it. Continue reading Immersed