Latino arts, history and culture
The Centro de Artes, located in San Antonio’s Market Square, recently opened its new exhibition titled “A Postmodernist Says ¿Qué?” that brings together Latino artists exploring identity through humor … [Read more...]
Latino Artists Treviño, Gonzalez, and Luna, Featured at UT Austin’s Blanton Museum Latino Artists Treviño, Gonzalez, and Luna, Featured at UT Austin’s Blanton Museum The UT Austin’s Blanton Museum … [Read more...]
El Paso’s new Mexican American Cultural Center’s (MACC) exhibit, Mujer Moderna: The Life and Artwork of Mago Gándara, opened in the fall of 2025. Curated by Ramon Cardenas, the exhibition honors … [Read more...]
The UT Austin’s Blanton Museum of Art is currently featuring ten Chicano art prints from the Gilberto Cardenas-Dolores Garcia collection. Among those on exhibit are Carlos Cortez, Leo Limón, and Alma … [Read more...]
Marta Sánchez’s train artwork is presently included in an exhibition organized by the National Museum of Mexican Art in Chicago’s Pilsen neighborhood. The exhibit documents how Mexican and Mexican … [Read more...]
Mark Menjívar’s Murmurations, a new, expansive, mid-career survey exhibition highlighting 16 multifaceted projects from his past 20 years, is currently open at the Contemporary at Blue Star in San … [Read more...]
“Wifredo Lam: When I Don’t Sleep, I Dream,” the first major U.S. retrospective of the famed Cuban artist, opened in November 2025 and runs through April 11, 2026 at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in … [Read more...]
This year’s Centro Cultural Aztlan’s Women Exhibit, Las Mujeres de Aztlan: Mujeres de Fuerza–Women of Strength, celebrated International Women’s Month. Curated by artist Terry Ybanez, the … [Read more...]
Cruz Ortiz is a prominent San Antonio-based contemporary artist known for his Chicano-Pop style and his social activism through art. He blends personal South Texas experiences with pop culture, … [Read more...]
Jesús Toro Martinez is part of a new exhibition at the San Antonio Central Library presented in partnership with February 2026 Contemporary Art Month (CAM) and Launch SA. A painter of expressive … [Read more...]
The art exhibit, Frida: The Making of an Icon, currently showing at the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston, has been a spectacular success. Gary Tinterow, Director of the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston, … [Read more...]
The impressive exhibit Frida: The Making of an Icon at the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston traces Frida Kahlo’s posthumous evolution from a relatively unknown Mexican painter to a multifaceted global … [Read more...]
February 2, 1848 marks the date of the end of the war between Mexico and the United States and the signing of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, which resulted in the U.S. annexation of fifty percent of … [Read more...]
Alejandro Díaz, A Latino Texan-New Yorker Exhibits at Ruiz-Healy Art Gallery. Texas native Alejandro Díaz developed an artistic practice over thirty-five years grounded in the bicultural and visual … [Read more...]
The McNay Art Museum, founded in 1954 as Texas’s first modern art museum, occupies Marion Koogler McNay’s Spanish Colonial Revival mansion in San Antonio. The museum is situated on 24 landscaped … [Read more...]
The San Antonio Museum of Art (SAMA) has nearly 90,000 square feet of gallery space and a permanent collection of over 30,000 objects. SAMA’s collections span over 5,000 years and comprise objects … [Read more...]
Latinos Find Health Benefits and Social Interaction in Parks, Gardens, and Open Spaces With each new year comes the obligatory “resolutions.” Among the top five resolutions gathered in … [Read more...]
Latino Artist Luis Guerrero Masters the Art of Painting and Metal Sculpture Luis “Chispas” Guerrero is a metal artist, painter, and sculptor whose work centers on Mexican American and Chicano … [Read more...]
The Virgin Guadalupe, Matachines, and Chicano Art Tradition On Friday, December 12, Our Lady of Guadalupe Church on San Antonio’s Westside hosted three distinct Matachines dance groups in … [Read more...]
This week's Tejano Report showcases five books recommended by Ricardo Romo as great books and also possible holiday gifts. ENJOY! … [Read more...]
