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Fernando Casas, Before Oneself

Fernando Casas, Before Oneself

This collection of paintings by Fernando Casas closely resembles a set of portraits. But if that were the case, they would have to be the kind of portrait that hides…
Fernando Botero:  A dimension of portliness

Fernando Botero: A dimension of portliness

It was probably in New York and in the early seventies when I first saw Fernando Botero's paintings. I cannot remember exactly which ones, but I recall what may arguably…
Patricia Sicardi, a road to Cadaqués

Patricia Sicardi, a road to Cadaqués

"You have to give it your all." Patricia Sicardi (1948-2024)   Patricia Sicardi's studio, 2018 (photo by the author) By the time Patricia Sicardi moved to Cadaqués in 2005, Salvador…
Sebastián Gordín: two of us

Sebastián Gordín: two of us

"Soy medio contrabandista también; en el sentido de que hay ciertas cosas que están un poquito ocultas bajo varias capas". (I am also a bit of a smuggler —in the…
JORINDE VOIGT: INSIDE INSIGHT

JORINDE VOIGT: INSIDE INSIGHT

Shadows and dyads (sic), Jorinde Voigt’s April exhibit at Sicardi Ayers Bacino Gallery features several important works by the Berlin-based artist. On first impression an educated viewer of Voigt’s current…
La Suprema Corte y el plagio

La Suprema Corte y el plagio

El libro tenía un pequeño inconveniente: reprodujo, verbatim, dos capítulos de mi libro El manto liberal (UNAM, 2001). En apariencia el plagio, una vez descubierto en 2017 y denunciado ante…
XUL SOLAR (1887-1963)

XUL SOLAR (1887-1963)

Translucency and Opacity "It took me four years to paint like Raphael, but a lifetime to paint like a child." Pablo Picasso   Sixteen years have passed since the exhibit…
Gustavo Díaz: the Fuzzy Garden

Gustavo Díaz: the Fuzzy Garden

Confronting silence by uttering a sound is nothing but verifying one’s own existence. Toru Takemitsu   Gustavo Díaz's exhibit Confronting Silence at Sicardi Ayers Bacino Gallery featured a dozen large…
Open Letter

Open Letter

To all those concerned about children, teachers, and their families, As HISD hesitates on how the fall school semester will be like, it is worth reflecting on what we are…