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…
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…
Three times recently we were reminded that art can still stir the pot in our blasé 21st century: with the censorship and delayed release of the B movie The Interview,…
"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…
"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…
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…
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…
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…
The moment on September 1912 when Georges Braque decided to paste a piece of wallpaper onto his painting Fruit dish and glass was pivotal in the history of 20th century…
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…
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…