Writing
“Kazuya Sakai In Texas” / Athenaeum Review
How did an Argentine artist, critic, translator, jazz expert, radio host, graphic designer, professor, and pioneer of geometric abstraction in Mexico come to retire in Richardson, Texas? Read.
“G. W. Jackson, Spencer Evans, and a Corsicana History in the Making” / Glasstire
Over the past year, Spencer Evans has been getting to know G. W. Jackson, a brilliant leader who served for 45 years as the founding principal of Corsicana’s first public school for Black students. If you visit Corsicana today, you’ll struggle to find anything that shows what an important figure Jackson was in the city’s history. That’s about to change. Read.
Staged Presence: Armin Mühsam and Debra M. Smith at Anteroom Corsicana
A person, their eyes tuned after viewing Mühsam’s and Smith’s works, might find a new appreciation for the lines, planes, and shapes appearing in the room, given temporary presence by light and shadow. Read.
"The Arts of Oppression at Southern Methodist University’s Pollock Gallery" / Glasstire
The idea for The Arts of Oppression can be traced back to when Miles was incarcerated and had a job in a unit craft shop. He realized it was the one place where incarcerated people saw the value of their work. Read.
Publications
TWO x TWO x TWENTY: Two Decades Supporting Contemporary Art at the Dallas Museum of Art (Dallas Museum of Art, 2018)
This publication celebrates the 20th anniversary of TWO x TWO for AIDS and Art, an annual art auction hosted by Cindy and Howard Rachofsky with proceeds equally benefitting the DMA and amfAR, The Foundation for AIDS Research.
Edited by Anna Katherine Brodbeck. Contributors: Elise Armani, Agustín Arteaga, Anna Katherine Brodbeck, Gavin Delahunty, Jeffrey D. Grove, Lillian Michel, Chelsea Pierce, Cindy Rachofsky, Howard Rachofsky, Gabriel Ritter, Kevin W. Tucker, Suzanne Weaver, Charles Wylie