Tag: Texas
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Private Messages Reveal Lead Up to Canceled Anti-ICE Show at North Texas Uni, Art Market Edges Back to Growth: Morning Links for March 12, 2026
To receiveMorning Linksin your inbox every weekday,signupfor ourBreakfast with ARTnewsnewsletter. The Headlines SORRY, NOT SORRY. Newly revealed text messages and emails shed more light on what happened before University of North Texas (UNT) leaders decided to cancel an anti-ICE exhibition by Victor “Marka27” Quiñonez. Adam Schrader reports for Urgent Matter that the communications, obtained through read more
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Text Messages Reveal How University of North Texas Leaders Axed an Anti-ICE Show
Weeks after the University of North Texas (UNT) abruptly axed an exhibition of works criticizing the treatment of immigrants in the United States, newly obtained internal communications show how university administrators deliberated their controversial action. According to public records first reported by independent journalist Adam Schrader and reviewed by Hyperallergic, the Texas university’s Provost Michael read more
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How a Texas Town Became an Art Project
KINGSBURY, Tex. — I never thought a piece of utopia could be found in the middle of Texas. It feels audacious to entertain such a possibility when, miles north and south, detention centers imprison and sicken children and families. Where, like in much of the nation, the histories and rights of Black, Indigenous, and trans read more
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University of North Texas Students Withdraw Thesis Shows, Citing Censorship
Graduate students in the MFA Studio Art program at the University of North Texas (UNT) are withdrawing their upcoming thesis presentations in solidarity with artist Victor “Marka27” Quiñonez, whose exhibition at the school was abruptly cancelled without explanation. Quiñonez’s solo show at the College of Visual Arts and Design (CVAD) featured sculptures and installations that read more
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University of North Texas Faculty Calls on School to Disclose Reason for Cancelation of Victor Quiñonez Exhibition
Members of the faculty of College of Visual Arts and Design (CVAD) at the University of North Texas (UNT) released an open letter on Friday objecting to the cancelation of a solo exhibition of artist Victor “Marka27” Quiñonez. In the letter, which was addressed to the “Office of the President and University Leadership, University of read more
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University of North Texas Cancels Victor Quiñonez Exhibition, Artist Claims Censorship over Anti-ICE Content in His Work
The exhibition was intended to be a homecoming for artist Victor“Marka27” Quiñonez who grew up in the Dallas–Fort Worth metro area. The excitement built when he got the first batch of images showing his traveling solo exhibition being installed at the University of North Texas’s CVAD Gallery. Quiñonez was looking forward to receiving images of read more
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University of North Texas Shutters Exhibition of Artworks Critical of ICE
The University of North Texas (UNT) abruptly shuttered an exhibition of works by Victor “Marka27” Quiñonez, whose practice centers the lived experience of immigrants in the United States and their inhumane treatment by federal agencies. Ni de Aquí, Ni de Allá — Spanish for “neither from here nor from there” — opened on February 3 read more
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The Texas Diners, Oil Rigs, and Stadiums of 'Landman'
On Location peels back the curtain on some of your favorite films, television shows, and more. On Landman, Tommy Norris (Billy Bob Thornton) is always either muttering an exasperated quip, a strangely profound observation, or taking a puff of a cigarette. Tommy, the titular landman, has the not-so-glamorous role of procuring leases for oil extraction, read more
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