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Dallas Museum of Art presents first museum retrospective for Octavio Medellín

By Chadd ScottFebruary 10, 2022February 7, 20220 Comments

Octavio Medellín, The Hanged, 1939, direct carving in black walnut, Dallas Museum of Art, Kiest Memorial Purchase Prize, Fourteenth Annual Dallas Allied Arts Exhibition, 1943, 1943.9

Octavio Medellín (1907-1999), an influential Mexican American artist and teacher whose work helped shape the Texas art scene for six decades.

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Art in the West

Revealing Malinche exhibition at Denver Museum of Art

By Chadd ScottJanuary 31, 20220 Comments

Alfredo Ramos Martínez, La Malinche (Young Girl of Yalala, Oaxaca), 1940. Oil paint on canvas; 50 x 40-1/2 in. Phoenix Art Museum: Museum purchase with funds provided by the Friends of Mexican Art, 1979.86. ©The Alfredo Ramos Martínez Research Project, reproduced by permission.

An enslaved Indigenous girl who became Hernán Cortés’ interpreter Malinche stood central to one of the most significant events of history.

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Elizabeth Catlett prints dazzle at SCAD Museum of Art

By Chadd ScottOctober 16, 2021September 14, 20220 Comments

Elizabeth Catlett, Which Way?, 1973–2003, lithograph, 11 x 14 1⁄2 in. (27.5 x 37 cm), edition 4 of 25. Courtesy of the Elizabeth Catlett Family Trust.

Elizabeth Catlett prints are paired with her sculptures, and the work of contemporary artists, in exhibition at SCAD Museum of Art.

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