In the Curator’s Words is an occasional series that takes a critical look at current exhibitions through the eyes of curators. When Alessandra Moctezuma was offered an opportunity to host a traveling ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Beto de la Rocha, working on a painting of his sister Carola's two pups, Luna and Miel, last fall in Los Angeles. (Allen J.

SAN ANTONIO — An exhibit at the Contemporary at Blue Star highlights the past, present and future of Chicano and Chicana culture, right down to its modernized name: “Xicanx: Dreamers + Changemakers.” ...

Sitting in the sun room of his home in Oak Park Heights, his dog Ruby napping nearby, Jimmy Longoria recalled the moment he had a chance encounter with famed Mexican artist Rufino Tamayo. Longoria was ...

Cheech Marin isn’t just a comedian, movie star and ’80s-era pot icon. He’s also one of the most notable collectors of Chicano art in the world today. Two things attest to this: his upcoming museum in ...

Saturday was a red-letter day for the history of art in Southern California. On June 18, the Riverside Art Museum opened its Cheech Marin Center for Chicano Art and Culture in a handsomely renovated, ...

The work of more than 50 multidisciplinary North Texas artists is featured in the “Chicano” art exhibition at the Art on Main gallery. A myriad of Chicano art is on display at an East Dallas art ...

BEAVERTON, Ore. (KOIN) — At the end of a school day at Beaverton High, a group of students gather and begin shaking cans of spray paint. They’re here at the bi-weekly, no-credit class to learn how to ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. “The fame of the museum is spreading far and wide, and people are coming from all over the United States,” says ...

Artist John Valadez stands amid Chicano youths, middle-aged Latinas and blacks rushing to a bus stop near 4th Street and Broadway. A camera hangs from his neck; his concentration is focused on an ...

Someone far wiser than me once said, “We’re burying too many good people lately.” The end of November and beginning of December were devastating to the art world, because we lost two of the Chicano ...

Richard “Cheech” Marin–the iconic comedian and actor–had for 30 years established himself as a preeminent collector of Chicano art by the time officials from the City of Riverside, California and the ...