Arts/Culture/Photos

A magnificent fresco by New Mexican Maestro Frederico Vigil is near completion on a stairwell of the Convention Center in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The 2,500-square-foot fresco tells the history of viticulture [the cultivation of grapevines] worldwide with ample space...

The San Antonio Museum of Art retrospective, Amalia Mesa-Bains: Archaeology of Memory, is impressive and a triumph for the museum. This exciting exhibit can be seen in the museum’s large Cowden Gallery from September 20, 2024 through January 12, 2025. Four decades ago...

All Photos by Ricardo Romo The art exhibit Al Otro Lado del Espejo [The Other Side of the Mirror] opened at the Museo de Arte de Queretaro, Mexico on September 20, 2024. The exhibit is organized by San Antonio artists Lionel and Kathy Sosa and Museo de Arte de...

Going to the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art [Met] this month is one of the many ways to celebrate National Hispanic Month. The 150 prints in this superb exhibition Mexican Prints at the Vanguard represent two centuries, from 1750 to 1950, of Mexico’s finest...

The Puerto Rican Heritage Society, also known in Spanish as Sociedad Herencia Puertorriqueña, is proud to announce a new cultural event it’s bringing to San Antonio. The non-profit organization will present Bomba y Plena de Puerto Rico, a free workshop introducing the...

Seventy-five stunning drawings, lithographs, screenprints, paintings, photographs, and sculptures dazzle viewers in the “Dining with Rolando Briseño” exhibit at the Centro de Artes Gallery. These works, curated by Dr. Ruben C. Cordova, represent a half-century of...

The news that the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. recently purchased sixteen screen prints from San Antonio artist Michael Menchaca for its permanent collection excited me. I credit the September 1, 2024 edition of San Antonio Current for calling attention...

Walking into the University of California Los Angeles Chicano Studies Research Library one day in 1970 I saw the first Chicano mural in a higher education setting in the U.S.– art history in the making. I learned over time that our duty as trained historians is to...

Join us at the Freeman Coliseum for the Carden International Circus, running from Friday, September 6th, to Sunday, September 8th, 2024. This is your chance to witness one of the most thrilling circus performances in the country! For nearly 60 years, the Carden family...

San Antonians love their Mexican food and appreciate Latino art. Dating back to the 1880s, writers and artists were fascinated with the Alamo City’s Mexican cuisine, later defined as Tex-Mex food. Now Latino non-natives of San Antonio, Manuel and Iris Ornelas and...