Art Criticism Critic’s Spotlight: How Felipe Baeza’s Symbolically Charged Dreamscapes Give Body to Contemporary Struggles at the Venice Biennale Baeza's creates a distinctive language of fantasy that encodes queer desire and the immigrant experience. By Barbara Calderón, May 16, 2022
Art Criticism Why You Should Take Note of Ruben Ulises Rodriguez Montoya, Whose Shapeshifting Assemblages Build a Mythology of Survival “Ex Situ Canis Latrans” at Murmurs L.A. shows this artist's powerful symbolic use of broken and decaying materials. By Barbara Calderón, Sep 1, 2021
Reviews Veering From the Didactic to the Lyrical, El Museo del Barrio’s Worthy New Triennial Defines Latinx Art Through a Common Struggle “Estamos Bien—La Trienal" is the museum's first national survey of Latinx art. By Barbara Calderón, Mar 19, 2021
Reviews With Paintings Drawn From the Chihuahuan Desert, Carlos Rosales-Silva Evokes What North American Art Looked Like Pre-Colonization Moving beyond the trap of "nopal art." By Barbara Calderón, Feb 3, 2021
Reviews The Mexican Muralists Had a Vital Influence on US Art. Can Their Revolutionary Approach Offer Lessons for the Present? "Vida Americana" at the Whitney tells a tale that should provoke some self-reflection in the present. By Barbara Calderón, Feb 26, 2020
Reviews How Yvette Mayorga’s Luscious Artworks Use ‘Rasquache Aesthetics’ to Address the Dark Side of the American Dream The first-generation Mexican-American artist is rising fast based on her colorful style and themes that address the Latinx experience. By Barbara Calderón, Nov 27, 2019
