What Would San Antonio Be Without Public Art?

If San Antonio Lost Its Color Presented in partnership with the City of San Antonio’s Department of Arts and Culture San Antonio would feel emotionally unrecognizable without color. Imagine driving into downtown beneath gray concrete overpasses stripped of their painted murals. Imagine Southtown without walls layered in color and storytelling. Imagine the River Walk without […]
Curation Through the Years: Celebrating René Paul Barilleaux’s Legacy at the McNay

Contemporary art takes on movement, texture, color, and form inside the McNay’s “Untitled: 20 Years of Collecting Contemporary Art.” Featuring more than 100 works from the museum’s collection, the exhibition celebrates the legacy of former Head of Curatorial Affairs René Paul Barilleaux and the vision that shaped the McNay’s contemporary holdings over two decades. Rather […]
Step Into Sandy Skoglund’s Surreal Worlds at the McNay

The moment you step through the mossy-green entrance to Sandy Skoglund’s Enchanting Nature, you are pulled into an alternate universe: felt-made figures with chicks perched on branches, a monochrome gray kitchen overrun by radioactive green cats, and a wavering blue bedroom where iridescent goldfish float like a dream. This ethereal exhibition is the newest experience […]