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Cuba Mi Amor

Modern and Contemporary Cuban Art at Museum of Fine Arts, Houston Yo soy un hombre sincero, / donde crece la palma,/ Y antes de morirme quiero/ Echar mis versos del alma. I am a truthful man/ From where the palm tree grows,/ And before dying I want/ To let out the verses of my soul. — “Guantanamera,” lyrics, adapted from

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TASIMJAE 2017

Walthall garners top prize, earns solo show in 2018 Lamar University graduating senior Travis Walthall placed first in TASIMJAE 2017 with his painting “Self Conscious Idiom No. 3.” Walthall earned a cash prize of $500 and a solo show in May 2018. The show attracted 85 pieces by 48 different artists, with 65 pieces from 41

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Around & About

The Dishman Art Museum will host Mind Garden, the Spring 2017 Lamar University senior thesis exhibition, in which art students will fulfill the requirements for their degree by presenting their thesis projects, ranging from graphic design and painting to ceramics and sculpture. The show begins with a reception, 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., April 28,

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Magnífica Arquitectura

Seville’s Real Alcazár a draw for lovers of Iberian culture, history, architecture SEVILLE — Everyone kept saying, “Eres tan afortunado” — “You are so lucky.” The temperature in the middle of June was only 83 degrees — “A cool snap,” they said. My friend had even tried to warn me off visiting Seville in the summer because it

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Discovering Arpa

AMSET hosts exhibition of pioneering Spanish-Texan painter European art at the fin-de-siècle was a full force of experimentation — new artforms such as photography and film allowed painting to break with its tradition in capturing life in all its painstaking detail. French painters formed the Impressionist school, where oil paintings were completed en plein air with

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