Texas Art Roundup: Five Exhibitions Explore Fragmentation, Memory, and Desert Resilience
Glasstire's weekly roundup showcases five notable art happenings throughout Texas. In San Antonio, Raul Rodriguez's solo show 'Roots in Our Memory' is on view at Presa House until April 18, 2026, emphasizing cultural memory and the U.S.-Mexico borderlands. Meanwhile, in Dallas, Power Station features 'Body Fragment' from April 15 to June 13, 2026, with works by Kelly Akashi, Michael Borremans, Cindy Sherman, and Joan Semmel. In Houston, Jakari Sherman's residency project 'Our Road Home: Gallery as Instrument' explores themes of displacement through performance from April 9 to May 29, 2026, at Winter Street Studios. Additionally, Rockport Center for the Arts presents Jennifer Phillips's ceramic exhibition 'Menagerie' from March 25 to May 3, 2026, and Mixhaus Gallery will host 'Songs of the Ocotillo' from April 11 to May 24, 2026.
Key facts
- 'Body Fragment' at Power Station in Dallas runs from April 15 to June 13, 2026.
- The exhibition includes works by artists such as Kelly Akashi, Michael Borremans, and Cindy Sherman alongside antiquities.
- Jakari Sherman's residency at Winter Street Studios in Houston features performances inspired by Houston's historic communities.
- Raul Rodriguez's exhibition at Presa House in San Antonio focuses on the Bracero Program and borderland histories.
- Jennifer Phillips's ceramic show 'Menagerie' is at Rockport Center for the Arts through May 3, 2026.
- 'Songs of the Ocotillo' at Mixhaus Gallery in Comfort is a collaboration between poet Lucy Griffith and artist Darlene Marwitz.
- The Bracero Program was a labor agreement from 1942 to 1964 that contracted over four million Mexican nationals to work in the U.S.
- Visitors to 'Songs of the Ocotillo' can access audio recordings of poems via QR codes in the gallery.
Entities
Artists
- Kelly Akashi
- Michael Borremans
- Eugène Delacroix
- Eliza Douglas
- Tracey Emin
- Claire Fontaine
- Robert Gober
- Jana Euler
- Sean Landers
- Sarah Lucas
- Victor Man
- Mark Manders
- Calvin Marcus
- Jill Magid
- Seth Price
- Cindy Sherman
- Joan Semmel
- Michael E. Smith
- Jakari Sherman
- Raul Rodriguez
- Jennifer Phillips
- Lucy Griffith
- Darlene Marwitz
Institutions
- Power Station
- Winter Street Studios
- Fresh Arts
- Presa House Gallery
- Rockport Center for the Arts
- Mixhaus Gallery
- Glasstire
Locations
- Dallas
- Texas
- United States
- Houston
- San Antonio
- Rockport
- Comfort
- New York
- El Paso
- West Texas
- Mexico
- Chihuahuan Desert
- Far West Texas