Art

1. Lower Pecos Rock Art

6,000-year-old visions well beyond some basic impulse to survive

Jan 1 • Rainey Knudson

What Do We Want from Antiquity? (750 words)

Our nation turns its lonely eyes to Rome.

Dec 27, 2025 • Rainey Knudson

Announcing The American 250

The stuff of America

Dec 24, 2025 • Rainey Knudson

On view: Marjorie Norman Schwarz (414 words)

Nine astounding door-shaped paintings

Oct 26, 2025 • Rainey Knudson

Halfdan Was Here (527 words)

Viking graffiti in the Hagia Sophia

Sep 23, 2025 • Rainey Knudson

My Taste is Not Myself (462 words)

Regarding freedom

Aug 27, 2025 • Rainey Knudson

6 Notes on Prada Marfa (1,354 words)

A skeptic reconsiders

Jul 18, 2025 • Rainey Knudson

On Quitting Art Writing (455 words)

Lessons from the MFAH 100

Jan 10, 2025 • Rainey Knudson

Epilogue: Happy New Year!

It’s January. I love that fresh new year feeling.

Jan 1, 2025 • Rainey Knudson

100. The Art Guys, SUITS: The Clothes Make the Man

This wild American experiment is worth our attention, and our love.

Dec 31, 2024 • Rainey Knudson

99. Herman Detering, Beyond the Hedges

Houston has a way of disarming people who have no intention of staying.

Dec 30, 2024 • Rainey Knudson

98. Kapriman Post for a Ceremonial House

How can something look so different to one set of cultural eyes from another?

Dec 29, 2024 • Rainey Knudson

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