Brandon Zech and Jessica Fuentes look back on the year in Texas art, from the removal of Sally Mann's photographs from the Fort Worth Modern to art fairs that debuted in Texas and major leadership changes at institutions across the state.

"It struck me how different not only the process of selecting [Alma Allen as the U.S. representative for the Venice Biennale] was but also how different their artwork is, compared to what else has been shown on the national stage in recent years. It's not a dig at the artist in any way, but it feels more in line with an overall blandness and [support for] artwork that doesn't necessarily push talking points or boundaries or that investigates or looks closely at culture and society..."

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