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Houston Art and All Its Branches Saluted at Japhet Bates Gallery — This Lineage Deserves Protecting Even as Community Spaces Disappear

Houston Art and All Its Branches Saluted at Japhet Bates Gallery — This Lineage Deserves Protecting Even as Community Spaces Disappear
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A family tree flatters history with the appearance of order. Its branches emerge from a common trunk, each division preserving the logic of descent. Artistic influence rarely behaves so politely. In Adrian Jimenez’s Merry Go Round (2026), a pale blue tree erupts across a feverish expanse of yello...

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