THE BEGINNING IS NEAR, AN AMERICAN TRILOGY, CH. 1:
THE CITY
The City II
2016 | oil on canvas | 74 x 360 inches
The City II
2016 | oil on canvas | 74 x 90 inches
The City I
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The City I
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The City I
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The City I
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RELATED PRESS
An All-American Family Portrait, in White, Lawrence Downes, The New York Times, March 5, 2016
Blanton Museum Acquires Vincent Valdez’s Large-Scale ‘The City’ Paintings, Glasstire, July 6, 2017
30-Foot Painting of the K.K.K. Puts a Museum to the Test, Michael Hardy, New York Times, July 16, 2018
Texas Museum Mounts 30-foot Portrait of Today’s KKK. Can It Avoid Controversy?, Alina Cohen, Artsy, July 18, 2018
Artist Vincent Valdez Made a Painting So Provocative This Texas Museum Waited a Year to Unveil It. Now It’s a National Sensation., Sarah Cascone, Artnet, July 23, 2018
Revisiting Vincent Valdez’s The City: Critical Moments of Silence and Reflection in Times of Distortion and Chaos, Andrea Lepage, Paint This Desert, August 2, 2018
Texas Museum Deliberates How to Display a Mural About Hate Crimes Against Latinos
Jasmine Weber, Hyperallergic, Jul 27, 2018
Vincent Valdez: The City” at the Blanton, Melany Jean, Austin Chronicle, September 14, 2018
Vincent Valdez: The Beginning is Near, American Masters on PBS, October 5, 2020