UTSA professor and art historian Frances Colpitt was fond of the question “Do you really believe that?” Credit: Allison V. Smith

The companion exhibition to the Artpace spinoff “Songs for Fran and Donny” that opened Jan. 16, “Do You Really Believe That?” takes its title from a question late UTSA professor and art historian Frances Colpitt would often ask students, colleagues and collaborators.

It was her way of galvanizing dialogue and provoking introspection.

The show, which opens this Wednesday, highlights Colpitt’s deep engagement with minimal, abstract and conceptual art, and includes a range of fascinating ephemera and documentary materials from her life and career. Those include correspondence with artists Donald Judd and John McCracken, audio interviews with Anne Truitt and David Novros and Colpitt’s personal copy of Ed Ruscha’s artist book Every Building on Sunset Strip (1966).

Free, opening reception 6-8 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 22, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Thursdays-Saturdays and by appointment through Feb. 28, UTSA Main Campus, UTSA Main Art Gallery, 1 UTSA Circle, (210) 458-4352, colfa.utsa.edu/art.

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This article appears in Jan 8-21, 2025.

UTSA’s ‘Do You Really Believe That?’ celebrates late art historian Frances Colpitt

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