A photo exhibition titled “Selena Forever/Siempre Selena” opens Thursday at the Briscoe Western Art Museum in San Antonio, featuring images of Tejano icon Selena captured by photographer John Dyer between 1992 and 1994. The show includes iconic portraits, magazine covers, and rarely seen ephemera, displayed in the museum’s Kat Marmion Gallery, and will run through January 4, 2027. A complementary summer film series, “Siempre Tejano,” will screen movies about Selena on the third Sunday of June, July, and August.
The exhibition matters because it offers an intimate look at Selena’s rise to international fame and her role in redefining representation for Mexican American women in pop music, while aligning with the Briscoe Museum’s mission to explore the American West through influential figures. It arrives alongside the museum’s ambitious upcoming show “Tejano Legacy: Another American Origin Story,” which traces 400 years of Tejano presence in Western culture, underscoring the cultural and historical significance of Tejano heritage in the broader American narrative.