An artist brought ‘I.C.E. pops’ to a Texas campus. The show was shut down in days

Victor “Marka27” Quiñonez, the Mexican-born, Texas-raised visual artist in his studio in Ridgewood, Queens, on May 14, 2026. Laila AnnMarie Stevens for NPR

Laila AnnMarie Stevens for NPR

An art exhibition by Victor “Marka27” Quiñonez, whose work comments on issues facing U.S. Latinos, seemed like a natural fit for the campus of the University of North Texas in Denton, north of Dallas. Nearly a quarter of the students are Hispanic and the show focused on