Chicago Sun-Times. “Budlong Woods Branch library mural symbolizes immigration, metamorphosis, threats to books,” by Genevieve Bookwalter. June 21, 2024. https://chicago.suntimes.com/murals-mosaics/2024/06/21/chicago-murals-budlong-woods-library-west-ridge-hector-duarte  

Chicago Sun-Times. “Butterfly sculptures inspire selfies, promote wildlife conservation on the Magnificent Mile,” Erica Thompson. May 26, 2024. https://chicago.suntimes.com/2024/05/23/butterfly-sculptures-inspire-selfies-promote-wildlife-conservation-on-the-magnificent-mile

Block Club Chicago. “Butterfly Sculptures Landing Along Mag Mile, Across Chicago This Summer,” by Leen Yassine. May 21, 2024. https://blockclubchicago.org/2024/05/21/butterfly-sculptures-landing-along-mag-mile-across-chicago-this-summer/

Trazando Territorios: El Arte de Exilio en Pilsen - Chicago, by René H. Arceo, Aline Hémond, Ingrid Arriaga, and Fabienne de Pierrebourg. Arceo Press, 2024. Features selected artworks/ prints. https://arceopress.com/producto/trazando-territorios-el-arte-del-exilio-en-pilsen-chicago/

Mariposas Migrantes: Gráfica Michoacana, published by la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), 2023. Featured artwork in this collaborative printed exhibition. https://librosoa.unam.mx/handle/123456789/3713

BWC Gathering Spaces Guide Book, Blackspace Urbanist Collective, Nov. 2022. Feature article on La Ronda Parakata. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/6359561dc32ef9690e092a2e/t/636d327adaa977707d5b08a0/1668100742153/BWC+Gathering+Spaces+Guide+Book_Final_NOV+2022.pdf

Chicago Sun-Times. “Hector Duarte, Gabriel Villa Mural Bears a Message for Longtime Pilsen Residents: ‘Fight to Stay,’” by Josephine Stratman. June 24, 2022. https://chicago.suntimes.com/murals-mosaics/2022/6/24/23151257/chicago-murals-hector-duarte-gabriel-villa-pilsen-gentrification

Pilsen: Art with a Cause, by Joseph Jr. Paying it Forward Scholarship, El Beisman Press, 2021. Featured artist. 

One Earth Film Festival, “Two Secrets in a Chrysalis: Butterfly Guardians Remembered.” By Lisa Biehle Files. December 2, 2020. https://www.oneearthfilmfest.org/earth-words-blog/2020/12/2/two-secrets-in-a-chrysalis-butterfly-guardians-remembered

Block Museum of Art Blog, “Collection Spotlight: Como te ven te tratan (How they see you, they treat you).” June 1, 2020. https://nublockmuseum.blog/2020/06/01/collection-spotlight-como-te-ven-te-tratan-as-they-see-you-they-treat-you-hector-duarte/

¡Qué chévere! 2nd ed. Level 3, by Alejandro Vargas Bonilla, EMC Publishing, LLC, 2020. Image of Ice Cream Dream mural. 

Chicago Sun-Times. “Pilsen muralist Hector Duarte’s house is a home and also a work of art,” by Stefano Esposito and Carlos Ballesteros. August 16, 2019. https://chicago.suntimes.com/murals-mosaics/2019/8/16/20746862/hector-duarte-mural-home-murals-pilsen-michoacan-mexico-immigrants-immigration

The Border Crossed Us: Self-definitions of Mexican and Latino Migrant in Artists in USA, UNAM Chicago, 2018. Featured artworks. 

WTTW Chicago. “My Neighborhood: Pilsen – Hector Duarte, Muralist,” by Jessica Pupovac. Video (4:41) aired on PBS April 17, 2017. Feature article and video highlighting Duarte’s artistic journey and his contributions to public art in Chicago. https://www.pbs.org/video/my-neighborhood-pilsen-hector-duarte-muralist-x4ixop/

Diálogo, Volume 20, Number 1, Spring 2017. Published by The Center for Latino Research at DePaul University. Duarte is mentioned for his transnational collaborative project of Migrant Butterflies in Caurio. https://muse.jhu.edu/issue/36259

Gente. “Rinden homenaje a Nava en Galería Irma Valerio,” by Alejandro Castañeda. February 23, 2016. Artwork featured on the front page of this Mexican newspaper. 

Presencia Michoacana en el Medio Oeste, “Club Morelia: Sus orígenes y trascendencia,” by Mayte Ruiz. Published July, 2015. Recognition of Duarte as an honorary community leader and his involvement in cultural events hosted by Casa Michoacán. 

South Side Weekly. “Somos Esto,” by Sharon Lurye. November 13, 2013. Feature detailing the recurring motifs in Duarte's work. https://southsideweekly.com/somos-esto/

Diálogo, featured artist in Volume 15, Number 2, Fall 2012, “When You Can’t Go Back: Exile and Dislocation.” Published by the Center for Latino Research at DePaul University. https://muse.jhu.edu/issue/33627

Café: Latino Lifestyle Magazine, “Art Takes Flight,” by Christina E. Rodríguez. May/June 2009. Feature story on the artist’s life and the symbolism behind Unraveling Borders/ Desenredando fronteras. 

Time Out Chicago, “Great Wall,” by Lauren Weinberg, Issue 212: March 19-25, 2009. Review of the solo show Muralla sobre lienzo at the National Museum of Mexican Art.

Chicago Tribune, “In murals, he tells immigrants’ stories,” by Teresa Puente, March 18, 2009, later updated August 22, 2021. Story on the Muralla sobre lienzo solo show. https://www.chicagotribune.com/2009/03/18/in-murals-he-tells-immigrants-stories/

Chicago Sun-Times, “Muralist tears down walls to public,” by Mary Houlihan, March 15, 2009. Story on the Muralla sobre lienzo solo show. 

Guia, “Tenemos un héroe real...,” by Carlos L. Wagner E., November 16, 2008. Feature story on “Somos Regalado” mural. 

Hoy, "Un mural con alas en Michoacán," by Teresa Puente, Jan 25, 2007. Article on the "Mariposas Migrantes" mural in Caurio. 

Triumph of Our Communities: Four Decades of Mexican American Art, by Gary D. Keller; contributing author, Amy K. Phillips, Bilingual Press, Tempe, Arizona, 2005. https://www.abebooks.com/9781931010344/Triumph-Communities-Four-Decades-Mexican-193101034X/plp

Contemporary Chicana and Chicano Art, by Gary D. Keller, Mary Erickson, et al, Bilingual Press, Tempe, Arizona, 2002. https://hrc.asu.edu/product/16

A Guide to Chicago’s Murals, by Mary Lackritz Gray, University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 2001. https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/G/bo3641455.html

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, “Religion, radicalism combine at show,” by James Auer, April 26, 2000. Review of collective exhibit Cristos del mundo at Latino Arts, Inc., Milwaukee.

Urban Art Chicago: A Guide to Community Murals, Mosaics, and Sculpture, by Olivia Gude and Jeff Huebner, Ivan R. Dee Publisher, Chicago, 2000. https://www.abebooks.com/9781566632843/Urban-Art-Chicago-Guide-Community-1566632846/plp

El Otro, “Culpables o inocentes,”  by Erasmo Salgado, November 1999. Review of solo exhibit ¿Víctimas o cómplices? at Taller Mestizarte.

Proceso (national news magazine in Mexico), “Del muralismo al chicanismo: Un arte efervescente, asediado, combativo, el de los mexicanos en Chicago,” by Roberto Ponce, June 27, 1999.

La Bamba Cultural (book published by the Mexican Cultural and Educational Institute, the cultural arm of the Mexican Consulate), “Cristos del mundo: exposición pictórico en el consulado general,” by Tánit Reguera Fernández, 1999. Review of collective exhibit Cristos del mundo.

Art in Chicago: 1945-1995 (book issued in conjunction with exhibition by the same name), published in 1996 by the Chicago Museum of Contemporary Art. Chapter on community art discusses Duarte’s work. https://www.abebooks.com/signed/Art-Chicago-1945-1995-Warren-Lynne-Jeff/31762640392/bd

Chicago Tribune, “Duarte invokes spirits of the past,” by Alan Artner, July 14, 1995. Review of installation at the State of Illinois Gallery.

Chicago Tribune, “Huge, New Mural Offers a Slice of Mexican Life,” by Larry Hartstein, October 14, 1994. 

Chicago Reader, “Painting Large,” by Jeff Huebner, October 29, 1993. Feature story on the painting of “Loteria.”

La Raza. “El mural más grande de Chicago,” May 27-June 2, 1993. Note on the commissioning of “Loteria.”

High Performance, “Chicago Public Art Group,” by Andrew Patner, Spring 1993. Case study of CPAG; article discusses the painting of the mural “Honor Boricua.”

Chicago Tribune, “Twelve Artists Go to Heart of Hispanic Culture,” by Alan Artner, May 24, 1991. Review of collective exhibit In the Heart of the Country / En el corazón del país.

Tema Celeste Art Magazine, “The Day of the Dead,” by Craig Adcock, March-April 1991. Review of the 1990 collective exhibit Día de los muertos at the Mexican Fine Arts Center Museum.

Chicago Street Artists. “Hector Duarte: Reflection of a Lifetime of Art, Immigration and ‘Activism,’” by Karina Corona. A personal narrative detailing Duarte's life and journey to becoming a muralist. https://chicagostreetartists.wordpress.com/hector-duarte/

Latino Art Midwest. “Muralist Héctor Duarte.” Featured artist on this virtual museum website (“A humanities without walls consortium project”). https://latinoartmidwest.com/project/hector-duarte/