At this year's melancholic Whitney Biennial, the work of Swiss artist Urs Fischer was the fourth floor crescendo. Against a theatrical backdrop of a blown-out wall, two rotating tree branches…
June 2, 2006
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In Texas, we are a direct physical and cultural liaison to everything south of us — which, frankly, is a lot. We tend to focus on our Mexican neighbors because…
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Aside from Dirk’s 50 points, Dallasites have another reason to celebrate: the opening of Art Prostitute in Deep Ellum this Saturday! And don’t miss Barry Whistler and Road Agent, also…
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Teleology, according to artist Jason Villegas, miraculously manifests inside the spanking new space at Okay Mountain in east Austin.
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What an affirming, and rare, experience it is to see art that you like. So thank you Patrick Kelly for your whip-smart exhibition, Eye Want I Candy, at William Campbell…
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Ted Kincaid invents unrealities through photography, and in the process he reinvents the medium. If the photograph has always been about a negotiation between the original and the copy, reality…
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The first weekend in May saw more openings in San Antonio than even the diehards could swallow, but some downtown and southtown standouts, particularly non-Texas artists, should be noted.
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Peat Duggins is making drawings that read like storyboards, sculptures that seem like film props, and a video that animates part of one installation and projects it, drive-in movie style,…
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Standing Man with Dead Man and Volcano is Alverson’s best. A man in a striped shirt stands over the body of a similar man in a green shirt in a…
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In the past five years, through gifts and purchases, the museum's curators have acquired more than 4,000 works of art to bring the total count of the collection to 17,000…