The alternative to this weekend’s Dallas Art Fair is the Suite Art Fair at the Belmont Hotel, 901 Fort Worth Avenue, Dallas, on April 8-10. Organized by Brian Gibb of…
March 2011
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Art Lies, the regional art mag with national ambitions, will cease publication of its printed journal and website content as of May 2011. Seventeen years and 68 issues after its…
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Sterling Allen’s show up at Fort Worth Contemporary Arts, called Housing Edition, is a twenty-first century lesson in the old adage “You are what you eat.” Given the sure fact…
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I took a little hiatus from writing about art because I needed to sort out some thoughts. I have not been visiting gallery shows or museums recently because I have…
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Answers to Questions: John Wood and Paul Harrison, currently on view at Houston’s Contemporary Art Museum, will close two weeks early for the installation of a new roof, funded by…
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Design Fair 2011 at Houston’s Lawndale Art Center has been retooled from their popular mid-century modern market to include “cutting edge contemporary design.” Furniture, glass, ceramics, lighting, books, metalwork and…
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In 2010, Lane Hagood re-created the “Mary’s Mural”, a former public icon and landmark of Houston’s Montrose neighborhood. The revived painting, made at the Johanna (an artist-run space in the…
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San Antonio’s seventh Colloquium, aptly named “Colloquium No. 7, will take place at the El Tropicano Riverwalk Hotel, 110 Lexington Ave, San Antonio on Tuesday, March 29th, from 7-10pm. No.…
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The University of Houston’s Red Block Bash annual open studios/art showcase party is this Thursday (THURSDAY?!), March 31 at the UH art building. Their facebook page promises free food, free…
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When I officially embarked upon YESQUEST 2011 (Where I’d say Yes! to everything), I just didn’t think…well, I just didn’t think. As I’ve spent the last few years in front…
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Humor and play pervade the exhibition New Image Sculpture at the McNay Art Museum in San Antonio. It features thirteen contemporary artists and art collectives and was organized by René…
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Even the Washington Post is beginning to question whether Austin can stay weird, or whether gentrification is inevitably pushing the slackers out. An analysis of the radioactive tsunami of affluent…
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David Adickes’ 67-foot sculpture of Sam Houston in Huntsville is again in the news, profiled on KLTV (Tyler/Longview) on the occasion of his recent painting show at the Gold Leaf…
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Details of the upcoming James Turrell commission at Houston’s Rice University were posted on Swamplot friday. Calling the piece a “giant ceremonial mound,” Swamplot’s scrappy posting includes drawings of the…
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Photographer Patrick Cariou has won his copyright-infringement lawsuit against Richard Prince and Gagosian Gallery, forcing the Prince and his gallery to deliver up all works judged to be derivative from…
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At noon on Tuesday, March 29, assistant curator Josh Fisher will give a ten minute talk on the Rice gallery’s current show; for the lunchtime talk, tables and chairs will…
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Ahead of Their Time, Arthouse, Austin’s an annual exhibition showcasing artists enrolled in advanced high-school art courses, is looking for likely Austin-area youth to submit work for consideration. This year’s…
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In an effort to engage other parts of town during the Dallas Art Fair in a couple weeks, some clever folks — Art Fair head honcho, Chris Byrne, and artist and…
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From Luminara attended by 300,000 to the Cammie Awards at Chrispark and the Seventh Annual Dignowity Hill Pushcart Derby, Contemporary Art Month is an eclectic celebration of new work by…
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Repeated vandalism, gunshots, graffiti, and attempted theft from Prada Marfa, Elmgreen and Dragset’s fake upscale shoe emporium in the West Texas Desert on highway 90 near Valentine, are slowly causing…