Veins in the Gulf, Elizabeth Coffman and Ted Hardin’s film about history, bayous, and cajuns will be screened outdoors in the backyard of Aurora Picture Show in Houston on Saturday…
April 2011
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Outlaw Independent curator Emily Sloan has organized TX BI 2011, an exhibition of Bisexual artists from the LSS*, at Curation Myth Ministries, the latest incarnation of her studio on the…
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The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston has put the finishing touch-screen in its Ting Tsung and Wei Fong Chao Arts of China Gallery. The new concept, with radically less art…
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The Blaffer museum at the University of Houston has unveiled images of its planned renovation by WORK architects. With a funnel-like entrance wedge, big “storefront” windows, and a space-hogging two…
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The Art Museum of South Texas, plagued by desperate budget cuts and with the city of Corpus Christi paying it’s electric bills, has found an angel: Green Mountain Energy is…
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The Brow: The Life and Times of Frida, a poetic multimedia performance, takes place at Talento Bilingue de Houston on April 28, 29, 30 and May 1. The 75-minute production,…
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Devin Borden, formerly partner in the Devin Borden Hiram Butler Gallery, has announced that he is opening his own space, Devin Borden Gallery, in Houston’s Isabella Court building in September…
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You know it’s the first day of Summer when Houston’s Orange Show holds it annual Easter Orange Hunt and Season opening party. That’s this Saturday, April 23, from 10-1. Kids…
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Word spreads fast here in Marfa. Whether it’s a concert, play, or art opening, it’s not uncommon to see almost all of Marfa’s artistic community gathering at whatever event…
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The 2011 MFA Thesis show opens at the University of Houston’s Blaffer Museum tomorrow night, Friday April 23, from 6-9pm. Next week the artists will give noon talks about their…
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Anna Walker has been promoted from Curatorial Fellow to Curator at the Houston Center for Contemporary Craft. Walker moved to Houston in 2009 to be HCCC’s first Curatorial Fellow, assisting…
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Recent events (scandal?) at Austin’s Arthouse have provoked plenty of public and private conversations amongst artists and curators in Texas and beyond. The duo Cook & Ruud, recently separated…
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The so-called “Rock House Fire” that began on April 9 and burned over 180,000 acres of West Texas including Fort Davis, is now 70% contained. The Chinati Foundation has sent…
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Marfa artists Nick Terry and Maryam Amiryani have organized the Dersu Collective to use art money to improve Marfa’s neighborhood amenities. Named for the couple’s malamute, the non-exclusive group includes…
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Funny thing happened on the way to the Texas Biennial opening party at Arthouse. ...No, wait, I meant *at* the party.
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Even the Wall Street Journal had fun at Ballroom Marfa’s New York fundraiser at the old Dia gallery on 22nd st. Fairfax Dorn and Virginia Lebermann reportedly raised $750,000 for…
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The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, has formed a search committee to look for a replacement for the irreplaceable Peter Marzio. The committee is chaired by MFAH life trustee Richard…
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The Menil Collection’s Deputy Director Emily Todd is leaving the Houston institution after three years. Appointed by Menil Director Josef Helfenstein in 2008, Todd was the first to hold the…
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Houston artworld fixture Bill Lassiter has won the Henry K. Roos Award for being the Museum of Fine Arts Houston’s “volunteer of the year” in 2011. Active as a collector…
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Future Plan and Program is a publishing project by current CORE Fellow Steffani Jemison featuring book-length literary works by visual artists. The first set of six works will be available…