Ai WeiWei Circle of Animals tour hits Houston in 2012; collectors (and news bloggers) salivate
The Houston Art Alliance is fundraising to bring jailed dissident Chinese artist Ai WeiWei’s Circle of Animals/Zodiac Heads to Houston. The piece (one of two [...]
CineMarfa Takes Off
As the setting for a number of films including Giant, There Will Be Blood, and No Country for Old Men it only makes sense [...]
What’s Old, Green, and Amphibious? Kinetic Sculpture Racing!
The Arcata, California, Kinetic Sculpture Race finishes today, amid reports of high winds and tough going. In this venerable (since 1969) “triathlon of the art [...]
A Good Monument
In honor of Memorial Day, here’s a round-up of some of my favorite war monuments, all politics and other contest-ables aside, and in no particular order. Ara Pacis [...]
No pushing! Fotofest portfolio review sign-up race is on June 1!
Registration by mail or fax (no email!) opens June 1 for $820 slots during the 16 days of portfolio reviews at this year’s Fotofest biennial [...]
In Venice? Stop by Blaffer’s Anton Ginzburg show! Still in Texas? So sorry!
Next Thursday, June 2, there’s an opening reception for Anton Ginzburg: At the Back of the North Wind at the Palazzo Bollani, Castello 3647, 30122 [...]
iCubist app with x-ray vision lends added value to Kimbell Picasso/Braque show
Visitors to the Kimbell’s Picasso and Braque show will be able to use iPads loaded with a specially-created app to analyze what they’re seeing. Working [...]
Bill FitzGibbons and Karl Umlauf named official TX State Artists for 2012
The Texas Commission on the Arts has named its officially recognized State Artists for 2012: sculptor and Blue Star Art Space director Bill FitzGibbons to [...]
Artists Unite!
Artists have a hard time organizing. We don’t have a union to bust, don’t have annual conferences, and it’s not all that shocking. Take a [...]
Building a Better Texas Biennial
The fantasy goes something like this: Most everyone was pleased with the clear, focused vision for the 2011 Texas Biennial. It was a brilliant success, with [...]
AMOA+Arthouse merger: tectonic shift in Austin arts landscape coming!
Austin Museum of Art and Arthouse are talking about merging, say the org’s officials. Austin arts supporter and Arthouse board member Mickey Klein’s all for [...]
Origin Magazine kickoff: art+yoga+lifestyle+marketing
Origin Magazine debuts with a Houston launch party this Sunday, May 29 from 6-9pm at Colton and Farb Gallery. The new mag combines yoga and [...]
New post-1900 MFAH building: the architect shortlist announced
The Museum of Fine Arts Houston’s board has selected three architecture firms to propose plans for a post-1900 art building. Morphosis, Snøhetta and Steven Holl [...]
Attn: Shrimpin’ artists: Shrimp Boat Projects Regional Artist Exchange open call
After a bottom job and bilge de-greasing, Shrimp Boat Projects has issued an open call to artists of any discipline to spend a day or [...]
XXI: Conflicts in a New Century: Images of a First Decade Fraught with Violence
The other day I heard a montage of sound bites on NPR of the recent uprisings in the Middle East. The momentary inundation of frantic sounds from Libya, [...]
Hydrogen Jukebox enlivened by tornado scare at Fort Worth Opera
Dallas News music critic Scott Cantrell reports that audiences at the Fort Worth Opera’s opening-night performance of Allan Ginzberg’s Hydrogen Jukebox had to hide in [...]
Blue Star free museums for military: Texas listings
Many art orgs are on the list of Blue Star Museums, participants in the popular program that opens the doors of 125 institutions to active [...]
