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Heart Disease Fells Ape Modernist: Doc, Houston Zoo’s Painting Orangutan Dies

By Bill Davenport on September 1, 2011

Doc, a 27-year old orangutan artist, died Tuesday at the Houston zoo, euthanized after a battle with heart disease. Doc’s paintings were sold in several [...]

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My Monkey + Parrot Beats Your Black Cat: Kahlo Portrait Coming to Houston as MFAH and Malba Celebrate 10th Birthdays with Latin American Art Swap

By Bill Davenport on September 1, 2011

The Latin American Art Department at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and Malba – FundaciónCostantini, Museo de Arte Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires , Argentina, [...]

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Orange Show, 1979, Jeff McKissack, 2402 Munger St., Gulf Freeway. Created single-handedly by a retired postman, the Orange Show is one of the most famous folk art sites in America. Jeff McKissack began building his homage to the orange in 1956, using scrap materials and found objects. In 1979, he declared his "show" finished and opened his private fantasyland to the public.

Texas Art Travel: Houston

By Christina Patoski on September 1, 2011

Ever since the mid-1970s, I’ve traveled to Houston whenever it was time for a good art fix. Back then, there were just a handful of [...]

Posted in Article, Feature | Tagged art travel, beer can house, blaffer art museum, breakfast club, camh, cy twombly, diverseworks, flowerman, Houston, houston center for photography, Lawndale Art Center, menil, mfah, orange show, Project Row Houses, Reef, Renzo Piano, rothko chapel, texas art travel, University of houston | Leave a response