Remembering AfriCOBRA
Some say that Black History month no longer needs to be celebrated. The belief is that these marginalized histories can be framed beyond the margins [...]
Byzantine Frescos to Go-Go as Chapel Closes Sunday, March 4.
March 4 will be the final day to see the Byzantine frescoes currently nestled in their frosted glass framework at the Menil’s Byzantine Fresco Chapel. [...]
Vultures of Vicious Venue Grab the People’s Choice Award
The City of Austin Cultural Arts Division has announced that shawn Smith’s Vicious Venue, a sculptural installation of digital vultures made frompainted balsa wood, is [...]
Los Angeles Wrap Up: Part One
I flew down to LA last week in honor of CAA, The College Art Association. While the majority of my peers went to panels, school [...]
Artists Selected for El Paso’s 2012 Round of Roundabouts
The City of El Paso has selected the first three artists for their new prioritized 2012 public art plan : Margarita Cabrera, Jose Cano and [...]
CSAW Lives! (well, on Facebook, anyway)
To get yourself in a properly industrial mood for the upcoming Lone Star Performance Explosion, take a look at Facebook group CSAW Lives! True Stories [...]
Shepard Fairey Pleads Guilty to Evidence Shredding; May Face Prison
Street artist Shepard Fairey, (wearing a suit!) pled guilty to misdemeanor criminal contempt charges connected with his altering evidence in a 2009 court battle over [...]
Heizer’s Big Rock On The Move, Slowly
The LA Times‘ Deborah Vankin reports that the enormous rock for artist Michael Heizer’s Levitated Mass at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art has [...]
ACT Plots Austin Arts District with CAC
Austin Coming Together (ACT), “committed to ProACTive community building,” had its monthly meeting last Thursday, and among other Austin-boosting things on the agenda was the [...]
San Angelo Pioneers Micro-Scene Art Collaborations
In San Angelo, museums, artists, students and university faculty all pull hard together to create a vital art scene from a less than critical mass. [...]
350 Words: “Glenn Ligon: America”
I have followed Glenn Ligon’s work over the past twenty years. He’s not known for his subtlety. In fact, he deliberately provokes his viewers. Given [...]
One Night, Three Openings, a Victory and a Gringa
I had an art trek. There were three openings and I was determined to make it to all of them. I succeeded (mostly). Opening #1 [...]
Mona Hatoum and the aesthetics of melancholy
I’ve loved Mona Hatoum‘s work since I first saw it in 1993 at the Serpentine Gallery in Kensington Gardens. The exhibition was called Four Rooms [...]
Met Star Floral Designer Chris Giftos Emergency Guest of Honor at DMA Art in Bloom Luncheon
Chris Giftos, former Director of Special Events and Master Floral Designer for the Metropolitan Museum of Art has agreed to step in as the keynote [...]
The Lone Cupcake Survey: Is This the End or Just The Beginning?
Is it the last gasp of artistic desperation? Drawing’s ironic abasement before the god of photography? Or just way to make a little money? Houston [...]
Rice: More, Plensa, Please
Rice University dedicated a pair of big, seated figures by Jaume Plensa at a ceremony on the Rice campus last tuesday. The piece, titled Mirror, [...]
Artadia gets Houston Endowment Money, Kanner Steps Down
Artadia, “the fund for art and dialog” has just announced a big multi-year grant from the Houston Endowment for its upcoming programs. In other Artadia [...]
Ken Price, 1935 – 2012
Iconic LA sculptor Ken Price, 77, died early today after struggling with tongue and throat cancer for several years. He recently completed preparations for his [...]
Biggest Open House in Texas: Explore UT to Again Feature Temporary Art Project
UT’s Blanton Museum has commissioned alum Jules Buck Jones to create a temporary outdoor installation in the museum’s Faulkner Plaza for the annual Explore UT [...]
New Temporary New Gallery
Houston’s New Gallery/Thom Andriola celebrates it’s relocation into temporary quarters at 3225 Milam, next to PG Contemporary, with a grand opening on March 2 from [...]
