Rice Public Art Push: Skyspace a Comin’, Art of the BRC in Culturemap
The Nasher’s James Turrell Skyspace piece may be shuttered, but Houston is Turrell territory: his third major piece in the city, an outdoor music venue/skyspace/Mayan [...]
Turrell Skyspace in Limbo as Museum Tower Shoulders into the Frame
As early as 2009, there was concern over whether proposed construction next door to the Nasher Sculpture center in Dallas would impact artist James Turrell’s [...]
Rogers on “How Arrogance And Greed Made Museum Tower a Threat to The Heart of Dallas”
The ongoing confrontation between Dallas’ Nasher Sculpture Center and the new Museum Tower next door continues to flood the Dallas press with ink, some of [...]
350 Words: John Waters at McClain Gallery
At least one person in the crowd at the opening of John Waters’ exhibition “Neurotic” at McClain Gallery appeared to be angling to be the [...]
Perestroika at the Fotofest Biennial
Let’s talk Deadwood. David Milch’s superlative television show was quite good at putting his audience just outside of a given situation. The characters [...]
Marfa Mariachis and Minimalists Unite: Community Day April 29
On April 29th, both Chinati Foundation and Judd Foundation are holding a joint Community Day for their West Texas friends and neighbors. La Mansana de [...]
Austin Pay Phone Revival Project Quietly Reanimating Old Phone Booths as Art
From unobtrusive collages, paintings and collections housed in old pay phone nooks, to the the flamboyant, ride-able mustache seesaw by ¡el grupo!, Austin’s Payphone Revival [...]
Feedback Loop: Houston Arts Alliance Offers Face Time to Unlucky Losers
“By this time, you should have received a letter from the Houston Arts Alliance regarding your Individual Artist Grant Application, and the process for following [...]
Tinterow Names Mahrukh Tarapor MFAH Advisor for International Initiatives: Former MET Staffer to Push Houston Museum’s Islamic World Program
The Museum of Fine Arts director Gary Tinterow has appointed Mahrukh Tarapor as Senior Advisor for International Initiatives to the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. [...]
Bendy Bench Coming to West Dallas: Fort Worth Ave. Development Group Announces First Spare Parts Art Commission
Spare Parts Art Initiative, a public art program of the Fort Worth Avenue Development Group, has announced their first project, “Mobius Bench” by Erik Glissman [...]
HemisFair Park Public Art Plan, Phase I: Hire Planners
The City of San Antonio is looking for a team of artists/designers/administrators to work out a public art plan for the proposed re-development of HemisFair [...]
Dallas Art Fair Founders Byrne and Sughrue Take on San Francisco’s FOG
Janelle Zara of ARTINFO reports via the Huffington Post that Dallas Art Fair Founders Chris Byrne and John Sughrue are organizing modern art and design [...]
Showmen at Brand 10 Art Space
The group show up at Brand 10 Art Space in Fort Worth through April 28, called Showmen, with work by artists Tim Best, Titus O’Brien, Tom Orr and Cameron [...]
Barry Walker, Former MFAH Curator of Prints and Drawings, has Died
Barry Walker, former curator of Modern and Contemporary Art and curator of Prints and Drawings at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston died earlier this [...]
Artist Boat Gets $3.46 Million for Undeveloped Land on Galveston Island
Artist Boat, a nonprofit that promotes coastal preservation through eco-art and science education projects has received a $3.46 million grant from the federally approved Texas [...]
London Bits
This is an epic year for England. Well, for the UK, but mostly England. The Diamond Jubilee. The Olympics. The Tories sinking ever deeper [...]
Aether Out: Fat E-Magazine Touts Austin Arts
The new Spring/Summer 2012 edition of Aether, a semiannual e-magazine put out by a collaboration between Rachel Haggerty of Wally Workman Gallery, Amanda Gorence of [...]
City of Austin To Unveil Arboreal Passage, Wants Your Asian Rocks!
The City of Austin Parks and Recreation Department is unveiling a new public sculpture at the Austin Nature & Science Center, a 15-acre campus located [...]
DMA Appoints Gabriel Ritter as Assistant Curator of Contemporary Art
Gabriel Ritter is the new Nancy and Tim Hanley Assistant Curator of Contemporary Art at the Dallas Museum of Art. Ritter is currently completing his [...]
You Missed the Austin Yard Art Tour Last Weekend
. . . but the folks at austinartyards.com, who organized this year’s event, have thoughtfully collected photos of yards and “yardists” online, including a few [...]
