Robert Frank’s 1950s at the MFAH The new exhibition, American Made: 250 Years of American Art at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston opens next weekend. The show will feature…
June 2012
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The 142-acre Benini Sculpture Ranch in the Hill Country west of Austin is for sale. The property, once owned by Lyndon Johnson, was purchased by sculptor Benini and his wife…
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With the artworld in almost unanimous head-shaking mode over LA-MOCA’s firing (?) of respected curator Paul Schimmel, the LA Times puts the episode in context of a series of staff…
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Stir is a visually cohesive, materially investigative group show at M Squared Gallery as part of Print Matters. Rabéa Ballin, Lovie Olivia, Delita Martin and Ann Johnson also showed together…
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The Menil Picasso vandalism story is working its way up the media ladder: the Wall Street Journal‘s Eric Felten pokes at the art/crime knot without unraveling it, referring to a…
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Paul Schimmel, highly respected chief curator at the Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art for 22 years, was fired by the museum’s board, over disagreements about the museum’s direction. Billionaire…
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Need a lawyer to look over a contract before you sign it? Are you planning on starting a nonprofit organization and need assistance with filing the paperwork? Can’t afford…
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“Omer Fast: 5000 Feet is the Best” at the Dallas Museum of Art
by Lucia Simekby Lucia Simek5000 Feet is the Best, on view at the Dallas Museum of Art, is a film based on two conversations that artist Omer Fast conducted in the fall of 2010…
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Artnet magazine, the 16-year old online art magazine, ceased publication Monday. The widely-read magazine, which carried the words of Charlie Finch and republished Jerry Salz, was closed by Artnet, whose…
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The New York Times today reported on a new study on over-zealous building campaigns at cultural institutions which mentioned the Chicago Art Institue’s Modern Wing, Dallas’ Winspear Opera House and…
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Jessica S. McDonald has been appointed as the Chief Curator of Photography at UT’s Harry Ransom Center. McDonald, a curator of photography at SFMOMA, the San Francisco Museum of Modern…
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Beginning July 3, the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston has new extended hours: 10-7 Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday, open late Thursdays until 9pm, Saturdays 10-6, and Sundays 12-6. That’s all seven…
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In a little carved out space of the Hoffman Galleries at the DMA, there are three pieces by Japanese artist Nobuo Sekine, founder of the Mono-ha Movement (mono-ha translates to “school of things”)…
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The Cost of Turnover, or how museums could pay more and spend less
by Claire Ruudby Claire RuudThere’s been a lot of management turnover within top tier Texas museums over the past year. [Quick recap: Just 13 months ago, Simone Wicha replaced Ned Rifkin as Director of…
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Local Revolutionaries: Living Room Art with Voices Breaking Boundaries
by Diane Barberby Diane BarberThe revolution begins at home. More specifically, the revolution begins in your living room. Since 2006, Houston’s bold and unapologetic Voices Breaking Boundaries has been taking art to the masses…
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Culturemap reports that Crime Stoppers has offered a $5000 reward for Houston artist Uriel Landeros, suspected of vandalizing Picasso’s Woman in a Red Armchair at the Menil Collection last week.…
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The Rice Gallery is celebrating Rice University’s Centennial with a new iPad app, the university’s first, cataloging the many installations that have transformed the Rice Gallery space, and like every…
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What better use for some of that Houston Art Alliance hotel tax money than to promote one of the city’s only real claims to fame, the Houston Art Car Parade?…
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Recently, I went to a screening of the documentary Gerhard Richter Painting at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Going into the film, I was downright scared that I would…
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The Dallas Museum of Art has received $300,000 to support the creation of a Laboratory for Museum Innovation, which will produce digital media for museum visitors.Actually, it’s three gifts, from…