Houston’s DiverseWorks was founded in 1982 by a group of artists who really wanted to make some noise—artistically, socially, and politically. Beginning at the peak of the Reagan era and…
September 2013
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With less than two months before voters decide whether to approve the $217 million in bonds to turn the Houston Astrodome into a gigantic convention center, a new political action…
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The Brony Fan Fair is well underway in Austin this weekend, but there’s still time to catch the activities and excitement at the convention of fans of the animated series…
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Poised between activism and documentary, Frazier's photographs at the CAMH compel witnessing, not just watching.
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Learn to Make Your Weirdness Work For You at Idea Fund Info Sessions
by Paula Newtonby Paula NewtonThe Idea Fund, the re-granting program funded by The Andy Warhol Foundation, is gearing up for its sixth round. Glasstire Editor Bill Davenport describes the Idea Fund as the “program…
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Now in its fourth year, Art on Henderson, an annual juried sculpture competition to select and place works by Texas artists along Henderson Avenue and adjoining streets, has announced the…
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NASA announced today that the Voyager 1, launched in 1977, has now entered interstellar space, making it the first human-made object to leave our solar system and wander into the…
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On Wednesday night, Peter Doroshenko, director of the Dallas Contemporary, talked to approximately forty eager art world types. "Anything is possible," he said, "You are the only roadblock."
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Some oldies, some goodies, and some others at Big Medium.
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A big billboard went up the other day in Houston along I-45 South, which reads “EVEN THE PIGEONS DON’T SEE ME.” It may catch a few drivers off guard, but…
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MFAH Director Gary Tinterow will speak tomorrow, Thursday at 11 am, at a luncheon at the Houston Junior League hosted by the Community Artists’ Collective. The talk is not cheap…
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Menil Director Josef Helfenstein has announced the appointment of Allegra Pesenti as chief curator of the Menil Drawing Institute. She will head the development of the first freestanding facility in…
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Mayor Parker did her bit, flanked by "Houston is Inspired" placards which kept blowing over in the breeze.
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The Contemporary Austin: New Name, New Money, New Sculpture Garden!
by Paula Newtonby Paula NewtonWhen The Austin Contemporary changed its name in July, it also said that it planned to refocus its mission and begin a seriously exciting series of art commissions. The Dallas-based…
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I'm afraid it's more group shows, but maybe the next big trawl will haul in some treasure.
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Michael K. Brown, long-time curator of the Bayou Bend Collection, died on Sunday of organ failure, ten days after undergoing a heart transplant. His brothers are organizing services in…
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The big problem with a lot of computer art people is that they don't understand aesthetics; they just have shitty taste. I'm pro-beauty. I'm on the Dave Hickey team.
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Long-Lost Van Gogh Discovered in Norwegian Attic, MFAH Painting Helps to Authenticate
by Paula Newtonby Paula NewtonAfter sitting six decades in a Norwegian industrialist’s attic, an 1888 landscape by Vincent Van Gogh was authenticated by the Van Gogh Museum. The painting, Sunset at Montmajour, is the…
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Art historian, curator, and educator Rick Brettell has been named art critic of The Dallas Morning News. Brettell, who served as director of the Dallas Museum of Art from 1988…
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UP Art Studio’s one-day pop-up show of graffiti art on Friday night was truly a pop-up, since the call for artists only went out 48 hours beforehand. More than twenty…