Cohesion isn't the main issue here; it's that not one of those voices is distinct enough to give the show form. I found myself checking and re-checking labels to try to understand who was who.
March 2014
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Perhaps taking to heart David Byrne and Patti Smith’s recent disavowals of the Big Apple for pushing out young talent through high cost of living, Rob Weingart returns to his…
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On Saturday night, after a rapid and intense battle against cancer following a diagnosis of the disease less than six months ago, the artist Theo Wujcik passed away at his…
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The mystery is how Magritte became so ordinary.
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For 25 years, Brookfield Office Properties, one of Houston’s biggest downtown landlords, has run a program called Art Set Free wherein the company places artworks in the premier office buildings…
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As part of the citywide Dallas Arts Week, April 5-13, Mayor Mike Rawlings will be hosting a panel discussion on Tuesday, April 8, called “Re-imagining Art in Dallas” with a…
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When Theo Wujcik, the great technical printmaker and beloved personality, laid his head on his hospital pillow, none of it mattered: not Rosenquist’s or Ruscha’s fame, or Theo’s lack thereof, the Dallas art scene, the fainting guy in the audience, or me.
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The Linda Pace Foundation confirmed today that Executive Director Maura Reilly is no longer with the San Antonio arts nonprofit. Details of her departure have not been disclosed. Reilly was…
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Artist and curator Kim Cook will open a new art space in Houston’s East Downtown Warehouse District next month that will straddle various identities: an art gallery for emerging artists, various residency…
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Modeling itself off of the principles of the CSA (Community Supported Agriculture), wherein people pay a monthly fee to receive a farm box full of assorted farm-fresh produce called a…
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FotoFest to Host Unprecedented Conference about Art in the Arab World
by Lucia Simekby Lucia SimekThis year’s FotoFest, called View From Inside: Contemporary Arab Photography, Video and Mixed Media, has already garnered a lot of attention for its intense look at the complexities of art…
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The much-loved Austin gallery Tiny Park will shutter its doors at the end of April due to rising rent costs and insufficient sales, reports Seth Orion Schwaiger of The Austin Chronicle. Says…
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Just as man evolved from apes, each new work is another instance of Schwarz applying Schwarz, like barbecue sauce, to new situations.
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Questions of stewardship keep coming up in regards to art in public spaces, like Tom Orr and Frances Bagley’s piece in White Rock Lake which is on the docket for…
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Idealistic Graffiti Artist Wants to Paint Heart Across Texas-Mexico Border
by Lucia Simekby Lucia SimekGASAK is a 23-year-old street artist from South Africa who has been hanging out in Ciudad Juarzez lately, says Austin’s ABC affiliate, KVUE. He’s a man on a mission, painting…
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Ripple's small aesthetic vignettes predict that small celebrations of humor, imagination, and participation will eke life into sterile online outlets.
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Weaving home-turf relevance among the gargantuan guests and happenings, Texas filmmaking still has space and grounds to stomp in the SXSW universe.
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National PBS Architecture Series to Launch in Dallas + Feature Cowboys Stadium
by Lucia Simekby Lucia SimekAiring April 3 in Dallas, PBS presents a new series on contemporary architecture called Cool Spaces! The Best New Architecture, hosted by architect and teacher Stephen Chung. While the name…
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Billing itself as an artistic “happening” of visual and performing art, the CounterCurrent festival presented by the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for Arts will overwhelm Houston, in various venues throughout the…
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The debate continues of whether or not the US will instate droit de suite, or artists royalties, for artwork resold at public auction. A bevy of high-powered lawyers from various…