In light of the recent demolition of Rice University’s Art Barn and the slated closure of UTD’s Art Barn, it seems fitting to celebrate an organization that imagines that cities…
April 2014
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Perhaps as proof of the enduring influence of Rice University’s Art Barn, which was torn down last week, University of Texas at Dallas art alums and advocates are in the throes…
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The inaugural CounterCurrent had its hiccups, but it wasn't just people getting naked and smearing things on themselves.
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As with a whole sub-genre of Mexico-violence art, Aragón's hand-drilled portraits shove the violence straight into your face.
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News
Art League Houston Announces Artists of the Year and Patron of the Year
by Lucia Simekby Lucia SimekArt League Houston has named Havel Ruck Projects (Dan Havel and Dean Ruck) for its Artists of the Year 2014 award and selected Stephanie Smither as its Patron of the…
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Finally, art is useful. Take it from Audrey Lopato, a lady sporting a spoon on her forehead afixed with a yellow headband, who runs a banana stand in a food truck…
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In the light of the spring sun, Houston's landscape of textured surfaces and hand-painted signs is open for viewing.
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Few communities are close-knit enough to call to order an annual gathering and feast to celebrate each other and their space in the world, but Marfa, TX is one of…
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BlogGlasstireReview
Rebecca Carter: Sleep Architecture and the Dream House
by Andy Amatoby Andy AmatoFormal fragility becomes the ethereal content of conversations past, places lived, at RE Gallery in Dallas.
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Unless you are very well-connected to wide art-market networks, getting renowned art professionals–curators, educators, artists–into your studio may be a long-shot, especially of you are just starting out as an…
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The National Endowment for the Arts isn’t funding art like it used to back before the so-called cultural wars led to the gutting of the budget. But that doesn’t mean…
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San Antonio’s Fl!ght Gallery, located in the popular South Flores Arts District, has announced that it will be moving to the Blue Star Arts Complex in time for the monthly…
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In the lifelong battle that is eeking out a living for most artists, navigating the mystifying world of grants and creative financial support can be a quagmire few are brave enough to…
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After setting aside only the metal siding that used to cover its exterior, at the request of a group of alumni, Rice University went ahead with its plans to demolish the…
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CORE program alumnus and director of the LA-based Machine Project, Mark Allen, comes to Houston this week pulling along a big bag of tricks to unpack—three nights + three venues…
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History is built from stories; Hubbard and Birchler ask us to pay attention to the role that filmmaking plays in its construction.
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The Dallas Museum of Art will be the first stop on a nine-city tour of the US for Japanese artist and art world big-shot Takashi Murakami’s live action film Jellyfish…
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Why the phenomenal success of Mexico-City-based English expat Melanie Smith? Because her work approximates perfection.
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The University of North Texas recently purchased the massive photography collection of the Williams family, an old Fort Worth band of fathers and sons who were all photographers and who have been…