By SARAH M. VASQUEZ of the Big Bend Sentinel (used by permission) MARFA – Ballroom Marfa’s much-anticipated drive-in theater project has been “indefinitely deferred,” or postponed. In a letter to…
June 2014
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To reintroduce a passé subject without the crutch of irony or impressive technical skill is a challenging task. Bodycomb needs to channel her inner Hitchcock.
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The Houston Fringe Festival is busy organizing its upcoming carnival of chaos, now in its seventh year. The five-day event (September 24-28) features local and international performers and artists who…
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Automakers Pledge $26 Million to Help Keep DIA Art Off the Auction Block
by Paula Newtonby Paula NewtonDetroit may finally be close to saving its city’s art collection, held by the Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA). The nation’s three major automakers, Ford, General Motors and Chrysler, announced…
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Vélez's work at Oliver Francis Gallery has a simple aesthetic: angry and loud.
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Last week the Austin Critics’ Table held their informal and highly irreverent annual awards ceremony. With their fair share of salty language and off-the-cuff humor, writers from The Austin Chronicle…
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“Tattletale Culture”: City Audit Reveals Major Dysfunction at McAllen Museum
by Paula Newtonby Paula NewtonAccording to a lengthy report from city auditors, South Texas’ International Museum of Art and Science (IMAS) has some serious issues with governance, ethically questionable behavior, and protection of its…
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No Walls: the Expanded Curatorial Practice of Michele Monseau
by Sarah Fischby Sarah FischThe rejiggering at Blue Star has transferred Monseau's energy to an expanded and exciting pop-up curatorial practice.
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Texas Cities Making the Wrong Lists of Creative, Exciting Places
by Paula Newtonby Paula NewtonRecently, the website PolicyMic published a list of “15 Cities for Creative 20-Somethings That Aren’t New York or Los Angeles” and Abby Koenig took to her Houston Press blog to…
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The Biggest Mural in Houston, a Temporary Ode to Preservation, is Unveiled Today
by Paula Newtonby Paula NewtonEven Houstonians who have spent the past month watching that giant mural go up in Midtown (off Fannin, behind the five-story building at 2800 San Jacinto) may have skipped the…
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In honor of the 70th anniversary of D-Day, we post these photographs by architect-turned-prize-winning-photographer Donald Weber, part of his series-in-progress War Sand. Last year, Weber visited the beaches at Normandy…
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Maybe it’s some kind of retro zeitgeist but these circa-1960s sculptures seem incredibly contemporary.
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1. Zoe Leonard: 100 North Nevill Street Chinati Foundation, Marfa Through December 31, 2014 Make plans now to see Leonard’s remarkable camera obscura installation — if you missed her in…
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From Chin to Flynn: Menil Presents Encyclopedia in Art and Poetry
by Paula Newtonby Paula NewtonTomorrow evening at 7 pm, the Menil Collection will host an “Illustrated Lecture & Book Signing” with Houston-born artist Mel Chin, fresh from his retrospective at the New Orleans Museum…
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The 17th annual Extremely Shorts Film Festival presents an eclectic mix of movie moments from around the globe.
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Tonight is the opening of the second annual X Marks the Art exhibition in downtown San Antonio. An initiative of Public Art San Antonio (PASA), the city’s public art program,…
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Largely Abandoned Conventional Titles (BlueBerry-Acai EDM + Omega-3): Jaakko Pallasvuo
Pallasvuo's "Nu Paintings" are a virtual call to arms.
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One of the most famously weird stories in art history is the tale of Vincent van Gogh’s 1888 psychotic episode during which he chopped off his own ear and presented…
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Kara Walker Sculpture Attracts Mostly White Crowd and Many Seem to be Twelve Years Old
by Paula Newtonby Paula NewtonKara Walker’s new installation, A Subtlety, located in Brooklyn’s abandoned Domino Sugar factory, is drawing large crowds and provoking some pretty interesting discussions. Its longer title, A Subtlety or the…
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When all the spaces are digitally rendered in high resolution, belief will be moot, the equation will be solved, and ghosts really will cease to exist.