Add another big one to the list of casualties of Austin’s East Side real estate boom. The internationally acclaimed Flatbed Press in Austin has occupied the same big building for…
February 2018
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The artist John Forse has recently moved from Houston to Paris, TX.
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Valentine’s Day marks the beginning of the fourth annual OUTsider festival in Austin. The city is perhaps best known for its SXSW music festival and film festival, but OUTsider brings…
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Harvey Arts Recovery Fund Opens Applications for Second Granting Period
by Glasstireby GlasstireNext Thursday, February 15th, the Harvey Arts Recovery Fund (HARF) will open a second round of applications to Houston-area artists and organizations who are in need of assistance in recovering from…
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In Tribute to Houston’s Ethos of Independent Thinking, MFAH Acquires A Kapoor Bean Exactly Like Chicago’s, But Vertical and Pointy
by Glasstireby Glasstire“We asked ourselves, what artwork could we purchase for millions of dollars that would truly reflect the wildcatting, independent spirit of Houston? And we looked at a ton of artworks…
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Robert Jackson Harrington: “All on the Line” at Dirty Dark Place
by Neil Fauersoby Neil FauersoIt’s exciting to see the conventions of exhibiting and selling art messed with with such a confident swagger.
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I like to imagine someone would buy that place and decorate it like a 1980s Upper East Side apartment, with peony chintz and framed prints of horses.
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This weekend, February 10th and 11th, marks the 16th Annual Rockport Clay Expo held in the coastal town of Rockport, Texas. The city is just getting back on track after it…
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Cody Arnall’s “Who’s Got a Price on Their Head?” (vs. the Selfie)
by Hannah Deanby Hannah DeanThe violence that we enact upon each other, re-contextualized by a viewer as not only non-threatening but as photo-op decor, is a pretty heavy way to ponder aggression and suffering in the chronic sense.
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Houston-born-and-raised film director Wes Anderson is busy curating an art exhibition, according to Konbini.com. Along with his partner—costume designer, novelist and illustrator Juman Malouf—he will present the yet unnamed exhibition…
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The Lyons Avenue Renaissance Festival (known more locally as Nickel Fest), held in Houston’s Fifth Ward on March 24, 2018, is looking for participants with art cars for its parade. The…
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Brandon Zech and Christina Rees on a pioneer filmmaker's technique, the woman photographer allowed at MLK's funeral, and how the earliest humans played the same visual games we do.
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Yesterday, the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA)’s first of two major grant announcements of fiscal year 2018 was delivered. More than $25 million in grants across all artistic disciplines…
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Art Alliance Austin Announces New Director and Dates for Art City Austin
by Glasstireby GlasstireThe non-profit Art Alliance Austin has made two announcements, in naming its new Executive Director, and also setting out the dates for its returning Art City Austin Fine Arts Festival.…
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An exhibition in Fort Worth brings overdue local attention to the city's artist McKie “Mac” Trotter III on the centenary of his birth.
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The Artist Foundation of San Antonio has announced the winners of this year’s grants in three categories: Riley Robinson The Rick Liberto grant for visual arts ($15,000) Aaron Prado The…
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Now in its 10th year (!), the Dallas Art Fair, which takes place in April, has released the list of the fair’s 2018 exhibitors. There are some notable newcomers to…
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Most Americans know that the first date of Michelle and Barack Obama included a romantic stroll through the Art Institute of Chicago. (While working at a Houston museum, this writer…
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I wonder how many of the artists in this show really just wanted to drive a big truck through the plate-glass window that overlooks the pool. “There’s your art. The house looks better already.”
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The Woodlands High School Art Trust announced today that it has acquired five works by Texas-based artists. Now in its eighth year, the Trust uses proceeds from the school’s Homecoming Dance to…