The Dallas Museum of Art (DMA) announced yesterday that Jennifer and John Eagle have donated $3 million to the DMA for the renovation of the Museum’s North Entrance. John Eagle,…
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If you are in an area that hasn’t been hit by the horrible weather in the past couple of days, count yourself lucky, because the flooding and storms have whipped…
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OPINION: If Abramović Had Any Cred at All, It’s Totally Gone Now
by Paula Newtonby Paula Newton(Disclaimer: This is not really news, but a personal reaction to current art news. After this post, I will return to the usual semi-objective news.) Performance art, to me, is…
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Working Artists and the Greater Economy (W.A.G.E.) has announced that five more arts organizations are choosing to become W.A.G.E. Certified, including Houston’s DiverseWorks. W.A.G.E. is a New York-based activist organization…
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The South Flores Arts District will soon have two new galleries, both in the Lone Star Studios building, reports the San Antonio Express-News. Bill FitzGibbons, artist and former director of…
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Above is a photo of artist Robert Rauschenberg and engineer Billy Klüver working on Oracle (1965). Klüver explained the origins of the artwork: “Bob Rauschenberg… had asked me to collaborate…
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Where Does Houston’s Future Mayor Stand on Issues of Arts and Culture?
by Paula Newtonby Paula NewtonMayor Annise Parker wants to get Houston’s Arts and Cultural Plan in order before she leaves office. The City has hired consultants, held a number of public meetings, and is…
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For younger artists who think the Houston art scene began when they emerged from grad school, attendance should be required for this event: a presentation and panel discussion entitled “Pow…
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The Dallas Museum of Art announced its 2015 Awards to Artists and, this year, ten awards were given out. Congratulations to all! The four 2015 Clare Hart DeGolyer Memorial Fund…
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“Limits” is a relative term. Like beauty, it is often in the eye of the beholder. –Chris Burden Artist Chris Burden died yesterday of a malignant melanoma at his home…
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Take the quirkiness of the Japanese, who elevated simple emoticons to cute and pictographic emojis, and combine it with Texas pride, and you get TexMojis! When Lubbock native Sean Compton…
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The American Alliance of Museums (AAM) has given its 2015 Award for Distinguished Service to Museums to Thomas A. Livesay, executive director of San Antonio’s Briscoe Western Art Museum. The…
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Marfa visitors and residents know that Marfa is bigger than Marfa, bigger than Chinati and the Judd Foundation, bigger than Big Bend—it’s the whole West Texas sense of independence, self-reliance,…
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Last night, the American Freedom Defense Initiative (AFDI) held its “Muhammad Art Exhibit and Contest” in the Curtis Curwell Convention Center in Garland and, just as the event was about…
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Among the works created during his Winter 1999 Artpace residency, artist/composer Christian Marclay made a piece called Guitar Drag, but decided not to show the work in Texas due to…
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In the midst of the current problems in Baltimore, the public schools reopen today but, after two postponements, the Orioles’ home game this afternoon against the Chicago White Sox will…
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Yesterday, Texas State art student Monika Rostvold sat on the steps of the school’s library, blindfolded and almost completely nude (except for a nude-colored thong and pasties), for 45 minutes,…
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In late 2012, the City of El Paso hired artist Margarita Cabrera to create a metal sculpture for a roundabout in the City and, after extensive delays (due to the…
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Just as one executive directorship gets filled, another opens up. Yesterday, the Houston Center for Contemporary Craft (HCCC) announced the resignation of Executive Director Julie Farr, effective May 1, “to…
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The Executive Director of the Midtown Arts and Theater Center Houston (the MATCH) has announced that Kirk Markley will join the MATCH as its first Managing Director in late May.…