The Board of Directors of the Midtown Arts and Theater Center Houston (The MATCH) has announced that it has selected Chuck Still, currently the Executive Director of the Katharine Hepburn…
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Only two weeks after the closing of Oscar de la Renta: Five Decades of Style at The George W. Bush Presidential Library on Dallas’ SMU campus, the legendary fashion designer…
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While most people were sleeping last night, the National Report (“America’s #1 Independent News Source”!) released a story with the headline “Graffiti Artist Banksy Arrested In London; Identity Revealed.” The…
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At the opening of Houston Center for Contemporary Craft’s CraftTexas 2014, the eighth in a series of biennial juried exhibitions showcasing the best in Texas-made contemporary craft, the exhibition jurors…
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After almost 30 years, Houston’s Southwest Alternate Media Project (SWAMP) is moving out of its physical location at 1519 West Main and into a “virtual office” (Mary Lampe’s living room?).…
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Although Glasstire reported that Darryl Lauster was the lone Texan shortlisted for the ArtPrize (the international art competition based in Grand Rapids, Michigan), we are also going to claim the…
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Ultra-rich former NYC mayor Michael (he’s “Mike” on all his websites) Bloomberg’s charitable foundation has announced a “Public Art Challenge” today, inviting U.S. cities to develop temporary public art projects…
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It’s probably a sign of its funky aesthetic that the folks at Houston’s new Smither Park will put on a party at the drop of a hat (“We thought of…
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Chinati Weekend is coming! From 5-10pm on Friday evening, studios and galleries in downtown Marfa will be open with exhibitions and performances. On Saturday, there will be a big reception…
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Picasso Vandal Announces Vague Plans to Produce a Show, a Book, and to Overturn the New World Order
by Paula Newtonby Paula NewtonAfter spending 21 months in prison for his spraycan stunt at the Menil Collection, Uriel Landeros recently granted an interview with blogger Chris Tarango, which has been getting passed around…
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The fall lecture series organized by the Rice School of Architecture (RSA) and the Rice Design Alliance (RDA) is called “Near Future” and it brings to Houston five visionaries from…
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Happy Birthday to Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (or “Mahatma” [high-souled] Gandhi, or “Bapu” [Papa]), who was born 145 years ago today! October 2 is also celebrated in Gandhi’s honor as the…
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Houston’s National Museum of Funeral History is opening its exhibition of Dracula Cemetery today, which will run through November 3. It’s an educational show about Vlad “The Impaler” Tepes who…
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ArtPrize, the international art competition based in Grand Rapids, Michigan, announced its juror’s shortlist yesterday, selecting twenty artists from the 1,536 entrants. Darryl Lauster, selected for his installation God Bless…
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The Art League Houston (ALH) reviews submissions to its open call for exhibition proposals but twice a year and the deadline for the next batch is midnight tomorrow night. If…
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In recent years, geekdom has finally been declared cool, or has The San Antonio Current explains in anticipation of the upcoming Alamo City Comic Con, “Now, nerding out is the…
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So who are these three artists who beat out bunches of eager applicants for the ninth round of Lawndale Artist Studio Program’s nine-month residency? What are they going to do…
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It must be a slow news week when a man calls KPRC Houston to complain about naked sculptures at Discovery Green and they actually send a camera crew to interview…
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The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (MFAH) only launched the “Arts of the Islamic World Initiative” in 2007 and initially raised enough money to acquire six objects for a permanent…
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For those who not yet arted out from the Texas Contemporary Art Fair, it’s time to gear up again for the Houston Fine Art Fair (HFAF)! Billed as “The South’s…