The Meadows Museum at Southern Methodist University now has its sixth work by Francisco Goya, the newest one an important late oil painting by the Spanish Romantic master, a portrait…
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The Chinati Foundation released an odd statement today that it was “proud to announce” that it has been selected for inclusion on the 2014 Worlds Monument Watch list. Since 1996,…
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This Saturday from 10 am to 4 pm, San Antonio’s Artpace will host its 10th annual Chalk It Up festival, where contemporary artists, novices, and kids all work together to…
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It’s art fair time (again)! This weekend, the Texas Contemporary Art Fair will take over the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston, and it all kicks off with a…
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A large sculptural installation by San Antonio/New York artist Franco Mondini-Ruiz has recently been acquired for the permanent collection of the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, D.C. The work…
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After Friday’s report of a federal terrorism task force descending on the Houston area homes of Houston art appraiser/art supporter Cecily E. Horton and her husband Andrew E. Schneck, FBI…
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Slant, a new Dallas Midtown artist collective at Valley View, is holding an open call for a group exhibition entitled Contained. In the call for entries for the juried show,…
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Mark Larsen, founder of the Artery has announced that the space will soon be closing after 26 years. The inner-city environmental art/performance space “is magic because of the abundant foliage…
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Nice and Nicest: “Anonymous” Artist Responds to Menil’s Third Ward Billboard
by Paula Newtonby Paula NewtonA billboard placed in Houston’s Dupree Park in the Third Ward has provoked a counter-billboard. The original billboard promotes the Menil Collection’s current exhibition Nice. Luc Tuymans, with one of…
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Various departments of the FBI (including the Hazardous Materials Response Team), the Houston Police Department, and the Houston Fire Department entered two homes today with a warrant search. One house…
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“It Is Difficult,” Says Alfredo Jaar: Coming to Houston to Inspire
by Paula Newtonby Paula NewtonThere seems to be a recent surge in exhibitions, programs and artists dealing with community engagement and political activism. Now, the politically active Holocaust Museum Houston is bringing artist Alfredo…
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Project Row Houses (PRH) is celebrating its twentieth anniversary with a block party this Saturday from 11 am-7 pm. Okay, it will be more than a block and Saturday is…
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Those in or near Longview this weekend can stop in at the Longview Museum of Fine Arts (LMFA) for its estate sale on Saturday. It will be an opportunity to…
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For many young artists, the moment they notice that they are hanging out at the big craft chain stores more often than the regular art supply stores is when they…
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Houston’s DiverseWorks states that its current exhibition The Eleventh Hour “traces a lineage of urgency and activism in DiverseWorks’ programming over the past 30 years.” For those feel a sense…
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There are a lot of institutions, programs, and people seriously affected in all sorts of ways by the government shutdown, which started today. Affecting the art world is the closing…
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Calling All Art Chic@s: La Reunion TX Seeks Artists and Students
by Paula Newtonby Paula NewtonLa Reunion TX (LRTX) is looking for students and mentors to participate in its 7th annual Art Chic@s program. LRTX, a non-profit organization in west Oak Cliff that “connects art…
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A federal grand jury returned a 24-count indictment today against Jeffrey Shankman with bankruptcy fraud and concealment of assets. Shankman filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy in 2008 and the indictment…
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This Wednesday, the five-day 2013 Houston Fringe Festival will open up its experimental mixed bag of theater, dance, music, film, and visual arts. The 6th annual festival will take place…
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Elmgreen and Dragset, the artist duo behind Prada Marfa, have released a statement with their thoughts on the Texas Department of Transportation’s decision to declare the installation illegal. There are…