The Dallas County Commissioners Court tabled a vote yesterday on funding to turn a County Records building water fountain into an art installation. If county commissioners approve the funding in time…
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Local News Reports on “So-Called ‘Public Art’” Projects in San Antonio
by Paula Newtonby Paula NewtonSan Antonio’s City Council will decide on Thursday whether to approve three new bus shelters on the West Side, reports Robert Price of KAAB Fox News 29. Few details of…
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To find answers about what the Texas Biennial 2013 is, who the curators were, when and where the openings and other events will be, the Biennial web site has all…
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Researchers Discover that Exposure to Bad Art Just Makes Things Worse
by Paula Newtonby Paula NewtonThere is a well-accepted psychological phenomenon called the “mere exposure effect,” sometimes called the “familiarity principle,” which suggests that repeated exposure to a stimulus enhances people’s attitudes towards it. University…
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The results are in! The Humane Society of the United States has announced the winners of its art contest. Six amateur chimpanzee artists, all retired performers or research subjects, were…
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Not So Bueno: Houston East End Public Art Project Irritates Some Spanglish-Speaking Grammar Sticklers
by Paula Newtonby Paula NewtonAs part of a grant-funded revitalization project, the Greater East End Management District has commissioned functional art installation projects with words in English, Spanish or some combination of the two…
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Nasher Reveals Final XChange Project and Site, With Some Unintended Irony
by Paula Newtonby Paula NewtonThe Nasher Sculpture Center has revealed the plans for the final project to be included in its Nasher XChange exhibition to open mid-October in celebration of the Nasher’s tenth anniversary.…
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In 1962, only a few years after the founding of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the NASA Art Program was launched “in an effort to present NASA’s discoveries…
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MFAH Snags Art Institute CFO in Time for Expansion Project
by Paula Newtonby Paula NewtonThe Museum of Fine Arts, Houston has found a replacement for recently retired Associate Director Gwen Goffe. Eric O. Anyah has been lured away from the Art Institute of Chicago and…
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The group Urban Yarnage is set to yarn-bomb (with permission) the new GreenStreet area as the center celebrates the start of construction to transform the property, formerly Houston Pavilions, into…
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More than 300 sites in nearly every state will ring their bells at 3 pm today (either local time or EDT), the hour when Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his…
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Geniuses Receive Cost of Living Adjustments at MacArthur Foundation
by Paula Newtonby Paula NewtonThe MacArthur Foundation has just announced that it will increase to $625,000 (from $500,000) the stipend given to winners of its fellows program. Since 1981, the program has awarded 873…
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Dallas Home Razed: Nasher Almost Finished With XChange Announcements
by Paula Newtonby Paula NewtonThe Nasher Sculpture Center announced its ninth of ten projects to be commissioned for the Nasher XChange exhibition coming this fall in celebration of its tenth anniversary. The project by…
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Those mourning the final loss of any remnant of Hannah Montana (as in Doc-Martins-stomping-out-a-cigarette final loss, as in the-wood-chipper-getting-rid-of-all-the-evidence final loss) may have missed the real newsworthy appearance in the…
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The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth has announced its Fall lecture series, packing every single Tuesday evening with speakers. Most of the series is in conjunction with the upcoming…
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The University of Houston-Clear Lake’s Art Gallery is bringing together Texas comic book artists together for a one-day symposium, comiCulture: From Creation to Consumption, on Saturday, September 21. The event…
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There are those who would like to learn more about Latin American art and then there are those who would like to give it all a big old bear hug.…
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James Franco Probably Really Not Coming to UH Creative Writing Program Now, Too Busy Exploring the World of Art
by Paula Newtonby Paula NewtonRemember when James Franco was coming to the University of Houston’s doctoral program in creative writing? It seemed absurdly silly, but a little bit cool, and so it was disappointing…
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As if anyone needs to be reminded of the temperature, the Aurora Picture Show has titled its screening of short films and videos “Houston Is So Hot!” Or maybe the…
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With its first unveiling in June of this year, the Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center launched its ARTboard program, putting up art billboards in the “spirit of keeping art accessible, approachable,…