Thursday is a busy evening in the Houston art scene but, for antisocial art-lovers who just want to stay in, there is also a (relatively) new half-hour TV show on…
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When Maxwell Anderson joined the Dallas Museum of Art in 2012, he brought his wife of 17 years, former actress and entrepreneur Jacqueline Buckingham Anderson, with him. The couple added…
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More Marfa-Envy from NYC: Ballroom Marfa Takes it to the Big City
by Paula Newtonby Paula NewtonNew York can’t seem to get enough of Marfa. Last month, Manhattan opened the recently restored SoHo home of Donald Judd, referred to by NYTimes’ Roberta Smith as “the template…
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MFAH Disaster Conference: Gulf Coast Arts Organizations Prepare for the Worst
by Paula Newtonby Paula NewtonNow that it’s mid-July, it’s easy to think that summer is halfway over, but we technically haven’t even hit the one-third mark. And for those equate summer with the hurricane…
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In conjunction with the exhibition DallasSITES: Charting Contemporary Art, 1963 to Present, the Dallas Museum of Art (DMA) will screen the film Dallas Art City. The film, directed by Colby…
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Less Cars, More Art! Houston METRO to Add New Rail Lines with Art at Every Stop
by Paula Newtonby Paula NewtonHouston METRO is on the way to adding three new light-rail lines currently under construction (with two more in the works). Through its “Arts in Transit” program, each of the…
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What is Art “Worth”? Ft. Worth Art Professionals to Clear Things Up
by Paula Newtonby Paula NewtonThe Fort Worth Art Dealers Association (FWADA) is going to sit down and finally hash out the will the age-old argument about art as experience versus art as investment. Tomorrow…
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Houston Arts Community Still Remembers Anthony Palasota
by Paula Newtonby Paula NewtonIt has been almost five months since the death of Anthony Palasota, one of Houston’s most passionate and dedicated gallery-goers and friend to almost every artist and art-lover in town.…
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Even those who braved the heat, the lack of parking, and the crazy crowd to attend last night’s successful opening of The Big Show 2013 at Houston’s Lawndale Art Center…
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Texas Women in the Arts: When it Does and Doesn’t Matter
by Paula Newtonby Paula NewtonThere are those who think gender isn’t an issue anymore (or, at least, shouldn’t be), but leave it to the Texas legislature to stir that pot and bring it to national attention.
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Austin artist William Hundley is one of six artists chosen to create original works for this year’s Beck’s Art Labels project. The artists on the 2013 roster were selected “because…
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The prestigious Studio Museum of Harlem in New York presents itself as “the nexus for artists of African descent locally, nationally and internationally and for work that has been inspired…
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Things Get Real in Dallas: Max Anderson and Catherine Cuellar Publish Op-Ed Calling for City’s Help Against Museum Tower
by Paula Newtonby Paula NewtonThe Dallas Arts District Foundation has had enough. Foundation Chairman Maxwell L. Anderson (also director of the Dallas Museum of Art) and Executive Director Catherine Cuellar published an opinion piece…
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Welcome Home: Houston Artists Transform Empty Lot into Third Ward Living Room
by Paula Newtonby Paula NewtonWhat residents of Houston’s Third Ward neighborhood saw as merely a vacant, weed-infested lot where drugs are dealt and the homeless sleep, artist Robert Hodge saw as an opportunity to…
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Seven Texas artists and arts organizations were recipients of the Mid-America Arts Alliance’s newest grants program, Artistic Innovations, created to encourage experimentation and new projects. The M-AAA supports cultural activity…
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Summer of Love: Two More Dallas Artists Add to Airport Installations
by Paula Newtonby Paula NewtonIn 2009, a new public art program was developed to coincide with the renovations at Dallas’ Love Field that will be completed in 2014. To add to the mere four…
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Summer is traditionally pretty slow for art in the steamy south so, for those who have been waiting for bribery before hitting the galleries, this weekend will be the time…
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Every year, the Rice Design Alliance (RDA) sponsors a charrette competition, bringing together gifted designers, architects, and regular folks with good ideas from the Houston area. The RDA (along with…
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Amarillo artist Jacob Morin has been painting over some of the city’s famous mock road signs, which have been up for many years. According to Amarillo’s NewsChannel10.com, Morin asks permission…
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Another Dallas Public Art Project: Nasher XChange Announces Site III
by Paula Newtonby Paula NewtonIn celebration of its 10th anniversary in October, the Nasher Sculpture Center announced that it has commissioned ten public art works at ten diverse sites throughout Dallas. While they have…