Ah, those abstract nouns. Truth. Justice. Beauty. Hope. Liberty. Good. Bad. Whatever. They’re all so open to interpretation, and they’re all so meaningless when designated as the theme for a…
Roy Neinast
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No matter that the City of Austin covered them in plastic before South by Southwest; those poles on Sixth Street never stood a chance.
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Bad news from Austin: The Shepard Fairey mural, originally scheduled to be installed on Thursday, March 19, on the UT Art Building, has been postponed indefinitely. Here’s part of…
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All right, so maybe with erotic art it’s much easier to titillate (zing!) the senses, but that didn’t stop me from thinking Aerosol Warfare’s “Broken Heart Erotic Art Show” was…
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Last week, while writing about the new fountains at 1100 Louisiana, I promised I’d follow up in the event I heard back from property owner Hines Interests. Call me…
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Anyone else out there glad Houston moved Jean Dubuffet’s Monument au Fantome from 1100 Louisiana to Discovery Green? Ever since I was a kid, I’ve thought Monument au Fantome…
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Call it 9/11 for the Houston art world. Okay, don’t, since that would be really inappropriate and way out of line. Maybe Pearl Harbor. No, that’s not right either. What…
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You don’t wanna mess with Houston when it comes to the oil industry (we’re looking at you, Dubai), and the locals boys and girls at Morris Architects have helped drive…
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Some random, probably unoriginal questions about Cildo Meireles‘s Mission/Missions (How to Build Cathedrals) at the Blanton: Eight hundred communion wafers. Two thousand cattle bones. Eighty paving stones. Six hundred…
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With over 300,000 square feet devoted to the display of art, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston has a lot to see, and the curators often seem to go out…
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Anyone who doubts puppets are kind of creepy should check out the wood and chicken-wire boneyard currently in the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston. It's part of “The Puppet Show,” and…
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If you like music boxes, and you like outdoor installations, you’ll probably dig found sound (Public Music Reconnaissance), Patrick Renner‘s new installation at Lawndale Art Center. The concept…
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The good folks at Swamplot have tracked down what the new and improved Menil Collection might look like. “David Chipperfield’s proposal for the museum includes the addition of galleries,…