Why We Need Art Writers Now (More Than Ever)
Here in Texas there are more art venues, art-school programs, and artists than ever before. And a dire lack of honest, engaging, readable critical writing about any of it.
The MFAH’s Folly
Imagine if the MFAH had lived up to the bootstrapping spirit of this crazy swamp and done something really radical.
Sacha Baron Cohen Meets American Torpor
These days, no one trolls liberal America better or harder than Republicans do.
The Transcendental Style for a Fallen World
Transcendental Style essentially induces boredom as deliberate technique in order to produce a sort of “ambient plane,” and then cracks it open with a moment of ecstasy and release.
It’s 2018. Who Gets To Play Tex?
It’s not so much about liking, or “liking,” a casting decision. It’s about believing in the character.
The “Museum” is Dead. Get Over It.
If I would prefer to find my pleasures elsewhere than this new direction of museums, then obviously there are artists who are already way ahead of me.
Artwork Needed: Scams and the Emerging Artist
"Hello. I would like to purchase some of your works as a surprise gift to my wife in honor of our upcoming wedding anniversary."
Bobby: The Best Show Ever II: Electric Boogaloo
Where your “heart” is? Where your memories are? How does a place change things? How does a place change people? How does the design of the built environment colonize space and nature to manufacture desire in the landscape of capitalism?
