A few weeks ago, Artnews’ feature on Gary Tinterow discussed the Museum of Fine Arts Houston’s plans to build a new wing for modern and contemporary art, at a cost…
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Hybrid Forms at AMOA-Arthouse seeks to codify new media as a traditional art medium. With contributions from ten artists, the exhibition is anchored by video innovator Nam June Paik’s Zen…
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With the changing of the seasons comes too the changing of the art climate. In the past year in Austin we’ve seen a flourishing of house and apartment galleries from…
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Stuart Horodner may be best known to those of us here in Houston as guest editor of the Art Lies issue on “second acts”—artists, curators, and writers who are deeply…
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Though it may still be hot and steamy outside, the fall exhibition season is almost upon us. The next several weekends in Houston look to be busy, busy with much-anticipated…
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Before I entered the gallery to see Erick Swenson’s Sightings at the Nasher, a guard politely stopped me at the door and warned me that there was work in the…
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Mikaylah Bowman‘s recent series of photographs reminds me of the 17th century Dutch still-life tradition, paintings that depict neatly arranged flowers, their edges crisp with decay. Something sweet and slightly…
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The beginning of the second episode of “Gallery Girls” started off with Claudia returning to End of Century after the opening rager, so let’s start this by checking in with…
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I was falling asleep slowly around 1:30 am when I heard the chime of a Facebook chat message. I debated about just ignoring it, but my Facebook obsession kicked…
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Glass Satire’s newest installment explores the incompatibility of contemporary floor-based sculpture with very important people who don’t ever look down. (It also explains why the Félix González-Torres sculpture in the…
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A midcareer retrospective of the exuberant and far-reaching Radcliffe Bailey takes on African American history, to world-expanding effect.
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For Part I, click here. For Part II, click here. Why do certain artworks have such a lasting impact? To stay with me, artworks usually have to affect some kind…
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So the majority of episode one of Bravo’s “Gallery Girls” was big on introducing the girls and low on any actual art. Or, you know, working. What is important to…
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Some of you may have seen “Gallery Girls,” the new Bravo “reality” show which premiered on August 13. For those of you who are less of a slave to Bravo’s…
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EssayOp Ed
Gallery days, art nights, first fridays, etc.: making a scene
by Claire Ruudby Claire Ruud“Please, someone, do the research and write a really in depth article on the nature of getting people in the door [of galleries] versus the likelihood that they buy something…”…
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BlogReviewThe Open Blog
James Surls and the Rocky Mountain Art High (Pt. 2)
by John Aaspby John AaspAfter visiting James Surls and two outdoor fairs (one local and one commercially organized) in part 1, it was time to hit the big wig affair at the Aspen Ice…
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Ben Rubin is a media artist living in New York City who recently unveiled his 6-channel video projection, And That’s The Way It Is . . . on the University…
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Experimental Eye and The Sounds of Silence. The next 6 weeks bring Houstonians rare opportunities to see some of the most dynamic experimental films in history- many shown on delicious…
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Part II of my fantastic chat with artist Christina Sukhgian Houle who is in Mexico City for six weeks as part of the SOMA summer artist in residency project. We…
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Dear Laura, I think I’m ready to approach a gallery about showing my work, and maybe even ask them to represent me as an artist. I’ve heard from older…