Artificial Scarcity by Sean Ripple at Mackey Gallery from Cosmic Light Productions on Vimeo.
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Spring 2010 prognostication. Austin New Works Series with Luke Savisky and Okay Mountain Austin Museum of Art Upcoming Spring Okay, the Austin Museum of Art gets a tough time from…
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I’ve been trying to figure out where art exists for me. During a canvas stretching demo in my painting class, one of my students asked me about what kind art…
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As I stumble through this life, help me to create more laughter than tears, dispense more cheer than gloom, spread more cheer than despair. Never let me become so indifferent,…
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Every day I scan the web for Texas-related art news; to help me in my tireless quest, I’ve got a list of likely bookmarks I check often. They are the…
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Hell and High Water: Bolivar After Ike from Kelly Klaasmeyer on Vimeo. Five months after Hurricane Ike slammed into the Texas coast on September 13, 2008, Houston artist Bert Long…
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Disclaimer: This story, like any large sculpture, is fabricated. Art League Houston Last week I went to Art League Houston to see Brent Kollock’s Obsession of the…
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In 1940, the influential Dutch Jewish art dealer Jacques Goudstikker, his wife Desi and their one-year-old son Edo fled the invading Nazis on a cargo ship bound for England. But…
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"Sho" is the name of the new sculpture in the Meadows Museum Plaza, consisting of a large wire-frame head. I had seen images of this promoted around town, but…
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In late 2007, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston opened its permanent Arts of Korea gallery, and immediately mounted an exhibition of the work of the modern master, Suh Se-ok.…
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With the Climate Change Summit wrapping-up in Copenhagen, and it not looking so pretty for the future of this blue planet, I recently made tentative “end of the world” plans…
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Son of a Hollywood police photographer/detective, Gary Sweeney is a classic Irish smart-ass – quick-witted and funny as hell. Case in point, his public art project for the city of…
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DISCLAIMER: Despite evidence to the contrary, I prefer cash. Last week, before going to Will Henry and Matthew Sontheimer’s shows at Butler/Borden Gallery, I stopped in at the Gem…
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Susan Rothenberg was having a quiet moment at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth on the eve of her exhibition Moving in Place, the artist’s first museum show in…
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As the director of SlideRoom, I have a unique point of view on trends in the arts: contests, grants, education, etc … One interesting trend I am seeing in West…
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Since the recent proliferation of the Art Fair (Art Basel Miami Beach opened its doors in 2002, and Frieze set up shop in 2003), we know more and more what…
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DISCLAIMER: Warning: Although the company has taken reasonable precautions to ensure no vowels are present in this article, the company cannot accept responsibility for any italics or umlaut in the…
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Lauren Kelley’s unapologetic approach to stop-motion animation is in keeping with the studio space in which she creates her videos. Kelley rents a very humble apartment just outside of downtown…
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What to make of The First Annual Rob Pruitt Art Awards which took place on October 29, 2009 at The Guggenheim Museum in association with White Columns and Calvin Klein…
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Philip Van Keuren has mounted a fantastic show of his work on paper from the past forty years (at the MAC). This includes poetry, drawings, photographs and photogravure. Impeccably arranged,…