Blue Star Contemporary Art Museum has named Mary Heathcott as its new executive director. Since 2012, Heathcott has been the Deputy Director at Artpace San Antonio. In 2011, Heathcott was…
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The folks at Houston’s Fresh Arts present all sorts of helpful workshops for artists, but on Wednesday evening, they are just getting down to the basics of the creative life:…
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HAA to Host Get-Together for Politicians and Arts Orgs
by Paula Newtonby Paula Newton 0 commentTomorrow evening, Monday, January 27th at 5:30 pm, the Houston Arts Alliance (HAA) will host the “2014 Elected Officials Reception for the Arts” at the Hobby Center for Performing Arts.…
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Houston artist Tony Day believes in freedom. Not bald-eagle-laser-etched-on-your-Ford-truck-‘Murica freedom, but freedom of expression. Day is a Yosemite Sam for the creative process.
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El Ultimo Grito's inquiry into the collapsing of time and space in films led them to create new trailers for movies that ignore narrative to focus solely on objects and spaces.
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In addition to the ten public sculptures throughout Dallas, ambitiously commissioned by the Nasher Sculpture Center in celebration of its tenth anniversary, the Nasher has also announced that it received…
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Austin Street Artists Spread Art Love with Weekly Scavenger Hunt
by Paula Newtonby Paula Newton 0 commentAfter recent bummer news posts about Austin street art, it’s nice to hear about SprATX, a positive collective of artists and muralists, as reported by Austin blogger Kit O’Connell. SprATX…
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The Art League Houston and Fresh Arts will host an “Artist Town Hall Meeting” to discuss the needs of artists living and working in the Houston area. The meeting will…
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Peña embraces the artist’s endemic dissatisfaction: each work is only the latest, less than perfect, attempt.
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After Website Presents Museum Selfie Day, AMSET Presents Actual Self-Portrait Exhibition
by Paula Newtonby Paula Newton 0 commentThose who missed the fact that yesterday was “Museum Selfie Day” have probably also suppressed the memory of the announcement by Oxford Dictionaries at the end of 2013 that it…
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1. Charles Long: CATALIN and Pet Sounds The Contemporary Austin January 18 – April 20 On View: January 18, 2014 | 10 am – 5 pm Another of the Austin…
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Artifacts From the Adventures of Florence Nightingale collected by Tom Sale
by Thomas Ezekiel Williams 1 commentTom Sale shapes a wonderful pastiche about the life of Florence Nightingale to meet his personal, obsessive needs.
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Texas Sheriff’s Office Releases “Worst Police Sketch of All Time”
by Paula Newtonby Paula Newton 0 commentThe Lamar County Sheriff’s Department recently released a sketch of a robbery suspect and the UK’s Metro reprinted the drawing in its news section in order to propose that it…
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MFAH Included in Mellon Foundation’s Pilot Program for Curatorial Diversity
by Paula Newtonby Paula Newton 0 commentIt’s no secret that the people who work at museums have always been predominately white, but the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation is now supporting a new initiative at five major…
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Texas State Researchers Pinpoint Exact Moment of Monet Painting
by Paula Newtonby Paula Newton 0 commentFans of Claude Monet’s The Cliff, Étretat, Sunset (1883) can now rest easy, knowing exactly when it was painted: February 5, 1883 at 4:53 pm local mean time (plus or…
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Chris Sauter, like Jesus, invites you to stick your hand in a hole. His inter-related projects examine the false dichotomies between religion and science.
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(Productive) Excess of Junk: Antonio Berni: Juanito and Ramona
by Dorota Biczel 0 commentBerni’s works explode with an unabashed, visceral materiality, and raise questions regarding the construction of artistic canons, both in Latin America and beyond.
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The Dallas Museum of Art (DMA) announced that it has enrolled nearly 50,000 visitors in its DMA Friends membership program since its launch one year ago today. Touted as “the…
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Since the Art League Houston (ALH) announced an open call for exhibition proposals for two shows per year, artists will want to make sure that the ALH folks receive a…
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Happy MLK Day! A Symposium and a Meditation with Speeches
by Paula Newtonby Paula Newton 0 commentHappy Martin Luther King, Jr. Day! In honor of Dr. King’s birthday, there are a number of parades and celebrations throughout the state this morning and afternoon. This evening, the…