When White Rock Lake Weekly published an article entitled “Art? Or an eyesore? City set to decide,” it prompted some serious folks in the Dallas art community to speak up.
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Houston DJ Re-Launches Club with Art/Film/Music Combo
by Paula Newtonby Paula Newton 0 commentHouston art lovers who don’t hang out at hip nightclubs have probably still experienced the sounds of Andre Sam-Sin, known as DJ Sun of Soular Grooves. DJ Sun has been…
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Performance Art Festivals to “Put Houston on the Map”
by Paula Newtonby Paula Newton 3 commentsThe University of Houston’s Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for the Arts is organizing a brand new festival of experimental performances called CounterCurrent 14, which will debut on April 9-13. Karen…
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Video: Dave Hickey, part 4: Accommodating Identities
by Glasstireby Glasstire 0 commentIn which Dave points out the constraints of identity art at universities, galleries, museums and other bastions of hell.
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Houston Mayor Gets Married! And We Throw in Some Art News as an Excuse to Post the Wedding Photo
by Paula Newtonby Paula Newton 1 commentHouston Mayor Annise Parker and her long-time partner, First Lady Kathy Hubbard, were joined in marriage today in a sunset ceremony held at a private home in Palm Springs, California. “This…
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MOCA Rebounds! Museum Reaches Financial Goals and Names New Director
by Paula Newtonby Paula Newton 0 commentThree years ago, Los Angeles’ Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) was in big financial trouble and, after an attempted merger from the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, it launched…
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Video: Dave Hickey, part 3: Administrated Art History
by Glasstireby Glasstire 4 commentsIn which Dave bemoans the administration of art history, the permanent reign of postminimalism, and bad social-content art. Heckler at 14:50!
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C’mon Austin, Watch Out For Your Street Art History!
by Paula Newtonby Paula Newton 2 commentsOnly a couple of weeks after the iconic Daniel Johnston mural was defaced and only a couple of blocks away, vandals defaced the historic mural at Austin’s Renaissance Market, located…
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Video: Dave Hickey, part 2: Sabbatical Art
by Glasstireby Glasstire 2 commentsPart 2 of 4, in which Dave eulogizes the undergound of the late 60's and early 70's, explains how everything has gone wrong with the artworld since.
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Video: Dave Hickey, part 1: There Is No In
by Glasstireby Glasstire 41 commentsCritic Dave Hickey begins by dissing Glasstire, Texas, Houston, stupid liberals, and Rice University, then goes on to the futility of the NEA and alternative art institutions.
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Opening to Celebrate Houston Artist and Fundraise for Posthumous Book
by Paula Newtonby Paula Newton 0 commentFebruary 1st will mark the first anniversary of the death of Houston artist Bert L. Long, Jr. and a bunch of artists and Long fans will be celebrating his life…
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Art Entries Due! It May Be a Drive to Be a “Star of Texas,” But It May Be Worth It
by Paula Newtonby Paula Newton 0 commentSubmissions are due at the end of next week for the 16th annual Stars of Texas juried art exhibition. Started in 1999, the exhibition has grown from a one-week local…
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Help San Antonio Decide the Future of Public Arts
by Paula Newtonby Paula Newton 0 commentLike many cities, San Antonio receives most of its public funding for arts and cultural events through tourism and hotel taxes. The basic thinking behind this structure is that exciting…
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Historic UH Chicano Mural Restored, Now Matches the Barnes & Noble Furniture
by Paula Newtonby Paula Newton 0 commentIn the early 1970s, two University of Houston (UH) student artists came up with a plan to celebrate Mexican-American culture as a project of the Mexican American Youth Organization (MAYO).…
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The Dallas Museum of Art (DMA) today announced the appointment of Gavin Delahunty as the new Hoffman Family Senior Curator of Contemporary Art. Currently the head of exhibitions and displays…
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With only two or three inches between each work, the exhibition doesn't exactly lend itself to parsing, but it's a show about transition: from where the gallery has been to where it is going.
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Forgive me, Father: I paid $20 to have my artwork in a juried exhibition with 30 other depraved artists. I did so with full free will and knowledge of my actions and know this is a mortal sin.
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Contemporary Austin Announces Finalists for Laguna Gloria Landscape Master Plan
by Paula Newtonby Paula Newton 2 commentsThe Contemporary Austin is wasting no time in getting its 12-acre lakeside estate ready for the future Betty and Edward Marcus Sculpture Park at Laguna Gloria, for which it was…
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Social Practice Makes Perfect: PRH to Host Symposium on Artists and Community Engagement
by Paula Newtonby Paula Newton 0 commentThe term “social practice” has been getting more and more popular among artists in the past few years, although it still seems only slightly more defined (but definitely more user-friendly)…