This exhibition, and its accompanying catalogue, is one that any student of the medium dares not miss.
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Another Presidential Artist Outed: The New Casualist Drawings of Bill Clinton
by Paula Newtonby Paula Newton 0 commentGuccifer is at it again. The hacker, who complicated most people’s very set opinions about George W. Bush by releasing images of his newfound painting practice, has now posted drawings…
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Secret Rothko Sale Goes Public and Everyone Goes to Trial
by Paula Newtonby Paula Newton 1 commentIn 2007, when Dallas art collector (and Dallas Museum of Art trustee) Marguerite Hoffman wanted to quietly sell a Rothko painting, she arranged the transaction through a private dealer and,…
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Why do some arts organizations fail, others thrive, and many seem to consistently remain in the middle of some nervous tightrope act? The National Center for Arts Research (NCAR) at…
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What was it about Wols and this brief, vague period in art history that gave me the impression I was looking at religious icons?
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Surface Tiki: Everything Is OK: Justin Hunter Allen
by Thomas Ezekiel Williams 1 commentIt's a serious show, but it's not a dick about being serious; I think that's something everyone in the art world needs to learn.
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Tomorrow night, grayDUCK will hold its final opening in its South Austin gallery space. The appropriately titled Send Off, a group show of prints by artists who have exhibited at…
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Theaster Gates Brings Free Performance to El Dorado Ballroom
by Paula Newtonby Paula Newton 0 commentThose who happened to catch Theaster Gates’ performance at the Houston Museum of African American Culture, presented in conjunction with his work in the 2010 CAMH show Hand+Made: The Performative…
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Some museums hold events during which guests can weigh in on acquisitions for their collections, but these are usually restricted to high-level donors and the events are big fundraisers. Recently,…
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You may like them. You will see. You may like them in a tree!
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After seven years as gallery director, Debra Boz is leaving Austin’s non-profit art space Pump Project and Rebecca Marino will be taking over as new director. Marino, who began as…
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Houston’s Museum District Business Alliance, which promotes enterprise and the arts in the Montrose/Museum District area, will be handing out the 2013 Community Improvement Awards at its annual luncheon on…
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STARRING RENZO PIANO AS MICK JAGGER
by Betsy Lewisby Betsy Lewis 0 commentAfter the lecture was a tightly coiled media hour. A star was in the building. The star that built the building was in the building. I was stunned by the amount of poetry and humor that emerged inside a handful of minutes.
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Dallas’ CentralTrak Artists’ Residency and Gallery holds a monthly lecture series called “Next Topic” on various ideas meant to foster critical discussion in the community. The last topic of the…
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The Pleasant Contemporary: Liam Gillick / Marianne Vitale at The Contemporary Austin
by Dorota Biczel 1 commentPairing of Gillick and Vitale is a strategic curatorial pick for the rebranded institution. This choice is as smart as it is risk-free.
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Visionary artist Cleveland Turner, known affectionately as The Flower Man, died in a hospice on Sunday morning, surrounded by friends. Turner was born in 1943 in a small farming community…
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Artists and gallery folks headed to Florida for Art Basel at Miami Beach will want to arrive early enough to catch the big name celebrities at the opening events. Kanye…
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The Art Guys to Hold 30-Year Recommitment Ceremony (to Each Other)
by Paula Newtonby Paula Newton 0 commentNext Saturday, December 7, will mark the final event of the Art Guys’ 12 Events, the duo’s yearlong celebration of “thirty years of collaboration, commitment, confusion.” Beginning with January’s event,…
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Swank: saturated style, confidence, nostalgia, sex, gloss, perfection to the point of sleaze. The works reach out to you and say, “Why don't you relax and sit on the leather sofa while I mix you a drink?”