Is ultramarine-blue Plexiglas a sufficient reason to title a geometric sculpture Whispering Giotto? What does a chrome cube lined with white rabbit fur on a black granite base have to do with Thelonious Monk?
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There are still ten days to purchase a lottery ticket to win the 1914 painting by Pablo Picasso, Man in the Opera Hat, estimated to be worth $1 million. The…
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Not Your Typical History Lesson: Color! American Photography Transformed at The Amon Carter
by Rafael Barrientos Martinez 0 commentThis 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…