Screenings of artists' noncommercial cinema in digital form are rare enough. Showings of experimental film on 35mm are veritably unheard of.
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The Art Museum Formerly Known As AMOA-Arthouse
by Paula Newtonby Paula Newton 0 commentIt’s official! As of today, the AMOA-Arthouse will now be called The Contemporary Austin. In traditional marriages, the wife takes the name of the husband; a few modern marriages hyphenate…
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Thursday is a busy evening in the Houston art scene but, for antisocial art-lovers who just want to stay in, there is also a (relatively) new half-hour TV show on…
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Side by Side: Arturo Infante Almeida and Daniel Guerrero
by Gabriel Diego Delgado 3 commentsAlmeida and Guerrero make artwork that is worlds apart, but they share a small-town communal nostalgia, galvanized by an uncanny flair for the extravagant.
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Mr. and Mrs. Anderson Again! DMA Director Remarries
by Paula Newtonby Paula Newton 0 commentWhen Maxwell Anderson joined the Dallas Museum of Art in 2012, he brought his wife of 17 years, former actress and entrepreneur Jacqueline Buckingham Anderson, with him. The couple added…
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More Marfa-Envy from NYC: Ballroom Marfa Takes it to the Big City
by Paula Newtonby Paula Newton 0 commentNew York can’t seem to get enough of Marfa. Last month, Manhattan opened the recently restored SoHo home of Donald Judd, referred to by NYTimes’ Roberta Smith as “the template…
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But the wooden box yielded to the pressures of mud and flesh, and quite spectacularly burst open. Slush flooded the gallery, producing a stir among the crowded viewers.
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MFAH Disaster Conference: Gulf Coast Arts Organizations Prepare for the Worst
by Paula Newtonby Paula Newton 0 commentNow that it’s mid-July, it’s easy to think that summer is halfway over, but we technically haven’t even hit the one-third mark. And for those equate summer with the hurricane…
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In the latest of her Glasshouses series, Debra Barrera talks with Angel Oloshove about pop culture, transcendence, and Kokeshi dolls.
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Dallas Film Explores the Evolution of an Art Scene
by Paula Newtonby Paula Newton 0 commentIn conjunction with the exhibition DallasSITES: Charting Contemporary Art, 1963 to Present, the Dallas Museum of Art (DMA) will screen the film Dallas Art City. The film, directed by Colby…
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Skim Milk: Oliver Francis Gallery at Interstate Projects, Brooklyn
by Lucia Simekby Lucia Simek 0 commentI don't really care about Dallas for Dallas and all of that talk. I want to fully exploit the potential of exoticism that the word Dallas brings to mind to people outside of the state.
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Less Cars, More Art! Houston METRO to Add New Rail Lines with Art at Every Stop
by Paula Newtonby Paula Newton 1 commentHouston METRO is on the way to adding three new light-rail lines currently under construction (with two more in the works). Through its “Arts in Transit” program, each of the…
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What is Art “Worth”? Ft. Worth Art Professionals to Clear Things Up
by Paula Newtonby Paula Newton 0 commentThe Fort Worth Art Dealers Association (FWADA) is going to sit down and finally hash out the will the age-old argument about art as experience versus art as investment. Tomorrow…
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Garcia referrs to his works as a “pseudo-spiritual-technology” that suggests Christianity and science can find some points of agreement only because the machines don’t work.
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Houston Arts Community Still Remembers Anthony Palasota
by Paula Newtonby Paula Newton 0 commentIt has been almost five months since the death of Anthony Palasota, one of Houston’s most passionate and dedicated gallery-goers and friend to almost every artist and art-lover in town.…
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Even those who braved the heat, the lack of parking, and the crazy crowd to attend last night’s successful opening of The Big Show 2013 at Houston’s Lawndale Art Center…
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Texas Women in the Arts: When it Does and Doesn’t Matter
by Paula Newtonby Paula Newton 5 commentsThere are those who think gender isn’t an issue anymore (or, at least, shouldn’t be), but leave it to the Texas legislature to stir that pot and bring it to national attention.
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Lakes Were Rivers: Contemporary Photographic Practice and the Archive
by Lee Websterby Lee Webster 1 commentDigging into the Ransom Center's 40 million manuscripts, rare books and works of art, guided by the meandering lenses of the Lakes Were Rivers artists is time well spent.
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Austin Artist Goes on a Beer Run with Some Interesting Company
by Paula Newtonby Paula Newton 0 commentAustin artist William Hundley is one of six artists chosen to create original works for this year’s Beck’s Art Labels project. The artists on the 2013 roster were selected “because…
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Jomama Jones: Radiate at Salvage Vanguard Theater, Austin
by Lee Websterby Lee Webster 1 commentJomama, the persona of artist Daniel Alexander Jones, is a savvy disco goddess who defected from the United States at the start of the Reagan era.