Season is dedicated to the act of fishing and its trappings—in the center of the gallery, the hacked-off bow of a sailboat lies atop a white table like the carcass of an enormous fish that’s been laid there for cleaning.
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The University of Houston’s School of Art has finally hired someone to fill gap left by Suzanne Bloom when she retired last spring after 35 years. Keliy Anderson-Staley will join…
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Artists Who Steal Art: When Is Appropriation Simply Theft?
by Paula Newtonby Paula Newton 9 commentsKay Smith, an artist from Big Springs, Texas, was having a down day when she decided to cheer herself up by visiting the new T.J.Maxx in Midland. Perusing the…
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Lee Littlefield, Houston Sculptor and “Pop-Up” Artist, Has Died
by Paula Newtonby Paula Newton 53 commentsAfter being hospitalized due to a recent car accident, artist Lee Littlefield was diagnosed with stage IV lung cancer. He was released a few days ago and died at home,…
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Organized by the DMA’s Olivier Meslay with help from the Amon Carter, it's a small, thoughtful gem of a show, and dense with emotion—a surprise grenade of grief, wishful thinking, and soul searching.
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Making Leaders and Making Money: TFA to Present How-To Workshop
by Paula Newtonby Paula Newton 0 commentMost arts organizations will agree that they could use stronger leadership and more money, so Texans for the Arts (TFA) is putting together an all-day workshop called “Arts Funding and…
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Latinas at the Movies: It’s Señorita Cinema Weekend!
by Paula Newtonby Paula Newton 0 commentSeñorita Cinema, the Texas All Latina Film Festival, founded by Houston filmmaker Stephanie Saint Sanchez, is back! If you missed last night’s opening night screening, there are still more…
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Using themselves and their bodies as inception, means and end to art production, Jonas and Pane's work is a precursor of today’s predilection for transforming private aspects of existence into spectacle.
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If You Love Something, Set it Free: Nasher to Announce First Citywide Sculpture Project
by Paula Newtonby Paula Newton 0 commentThe Nasher Sculpture Center knows how to hold a press announcement: with a celebratory release of homing pigeons! Early this year, the Nasher announced that it would present an exhibition…
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Unconventional placement tests how Araujo’s work holds up in contexts outside the traditional exhibition space, and speaks to the curator’s happy-go-lucky sensibility, but feels confused.
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West Texas Rocks! Free DJ Camp at Ballroom Marfa
by Paula Newtonby Paula Newton 0 commentDo kids in West Texas act all bored and think they’re stuck out in the middle of nowhere, or do they realize they have access to the hippest summer camp…
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Democratic Digital Art for Sale: S[edition] Launches New Site
by Paula Newtonby Paula Newton 0 commentAn expanded version of the web site s[edition] launched yesterday, creating a new platform for digital artists to sell their work to buyers around the world. If successful, more digital…
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Dallas city officials declared the month Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Pride Month and CentralTrak has started off June with a loud, queer bang. First they presented 214 Trans4m: Fotos…
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In today’s installment, Houston artist Gabriel Martinez talks about trespassing, staking a claim for art, and making a scene.
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Anderson and Rawlings Costar Again! Dallas to Host Global Cultural Districts Network
by Paula Newtonby Paula Newton 0 commentMaxwell Anderson, the director of the Dallas Museum of Art, and Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings have announced that Dallas will be the site of the 2014 New Cities Summit,…
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Twenty Questions: Emily Sloan on the Uncertainty of Performance Art
by Glasstireby Glasstire 1 comment"It's a good practice in not having expectations. Often I don't know how something's going to be or turn out, because there is that human element . . . It's like setting up a framework, with me not necessarily controlling how it's worked within."
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How to Unmake a Museum: North Texas on Slow Path to Change Its Mind
by Paula Newtonby Paula Newton 1 commentArts Center of North Texas (ACNT), approved by voters in the early 2000s, was meant to include several performance halls and outdoor sculpture gardens. But the project, jointly owned by…
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Ferrer’s work reminds me of carnivals and cupcakes, but underneath the Cirque du Soleil atmosphere, there is something hallucinatory—like walking around in Johnny Depp’s Wonka candy forest or waking up after a fall down the rabbit hole.
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Beach Days Art Nights: This Summer’s Galveston Art Walks
by Paula Newtonby Paula Newton 0 commentThe best way to buy/sell/look at art during these hot summer months is to be able to work in a swim in the Gulf on the same day. Every six…
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Photographers Can Sign Up Now and Still Take Nine Months to Make Some Good Art
by Paula Newtonby Paula Newton 0 commentEarly registration is now open for the 2014 International Meeting Place, FotoFest’s portfolio review program in Houston. March seems a long way off and $860 (the cost of one 4-day…