The Southwest Alternative Media Project has been helping aspiring Houston filmmakers for decades; now, with start-up money from an anonymous donor, SWAMP has announced a new funding opportunity, the Houston…
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Depth/Flatness: Surface Tension at MASS Gallery
by Katie Gehaby Katie Geha 0 commentSurface Tension, the current show at MASS Gallery, is a quiet and considered study of the work of three artists. The photography and paper works on display relate to concerns…
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To All the Single Ladies (and LGBT’s Too): Lady Base Gallery Opens its Doors in the Lone Star Arts District
by Veronica Anne Salinas 0 commentEven as we tip our Miss CAM crowns to all of those who have shown, celebrated, inebriated and contemplated contemporary art in San Antonio this month, there are still a…
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Leonardo Shakes the Dallas Money Tree, New Endowment Falls in DMA’s Lap
by Bill Davenport 0 commentThe Dallas Museum of Art’s splashy failed bid for Leonardo Da Vinci’s Salvator Mundi last year has given the money tree a hearty shake; even though the orb-carrying savior won’t…
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UP Art Studio, an artist-run space managed by Noah Quiles and Elia (Margaret) Quiles, is off the beaten path, a burst of energy and color located at N. Main St.…
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When is a Movie not a Movie? Homecoming Committee Contest Celebrates the Animated GIF
by Bill Davenport 1 commentDallas art collective HOMECOMING! Committee wants your GIF. They’re collecting animated GIF files, those little jerky almost-movies beloved by the colony of retro-technologists and self styled “circuit benders” clustering in…
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Mollie Lucinda Rehmet Cannady 1942-2013 Houston Art Dealer, Collector
by Bill Davenport 0 commentMollie Cannady died at her home in Houston on March 23, 2013. In the late 1960’s Cannady was director of Kiko’s Gallery in Houston and worked with Hooks-Epstein Gallery in…
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Interview with contemporary artist Matthew Metzger
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Los Angeles Times’ architecture critic Christopher Hawthorne comes down hard on the showy new Perot Museum of Nature and Science in Dallas in today’s paper, calling it one of the…
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Controversial Tree Removed from Menil’s Permanent Collection as Supreme Court Mulls Gay Marriage
by Bill Davenport 4 commentsIn a low-profile acknowledgement of a de-facto situation, the Menil collection’s Board of Trustees has approved the de-accession of Art Guys Marry A Plant, the hapless live oak tree that…
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A twister sweeps across a sepia-toned Kansas and suddenly Dorothy enters Technicolor. In Victor Fleming’s 1939 film “The Wizard of Oz” Dorothy, opening the door into Oz, along with…
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The Fourth Pyramid – Galveston Artist Residency
by Alana Keresby Alana Keres 0 commentDoes Galveston need another pyramid? Driving daily past the inverted glass ashtrays of the Moody Gardens, Sallie Barbee and Eric Schnell, co-directors of the Galveston Artist Residency, thought maybe it…
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Liliana Bloch, former director of the McKinney Ave. Contemporary and later gallery director for Kirk Hopper Fine Art, has announced the opening of her own eponymous new gallery, Liliana Bloch,…
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Davenport Named Glasstire Texas Editor: Noted Artist Makes Mag His New Project
by Bill Davenport 17 commentsAfter a month-long search, Bill Davenport has been named Texas Editor at Glasstire.com. Davenport has been serving as interim editor since the departure of award-winning former editor Kelly Klaasmeyer to…
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RG Cubicle, Rice University Art Gallery’s new dedicated video-viewing space is now open. Located just around the corner and down the newly painted bright green hallway from the main space…
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Cocksucker Blues: Robert Frank’s Infamous Rolling Stones Doc Hits the Screen 40 Years Later
by Peter Lucasby Peter Lucas 1 commentI cannot overstate the rarity of the Museum of Fine Arts Houston’s upcoming screenings of Cocksucker Blues (1972), nor my excitement about it. This is the Halley’s Comet of…
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As part of their “Best of Everything Series” Culturemap got contributor Kendall Morgan to list the ten best contemporary art galleries in Dallas; despite having “recently returned to Texas after…
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Houston artist Beth Secor recalls her first taste of artistic fame: “My father said,”Hey gordy! Come on over here- it looks just like you!”
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New Studio Enertia Residency Kicks off with Art League Party for Nii Narku
by Bill Davenport 0 commentThe Art League of Houston hosted a kickoff celebration for Studio Enertia’s Inaugural Residency featuring an artist talk, viewing and reception for Ghanaian painter Nii Narku, Studio Enertia’s first Artist…
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The El Paso Museum of Art has announced four new hires in its busy education department, which reaches an average of over 17,000 visitors every year, through lectures, family days,…