This Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday, the Museum of Fine Arts Houston is showcasing the artistry of filmmakers Stephen and Timothy Quay with a special series including six films spanning 25…
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God, War, Politics and Time Travel at the McKinney Avenue Contemporary
by Colette Copeland 0 commentThree different exhibitions—Sandow Birk and Elyse Pignolet’s The 99 Names of God, Moreshsin Allahyari’s Re: apologies to the many wonderful Iranians and Christopher Blay’s Machine Time are on display at…
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Galveston: Drawings, Mobster Architecture and Brothels
by Kelly Klaasmeyer 3 commentsI headed down to Galveston last Friday to see “The Drawing Room, Part 2,” yet another fine offering from curator Clint Willour at the Galveston Art Center and to check…
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Houston’s Zoya Tommy Contemporary Gallery, aka PG Contemporary, opened her first show at a new space at 4411 Montrose, beginning a new chapter in her upward spiral, but ending a…
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Mighty Fine Arts is relocating to 409A N.Tyler St., a few doors down from its current location, at the conclusion of the current Clay Stinnett “Blood and Whiskey” show on…
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. . .might be good . . .might be gone: Austin Art Mag on Hold After 200 Bimonthly Issues
by Bill Davenport 0 commentAfter almost ten years, . . .might be good, the bimonthly online magazine published by Austin’s Fluent-Collaborative, is going on hiatus for the foreseeable future. In a farewell editorial in…
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UT’s Blanton Museum of Art has appointed Veronica Roberts as curator of modern and contemporary art. She is currently adjunct associate curator of contemporary art for the Indianapolis Museum of…
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On Thursday The Whitney Museum announced three curators for the 2014 Whitney Biennial: Tate Modern film curator Stuart Comer, curator of film at Tate modern, Institute of Contemporary Art Philadelphia…
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Second only to Halloween as an art-saturated holiday, the end of each year is an orgy of group gift shows, holiday decorating events, and year-end pleas from nonprofits happy to…
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The Idea Fund has announced the ten Texas-based artists collectives with unusual projects for their 5th round of grants: The Bridge Club – Art and Performance Collaborative (Huntsville); Erin Curtis…
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Cyrus Cylinder Rolls in to Houston: Conqueror’s Ancient Edict Revered For Fairness, Oldness
by Bill Davenport 0 commentThe British Museum has announced that the Museum of Fine Arts Houston will be one of the stops for the Cyrus Cylinder, a 9-inch piece of baked clay shaped like…
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Daily Dose of Dis: Two Bits of Lukewarm Art-Snark in Today’s Headlines
by Bill Davenport 0 commentConservative commentator Glenn Beck has made another of his periodic stabs at art criticism, grabbing a little media attention (like this, sigh) for dunking a photograph of President Obama in…
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Cody Ledvina: Expierence (Brandon and the Boys)
by Cody Ledvinaby Cody Ledvina 0 commentCody and his puppet pal Brandon visit with Jeremy DePrez, Geoff Hippenstiel and Jonathan Ryan Storm.
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Pedro Alonso and Lilia Kudelia join Dallas Contemporary as Adjunct Curators: Glamour Shots Attached
by Bill Davenport 0 commentYesterday, a “press communiqué” from the Dallas Contemporary announced two new adjunct curators: Pedro Alonzo and Lilia Kudelia will joi the org, helping to “enhance the institution’s mission of presenting…
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San Antonio Sets HemisFair Park Art Plan Community Meeting for Dec. 5
by Bill Davenport 0 commentOn Wednesday, December 5, the public is invited to talk over the proposals with Mikyoung Kim, consultant for the HemisFair Park Public Art Plan from 6-7:30 pm at the Magik…
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By the time this is published the new curator of modern and contemporary art at the Blanton Museum may have been announced. I was told last week that an offer…
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Dallas Museum of Art to Offer Free Membership And Free Admission Starting in January
by Bill Davenport 0 commentThe Dallas Museum of Art announced yesterday that it will return to free general admission in January 2013 and launch an unusual new free-membership plan. The new program, DMA Friends…
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National Endowment for the Arts Chairman Rocco Landesman announced yesterday that Artpace San Antonio is recommended for a $60,000 NEA Art Works grant to support its core International Artist-in-Residence program.…
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Art critic Jerry Saltz has gotten the collecting bug- but, not being able to afford the seven-figure prices of the Gerhard Richter paintings he craved, instead challenged artists to fake…
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What & when are your copyright rights? Keep your hands off my image! The other Saturday I wrote a small musing on the art business practices; half the comments in…