Art Made From Bastrop Wildfire Debris Sold Off in Benefit for Restoration Charity, in the Austin American Statesman.
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FotoFest at Poissant Gallery: Jawshing Arthur Liou and Osamu James Nakagawa – Last Chance!
by Kelly Klaasmeyer 1 commentFotoFest 2012 wraps up this weekend and it’s the last chance to see its offerings as well as those at participating spaces. Definitely make time to see Jawshing Arthur Liou’s…
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Unabashed, West Texas Publicity Hound Ben Campbell Scores Internet Hit With McDonalds Food Mummy
by Bill Davenport 0 commentLA Weekly ran an interview with West Texas artist Ben Campbell yesterday, talking about Campbell’s rapidly-spreading meme: his mummy made from ground Mcdonald’s food and plastic resin. Grisly, gristly, shriveled…
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Brooklyn? Artist Opens Texan Equities in LA; Something Fishy Going on Here . . .
by Bill Davenport 3 commentsAlways on the lookout for all things Texas Art, I came across recent Yale MFA grad Jacques Louis Vidal, who is opening a new temporary gallery named Texan Equities, featuring…
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Austin Arts Industry Sponsors Mayoral and Council Candidate Forum for the Creative Sector Sunday
by Bill Davenport 0 commentArt-minded voters can get a look at candidates for Austin Mayor and City Council on Sunday, April 30 at the Mayoral and Council Candidate Forum for the Creative Sector to…
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The past couple of weeks have been a whirlwind in Mexico City. The annual art fair, in its eighth year, Zona MACO took place last week and sent the art…
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Interview with Fusebox Founder Ron Berry
by Katie Gehaby Katie Geha 1 commentRon Berry is the founder and director of the annual Austin performance festival Fusebox. Katie Geha (who with Sterling Allen and Travis Kent organized Files Desks Chairs for the Fusebox…
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ARTkaty: Houston Ex-urb’s First Fine Art Fair Hits Katy High School Saturday
by Bill Davenport 0 commentKaty is on a roll! Last month, FotoFest Katy featured 11 exhibitions by local art spaces in the West-of-Houston-but-not-quite-a-suburb town. Now they are about to debut their first fine art…
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Judd Foundation’s Marfa Restoration Drive Gets $300K Brown Foundation Grant
by Bill Davenport 0 commentThe Judd Foundation has received a $300,000 grant from the Brown Foundation for repairs to Donald Judd’s Architecture Office building in Marfa. The foundation planning to restore all its desert-worn…
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HARAKIRI: To Die For Performances at CentralTrak
by Betsy Lewisby Betsy Lewis 2 commentsI tried X once; HARAKIRI is a lot like that but without the uncontrollable want of sex (okay, twice). The opening night of HARAKIRI was the first in a series…
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What Do Mark Twain, Henry Moore, Bunker Hill, and General Sam Houston Have in Common? They’re all part of the Houston Arts Foundation’s Adopt-A-Monument Program, which recruits Houston area students…
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Rice Public Art Push: Skyspace a Comin’, Art of the BRC in Culturemap
by Bill Davenport 0 commentThe Nasher’s James Turrell Skyspace piece may be shuttered, but Houston is Turrell territory: his third major piece in the city, an outdoor music venue/skyspace/Mayan mound temple is getting the…
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As early as 2009, there was concern over whether proposed construction next door to the Nasher Sculpture center in Dallas would impact artist James Turrell’s Tending, (Blue), which depends on…
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Rogers on “How Arrogance And Greed Made Museum Tower a Threat to The Heart of Dallas”
by Bill Davenport 0 commentThe ongoing confrontation between Dallas’ Nasher Sculpture Center and the new Museum Tower next door continues to flood the Dallas press with ink, some of it must-read material: Tim Rogers…
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At least one person in the crowd at the opening of John Waters’ exhibition “Neurotic” at McClain Gallery appeared to be angling to be the next Divine. Waters was in…
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Let’s talk Deadwood. David Milch’s superlative television show was quite good at putting his audience just outside of a given situation. The characters often spoke and behaved in…
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On April 29th, both Chinati Foundation and Judd Foundation are holding a joint Community Day for their West Texas friends and neighbors. La Mansana de Chinati, “The Block” and several…
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Austin Pay Phone Revival Project Quietly Reanimating Old Phone Booths as Art
by Bill Davenport 0 commentFrom unobtrusive collages, paintings and collections housed in old pay phone nooks, to the the flamboyant, ride-able mustache seesaw by ¡el grupo!, Austin’s Payphone Revival Project has been quietly reanimating…
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Feedback Loop: Houston Arts Alliance Offers Face Time to Unlucky Losers
by Bill Davenport 4 comments“By this time, you should have received a letter from the Houston Arts Alliance regarding your Individual Artist Grant Application, and the process for following up regarding reconsideration and/or review…
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Tinterow Names Mahrukh Tarapor MFAH Advisor for International Initiatives: Former MET Staffer to Push Houston Museum’s Islamic World Program
by Bill Davenport 1 commentThe Museum of Fine Arts director Gary Tinterow has appointed Mahrukh Tarapor as Senior Advisor for International Initiatives to the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Dr. Tarapor is consultant specializing…