From 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…
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Bendy Bench Coming to West Dallas: Fort Worth Ave. Development Group Announces First Spare Parts Art Commission
by Bill Davenport 0 commentSpare Parts Art Initiative, a public art program of the Fort Worth Avenue Development Group, has announced their first project, “Mobius Bench” by Erik Glissman and Nicole Cullum Horn, to…
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The City of San Antonio is looking for a team of artists/designers/administrators to work out a public art plan for the proposed re-development of HemisFair Park. The team is supposed…
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Dallas Art Fair Founders Byrne and Sughrue Take on San Francisco’s FOG
by Bill Davenport 1 commentJanelle Zara of ARTINFO reports via the Huffington Post that Dallas Art Fair Founders Chris Byrne and John Sughrue are organizing modern art and design fair (not unlike the upcoming…
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The group show up at Brand 10 Art Space in Fort Worth through April 28, called Showmen, with work by artists Tim Best, Titus O’Brien, Tom Orr and Cameron Schoepp, walks an elegant line between…
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Barry Walker, former curator of Modern and Contemporary Art and curator of Prints and Drawings at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston died earlier this week after an accident. Hired…
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Artist Boat Gets $3.46 Million for Undeveloped Land on Galveston Island
by Bill Davenport 0 commentArtist Boat, a nonprofit that promotes coastal preservation through eco-art and science education projects has received a $3.46 million grant from the federally approved Texas Coastal Impact Assistance Program to…
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This is an epic year for England. Well, for the UK, but mostly England. The Diamond Jubilee. The Olympics. The Tories sinking ever deeper into their own doo doo.…
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The new Spring/Summer 2012 edition of Aether, a semiannual e-magazine put out by a collaboration between Rachel Haggerty of Wally Workman Gallery, Amanda Gorence of REP Art + Photo Consultants,…
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The City of Austin Parks and Recreation Department is unveiling a new public sculpture at the Austin Nature & Science Center, a 15-acre campus located just west of Zilker Park.…
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DMA Appoints Gabriel Ritter as Assistant Curator of Contemporary Art
by Bill Davenport 0 commentGabriel Ritter is the new Nancy and Tim Hanley Assistant Curator of Contemporary Art at the Dallas Museum of Art. Ritter is currently completing his Ph.D. in Art History at…
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. . . but the folks at austinartyards.com, who organized this year’s event, have thoughtfully collected photos of yards and “yardists” online, including a few artistic outdoor expressions that have…
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A crazy whirlwind of art and reunions in Dallas this past weekend. It was really hopping and I am exhausted. I’ll be moving back this Fall and I have to…
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Music of the Spheres at Houston Center for Contemporary Craft
by Harbeer Sandhu 0 comment…and motion matched with motion, song with song– a song that, sung by those sweet instruments, surpasses so our Muses and our Sirens as firstlight does the light that is…
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The world lost Thomas Kinkade more than a week ago, an artist whose importance during his life was measured by product placement and marketing prowess. Kinkade’s work always fascinated me,…
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The Dallas Art Fair is back and seemed way better than last year. Here are some highlights: Conduit Gallery Dallas’ Conduit brought an interesting range of work. Charlie James…
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Isom’s Art is her Sport: Monument to Heavyweight Jack Johnson to be Dedicated in Galveston
by Bill Davenport 0 commentThe Galveston County Daily News interviews Austin sculptor Adrienne Isom on her work and her lifestyle on the occasion of her new piece, honoring boxer Jack Johnson, to be dedicated…
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Dornith Doherty and Wura-Natasha Ogunji: Two Texas Artists on the 2012 Guggenheim List
by Bill Davenport 0 commentDornith Doherty, photographer and professor of photography at UNT and Wura-Natasha Ogunji, video and performance artist have been awarded fellowships from the…