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…
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Adickes Foundation Turns Huntsville High School into Single Artist Museum
by Bill Davenport 5 commentsHouston artist David Adickes, renowned for mega-kitsch roadside statuary, has purchased and refurbished his old high school in Huntsville into an 80,000 sf showcase for a lifetime of paintings and…
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The Menil collection has narrowed the search for an architect for it’s new 18,000 sf Drawing Institute building. After two years of visiting architects around the world, the Menil’s architecture…
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I had the incredible pleasure of visiting the studio of artist Pablo Vargas-Lugo a little more than one week ago. Pablo’s studio is temporarily nestled in a corner of the…
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Proposed Independent Art Collaborative Building in Midtown Houston: Pics!
by Bill Davenport 6 commentsDrawings of Houston’s proposed Independent Arts Collaborative building, by Lake/Flato/Studio Red architects are online. God, the air conditioning bills! So much space, so little building! When will the glass houses…
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Midtown Arts Fest Vies with Menil Community Arts Festivals to Blanket Houston with Art This Saturday
by Bill Davenport 1 commentIt never rains (or let’s hope not), but it pours: The 13th Midtown VISIONS Cultural Arts Tour returns on Saturday, April 14. From noon to 5 p.m., Midtown galleries, art…
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In his written interviews, Warhol often ceded control completely to the interviewer. A prominent example of this is his most quoted interview, Gretchen Berg’s 1966 text “Andy Warhol: My True…
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Houston Artist and Gallerist Lori Betz is opening a bronze foundry at Houston Summer St. studios, dedicated to hands on work with artists and affordable prices. The grand opening of…
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Austin Needs More Monuments: Willie Nelson Unveiling Set for April 20.
by Bill Davenport 2 commentsCapital Area Statues (CAST), yet another nonprofit dedicated to funding figurative bronze sculpture in Austin, has announced the April 20th unveiling of a monument to Willie Nelson. The eight foot…
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Chinati’s Newish Director Resigns, Staff to Soldier On at Fort DA Russell
by Bill Davenport 0 commentToday the Chinati Foundation announced that Dr. Thomas Kellein has resigned from his position as Director, which he has held for only fifteen months. He has agreed to continue to…
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Make sure to visit the Nasher next weekend while you’re in Dallas for the Dallas Art Fair to check out the glare. Reid Singer of Artinfo reports on trouble brewing…
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This Thursday April 12th will be the last of 2012’s Viewpoints lecture series at the University of Texas here in Austin. Invitees Sina Najafi and Jeffrey Kastner will give their…
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The Menil Collection has been granted an unspecified, but “generous” amount of money to restore 12 sculptures by the American artist John Chamberlain through Bank of America’s Art Conservation Project.…
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Thomas Kinkade, the marketing pioneer who discovered that, with proper context, reproductions of paintings could be sold for original painting prices without actually breaking the law, (at least as far…
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4th Dallas Art Fair Returns to the Fashion Industry Gallery April 12-15
by Bill Davenport 0 commentThe 4th annual Dallas Art Fair launches on April 12, with a preview gala that benefiting the Dallas Contemporary and the Nasher Sculpture Center. Dallas is awash in notable exhibitions:…
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I’ve been meaning to write something here about film scores for a while. You know, some kind of analysis of the role of music in movies, with interesting, specific examples…
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Patrick Renner “Bounded Operator” at El Rincon Social
by Carrie Marie Schneider 5 commentsFirst off, let me just say that El Rincón Social is where it’s at. It’s my answer when people talk about the glory days of Lawndale, or how underwhelming the…