David DeSalvo and John Marcucci, co-owners of Dallas’ Haley-Henman Gallery have announced that they will close the gallery’s space at 3225 Hardwick Street in West Dallas as of February 29,…
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Like many artists, I make the majority of my living teaching art. But not, mind you, in some fancy full time tenured sort of way. That, dear reader, is another…
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Disambiguation/Red Space Gallery/Closes February 12th Happened There are a lot of great images in Disambiguation, an exhibition currently on display at Red Space Gallery in Austin (the show closes…
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Interview with New Artpace Executive Director Regine Basha
by Claire Ruudby Claire Ruud 2 commentsJulieta Aranda, Hills Snyder and Regine Basha at Sala Diaz Regine Basha was recently appointed Executive Director of Artpace, San Antonio, a position she’ll assume less than a month from…
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Missing the Aggie Bonfire? Texas Woodfire Gathering May be Next Best Thing
by Bill Davenport 0 commentWood-firing ceramics is an ancient technique grounded in traditions of community collaboration, cooperation and camaraderie, in which kilns are fueled by the continuous addition of wood into a fire chamber,…
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Merchandise Mart Cancels Art Chicago Fair; Lots of Faces, but No Sales
by Bill Davenport 0 commentFair organizers Merchandise Mart have cancelled the Next Art Chicago fair for scheduled to run April 27-29, 2012, citing poor sales and an attendant failure to attract top-flight galleries, reports…
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Josh Bernstein‘s exhibition “Man Corn” is the third exhibition in Rice University’s newest art venue– EMERGEncy Room. Located on the second floor of Sewall Hall, where Rice Gallery is also…
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Meet Diem Jones: New Director of Grants for the Houston Arts Alliance
by Bill Davenport 0 commentDiem Jones will begin as the HAA’s new Director of Grants on February 13. A poet, musician, producer and spoken word artist (aka Drs. H.M. Joy & Fladimir MS Woo)…
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Jenna Madison has joined the staff of the Amon Carter Museum in Fort Worth as their new Interpretation Mannager. What’s an interpretation manager? The newly-created position’s duties include designing public…
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Hurry! Bayou City Art Festival Wants High School Artists by Friday!
by Bill Davenport 0 commentOne highlight of the Bayou City Art Festival in Houston’s Memorial Park is the exhibition of outdoor installations by area high school students scattered among the trees and lawns near…
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Five big firms from around the country have submitted proposed designs for METRO’s Central Station, to be located downtown between Capitol and Rusk Streets. The proposals have been put on…
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Did you go to this thing? Houston’s Art Ball — aka Disaster Ball, a fundraiser for this here publication, it was. I went all the way from San Antonio. I…
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Glenn Weiss, Houston Art League Director for Three Months, Resigns
by Bill Davenport 5 commentsIn a surprise move, Glenn Weiss, the newly-hired director of Art League Hosuton, is resigning the post he has held only since November 2011. Asked if he was leaving to…
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D Magazine’s Glenn Hunter Takes a Hack at the Andersons: DMA’s New Director Straight Out of Central Casting
by Bill Davenport 0 commentThe end-of-January media luncheon with new Dallas Museum of Art Director Maxwell Anderson prompted a double-edged chop from blogger Glenn Hunter in last week’s D magazine. Calling Anderson “a big-time…
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Fab artist and GT contributor Michael Bise continues to recover from recent heart transplant surgery- he’s home from the hospital and is doing well.
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Austin alterna-art space Co-Lab has formed a Board of Directors and begun hiring staff: Chris Whiteburch is their Facilities/Special Projects Director and Austin Nelsen the Digital Communications/Fundraising Director.
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This past Saturday was a good day. A lovely day to be exact… In the spirit of John Cage I took a chance and went to the Blanton to honor…
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“Robert Pruitt: This Rejection of the Conqueror” at the Art Museum of Southeast Texas
by Robert Boydby Robert Boyd 5 commentsW.E.B. Du Bois created the term “double consciousness” in 1897 to describe the way African Americans split themselves into two personas, one for each side of the color line. The…
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Four years ago, Sasha Dela and Ariane Roesch opened a studio on an upper floor of an outdated and slightly ominous looking office building across from Montrose Krogers and…
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Over the River, (not “over the hill”) a canyon-spanning fabric awning planned to begin construction over the Arkansas River in southern Colorado has sparked protest and turmoil; project boosters see…