The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston will be supporting the the 2012 “Doodle 4 Google” contest by exhibiting the Texas state finalists’ drawings this summer. The annual competition invites students…
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Bandele Tyehimba, owner of Pan African Connection, an African art gallery and meeting place for progressive organizations in South Dallas, has died. The 58-year old gallerist and activist went to…
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There are few times that I complain about living in Mexico. There are even fewer things that bother me about living here. Generally, I love everything about the country and…
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UT Austin’s Blanton Museum of Art has appointed Molly Hasie Sherman as Director of Development effective April 1. A University of Texas alum, Sherman has twenty years of fundraising experience,…
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A 30-minute PBS documentary on the newly completed Asia Society Texas Center building is in the works. Houston PBS is producing the video, the third in their “Houston Arts” series,…
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The Houston Public Library is taking submissions for its 4th annual Teen Film Festival. With cash prizes for the best short documentary, music video, animation and seven other categories (including…
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Op Ed
The Chupacabrona Tour, Part 1: Eisenstein in Corpus Christi, or A Fresh Eye
by Sarah Fischby Sarah Fisch 2 commentsOf Soviet film theory and experimentation in Corpus Christi, Texas.
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Here are some brief thoughts on the Virginia Overton show, called Deluxe, at the Power Station — my sort of parenthetical reading to Overton’s larger themes here of memory, labor and spectacle. I…
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Entry forms for the 25th Houston Orange Show Art Car Parade are online now! If you don’t have a car, at least vounteer. The parade is set for Saturday,…
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A few months back while at Artpace I saw the work of Scottish artist Graham Fagen and connected with his installation. Teeth have been a constant in my own work…
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The LA Times Christopher Knight reports that the Getty museum has named former Kimbell Art Museum (Fort Worth) director Timothy Potts to head the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los…
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“Michael A. Morris: It’s Just Meant to Be” at Oliver Francis Gallery
by Betsy Lewisby Betsy Lewis 6 comments“It’s Just Meant to Be” is remarkably barebones for a film nerd’s nirvana. It is also visual art for people who wanted Walter Isaacson’s biography Steve Jobs for Christmas and…
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Today’s Daily Texan profiles Austin Tattoo Artist Rachel Kolar, a ten-year veteran at True Blue Tattoo. Jessica Lee praises Kolar for the personable consideration she gives her clients, along with…
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In conjunction with her year-long retrospective at the El Paso Museum of Art (Aug. 28, 2011-Aug 4, 2013), El Paso Inc. has a feature on sculptor Margarita Cabrera’s ongoing international…
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Vincent Dillio’s ongoing blog in The NY Times “Real Artists of Marfa” profiles bootmaker Colt Miller and Logan Caldbeck, the co-owners of Cobra Rock Boot Company, a boutique bootery on…
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This Mughal Dynasty (mid-18th c.) fly whisk is on view in the MFAH’s Indian art galleries. It’s an outstanding object which alone merits a visit to the museum. The MFAH…
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I had the incredible privilege of visiting the community of Tlatelolco last week. Tlatelolco is one of the places in the city that has long been avoided, was falling apart,…
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As part of the city’s ambitious plans to renovate a prime lakeside district downtown, Austin City Council is considering ways to fence off the Seaholm electric substation, and approved a…
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News
Mary’s Mural Gone Again: Balls the Cat Victim of Montrose Economic Upsurge
by Bill Davenport 0 commentThe owners of the Mary’s building, once ground zero for the Montrose leather scene, have again covered over over legendary Mary’s mural as part of the ongoing refurbishing of the…
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Americans for the Arts Annual Convention Set for June in San Antonio
by Bill Davenport 1 commentNational arts advocacy organization Americans For the Arts has set its annual conference for June 8-10 in San Antonio. The 2012 conference will herd an estimated 1000 “arts professionals and…