Why should we care about the rise of the arts management professional? Because the institutions that produce art—institutions made up of people who have a set of experiences and frameworks…
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CommUNITY en Accion (CEA), a year-old El Paso philanthropic group, is sponsoring a trio of exhibitions focusing on Mexican masterworks at the El Paso Museum of Art. CEA was founded…
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Powerhouse curator Regine Basha has been appointed Executive Director of Artpace in San Antonio, beginning March 1. From 2002-2007, Basha was Adjunct Curator at Arthouse in Austin, where she oversaw…
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MFAH’s Combative Ramiréz in Wall St. Journal, calls Frida Kahlo Overappreciated Drama Queen
by Bill Davenport 4 commentsBlogger Judith Dobrzynski interviews the MFAH’s Mari Carmen Ramírez for today’s Wall St. Journal on the eve of the launch of the museum’s vast digital archive of Latin American art…
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With New Medal Tinterow Outranks Anderson: Texas Museum Directors Polish Their French Honors
by Bill Davenport 0 commentGary Tinterow, former Met curator and new director of the Museum of Fine Arts Houston, is going to be awarded the insignia of Officer of the Order of Arts and…
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Houston artist and Glasstire contributor Michael Bise underwent heart transplant surgery on January 12, and is recovering. His show, Epilogues, opens at Fort Worth Contemporary Arts next Saturday. With luck,…
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Western sculptor R. David Mattiza, of Katy died friday of a brain hemmorhage at age 61. He maintained a studio and gallery at the Great Southwest Equestrian Center in Katy,…
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Conroe artist Mark Clapham died Thursday at age 63, of cancer. Though widely known for his 70-foot mural “The Montgomery County Walkway Through Time” that spans Texas 105 East in…
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The first Visible Prize, a new €25,000 award, was presented to Colombian art collective Helena Producciones, for their project 8 Festival de la Performance di Cali. The prize, created by…
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Laying the Foundation: UNT Art Faculty, 1890-1970 at UNT on the Square
by Betsy Lewisby Betsy Lewis 1 commentOne reason to be captivated by Laying the Foundation: UNT Art Faculty, 1890-1970 is that it takes you far away from the present while leaving you in familiar surroundings. Looking…
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“El Anatsui: When I Last Wrote to You About Africa” at The Blanton Museum of Art
by Joshua Fischer 10 commentsEl Anatsui has been a superstar in the art world ever since the 2007 Venice Biennale, where he received international acclaim for his large-scale sculptures made from thousands of discarded…
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Carved in Stone Ain’t What it Used to Be: King Monument Quote to be Amended
by Bill Davenport 0 commentThe National Park Service is putting on its poetical thinking cap to come up with an amended version of an inscription at the newish Martin Luther King Jr. memorial in…
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The Whitehouse has chimed in against the upcoming SOPA anti-online piracy bill, hailed by big media, but feared by internet companies and free-speech advocates. In a blog post yesterday, Victoria…
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How I wish I could be in 2 places at once this weekend- DFW and Austin/San Antonio. My apologies to the rest of Texas but these two locations are where…
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DEAD MEDIA A bibliophile: A lover or collector of books. A bookophile: A person who has sex with books, usually with the gaps between pages. WTF Dead Media is…
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Rowhouses Update: New Kitchens, New Laundromat, New Chef, New Staff.
by Bill Davenport 0 commentLinda Shearer, Project Rowhouses’ executive director sent bits and bobs of organizational news: IKEA Houston has completed the remodel of the Young Mothers Residential Program homes, including new kitchens. Chevron…
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Shrimp Boat Nets Grant from Creative Capital, Also 45 Non-Texas Projects Announced
by Bill Davenport 0 commentCreative Capital, self decribed “premier provider of risk capital in the arts” has announced its 2012 grant recipients in visual arts and film, and the list of 46 (chosen from…
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Thanks, MCA. I needed that.
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Along with the modern art she loved, Marion Koogler McNay bought and El Greco Head of Christ, a lonely Renaissance masterwork, possibly emulating a similar oddball El Greco in Washington…
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“The Fashion World of Jean Paul Gaultier: From the Sidewalk to the Catwalk” at the Dallas Museum of Art
by Colette Copeland 4 commentsI was prepared to hate the Gaultier exhibition at the DMA. I have a complicated relationship to fashion. I studied fashion design and merchandising at Pratt Institute in New York.…