Veil of Veronica
El Paso Museum of Art
April 15 through October 7, 2012
West Texas
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Magnificent Mexico: 20th Century Modern Masterworks
Last Chance - January 28 through May 27, 2012
Presented by new arts advocacy group CommUNITY en Acción, the blockbuster three-in-one show of masterworks from Mexico City contains: Magnitud Mexicana: Visions of Art; Dibujos Divinos: 20th Century Drawings from the Museo Nacional de Arte – MUNAL, Mexico City; and Diego Rivera and the Cubist Vision from the Museo de Arte Carrillo Gil, Mexico City.
Lasting Light: 125 Years of Grand Canyon Photography
March 17 through June 3, 2012
60 color photographs allow us to marvel at this natural wonder without camping equipment, emergency rations or rappelling ropes.
19th San Angelo National Ceramic Competition
San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts
April 20 through June 24, 2012
A group ceramics exhibit juried by legendary ceramics dealers Mark Del Vecchio and Garth Clark.
Data Deluge
March 2 through July 8, 2012
Artists who shape web-based and software-generated data into art, curated by Rachel Gugelberger and Reynard Loki. After the opening, there will be a live performance at the Capri by R. Luke Dubois and Bora Yoon, both based in New York. The duo will perform an experimental work that is rooted in the live shaping of digital information.
Veil of Veronica
April 15 through October 7, 2012
Retablos depicting The Veil of Veronica, a popular subject, related to the story of Saint Veronica as recorded in the Apocryphal Gospel of Nicodemus.
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Found Art: Serbian Groom Trolls for Bride
The image above and those below were pasted in a document that opened with the following (loosely translated) text: “To all unmarried ones who would like to spend their life by my side and within all the beauties of my home. Please look below at all the magic of my home that I have decorated [...]
90s Nostalgia: Lamenting the loss of the mega bookstore while loving the iPad
During the 90s, I worked at Hastings. Similar to other major retail entertainment chains (Borders, Blockbuster, Tower, etc.), Hastings sells just about every form of consumable media, and can be found in mid-size cities and suburbs across the country. Going there as a kid (the nearest one being a half hour’s drive) was an important [...]
Zona MACO México 2012
The past couple of weeks have been a whirlwind in Mexico City. The annual art fair, in its eighth year, Zona MACO took place last week and sent the art world into a tizzy of openings, events, dinners, 1pm brunches, and cocktail hours that left us all reeling. In all the art fairs that I [...]
Thomas Kinkade, Disney, and NASCAR
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, not because his formulaic shuffle of cottages, lighthouses and waterfall gardens appealed to my taste, but because he seemed like a conflicted character. Many remember [...]
