Even though the works in Peña’s current exhibition were all made in 2019, they feel sharply prophetic of our grim, lockdown days.
Arthur Peña
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For Arthur Peña’s most recent installment of One Night Only, his curatorial project that is as ephemeral as it is exclusive, performance artist-musician Francine Thirteen led a huddled congregation in a semi-religious service.
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Christina Rees and guest Arthur Peña on the Amon Carter’s photography game, ceramics in central Texas, and Peña’s recent project with Coach.
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News
Fashion & Art: Coach Presents “City Wide” Exhibition by Dallas Artist Arthur Peña
by Glasstireby GlasstireThe line between art and fashion has been blurry ever since Hugo Ball put on a cardboard suit to perform in Cabaret Voltaire. From Dalí-influenced lobster dresses to set and costume designs for…
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We are beginning to slip into the summer doldrums where galleries close for a few months and museums mount their kid-friendly summer shows. Normally around this time programming slows down—but a…
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Review
Notes on Arthur Peña’s “Endless/Nameless” at the Reading Room, Dallas
by Lee Escobedoby Lee EscobedoWhen the characters in Peña's piece speak his words, the room takes on a certain stillness, much like the weight of witnessing someone undress for the first time, or the last.
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Tomorrow marks the opening of Joan Davidow’s long-awaited Dallas nonprofit art space, dubbed Site 131. Davidow, formerly director of the Dallas Contemporary and the Arlington Museum of Art, has partnered…
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Christina Rees and Brandon Zech chat with art pilgrims and natives in Marfa during Chinati Weekend, October 2015. Tequila and prickly pear Jell-O shots abound.
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This week, Christina Rees and Rainey Knudson take on single-work shows, dystopian preachers, and Japanese gardens. 1. Arthur Peña: SOLILOQUY The Public Trust (Dallas) September 19 – October 17…
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This week: creepy Internet addiction, ye goode olde dayes of buffalo slaughter, and–finally being screened for the first time–a Christian Marclay video about a terrible event in Texas’ past:…
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For every new art season, KERA and the Dallas Museum of Art pair up to bring us the State of the Arts conversation series, with one of the evenings dedicated…
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The intensity and ego-wrangling within art collectives makes them nearly impossible to sustain for very long, so the loss of Homecoming as we know it comes as no surprise.
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Interactive works in Dallas storefronts did their best to mess with passersby by sneering and slithering, spewing and squealing.
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Peña embraces the artist’s endemic dissatisfaction: each work is only the latest, less than perfect, attempt.
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Developer WDI owns most of the colorfully painted warehouses that line Singleton and its side streets. It's also keen on drawing artists to the area to add to its retail and cultural viability.
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Some weeks, in the sun-beat end of the Texas summer, you can count really good shows on one hand, with some fingers left over to scratch. But this week, the drought is over.
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Boom Town whispered, “Here we are, look what we are capable of.” On the last day, when the roar of POST COMMUNIQUÉ and the Dallas VideoFest had lessened, the works in Boom Town were given the chance to scream this message out loud.