Each artist explores traditional media in formal ways, and the two solo shows mirror each other in saturated color and abstracted space.
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Nothing in a painting is photographically exact, because physically it can’t be, and that’s where the magic happens.
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Takako Tanabe spent her formative years as both artist (a smart one) and museum and gallery employee in Texas, first in the DFW area and then Marfa. She’s about to open up a…
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Artist Michael Miller died on Friday at his home in Commerce, Texas. He was 54. Represented by Barry Whistler Gallery in Dallas and Moody Gallery in Houston, Miller, a painter, was…
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Barry Whistler Gallery in Dallas is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year, and it recently announced its pending move from its longtime Deep Ellum space to the Design District. This month…
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For nearly four decades, Tom Orr has brought an unending curiosity, commitment, and conviction to making art that speaks to its necessity.
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I rolled into Dallas on Saturday, just as many of the city's project spaces and galleries had their openings. It was also the beginning of the Dallas Biennial or DB14.
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The recession brought to the city a concentration of young, energetic, like-minded creatives. Now, how do we keep them here?
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Dallas artist John Wilcox has died, after a long battle with HIV. During the late 80’s Wilcox lived in New York, experiencing firsthand the AIDS epidemic that was consuming the art…
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On Saturday, June 16, eight galleries located in the Deep Ellum and Expo Park kick off the Summer together with East Dallas Gallery Day. Barry Whistler, The Public Trust, Kirk…
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You must have noticed, if you live in DFW, that there’s some pretty exciting artwork bobbing all over its various surfaces. Local artists are getting busy, many on their own…
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Lawrence Lee and Jonathan Cross at Barry Whistler Gallery
by Lucia Simekby Lucia SimekLawrence Lee and Jonathan Cross are art dopplegangers. While they look nothing alike, the trajectories of their art careers have played out in very similar ways, in no small part due…
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D Magazine recently ran an interview with longtime Dallas art dealer Barry Whistler, eliciting a bit of history and a bit of philosophy on the occasion of his 25th year…