The Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of African American History & Culture has acquired a work by Bert L. Long Jr.
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The Transart Foundation for Art and Anthropology is hosting "Houston Hauntology," a three-day symposium organized by Valentin Diaconov addressing the city's ever-changing cultural landscape.
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Jessica Fuentes reviews “Witness: Black Artists in Texas, Then and Now,” on view at The Grace Museum in Abilene.
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Bones are fascinating to a lot of people, but often unconsciously — we often don't think much about bones until they're broken, and they're somewhat imbued with taboo mystery.
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Splendora Gardens, the historic studio compound of the artists James Surls and Charmaine Locke located in Cleveland, Texas, has undergone a change in leadership which will undoubtedly result in a change in…
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"Our jobs as artists are to paint what we come in touch with and help other people diagnose the ills of society. Once we diagnose them we can cure them."
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Bert L. Long Jr. (1940-2013) still lives on in the Houston art scene, as well as the international art scene. Long’s work, which straddles the worlds of fine art and…
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Christina Rees and Brandon Zech on getting the band back together, a celebration of a legend, and an institution's comeback show.
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Glasstire launches its original series podcast called 'Not A Hobby,' which features interviews with artists who balance a full-time job and an art career. For these people, being an artist is not just a something you do in your leisure time.
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For younger artists who think the Houston art scene began when they emerged from grad school, attendance should be required for this event: a presentation and panel discussion entitled “Pow…
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Houston artist Bert Long’s Field of Vision, an array of sculptural eyeballs located next door the the Eldorado Ballroom at the corner of Elgin and Bastrop Streets, in Houston since…
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Since iconic Houston artist Bert Long died last year, friends and fans have been busy paying tribute. Last month, there was a celebratory fundraiser to help publish a posthumous book…
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Opening to Celebrate Houston Artist and Fundraise for Posthumous Book
by Paula Newtonby Paula NewtonFebruary 1st will mark the first anniversary of the death of Houston artist Bert L. Long, Jr. and a bunch of artists and Long fans will be celebrating his life…
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First, the good news about the Houston Fine Art Fair: Robert Pruitt was selected as 2013 Artist of the Year. Otherwise, HFAF came back for its third year—but it did so without some major Houston galleries and some early supporters.
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“What is the name of that landscape painter. You know the one I’m talking about; the one who painted atmosphere like uh…like Corot. If I call his name, you’ll know…
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Houston artist Bert Long has died. A Houston native, Long gave up a career as a chef for art in 1979, eventually becoming one of the city’s best known and…
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This news just in from Houston artist Bert Long and Joan Batson via Margaret Losinski: “Unfortunately the news about Bert is not good. He has been diagnosed with Stage IV…
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Dallas art writer and collector June Mattingly’s new e-book The State of the Art: Contemporary Artists in Texas, is out-available for Nook, Kindle and iPad. Mattingly, a Dallas artworld fixture…