Valderas' signs wield cultural vernacular as armor in an aesthetic skirmish. They’re here to provoke.
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Rainey Knudson and Christina Rees on toxic-meets-charming paintings, finally answering the question: “What would you do for love?,” and a new approach to medical body-scanning imagery.
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Although the curators say this particular exhibit of the Medianale isn’t theme-driven, I noticed a couple of common threads between videos including a riff on the idea of call-and-response music, and re-interpretations of previous iconic videos/films, which is a take on call and response in itself.
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A coalition of Dallas art institutions and groups has formed to create the ongoing workshop series called “The Business of Art.” It’s a doozy of an alliance. Here’s who is…
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Media art (now “new media art”), including Anker’s, is evidence that modernism never died, it just plodded along, unnoticed during the Epoch of Irony that was postmodernism.
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The sound of the conté crayon marking the wall is both soothing and grating. I sit on the concrete floor thinking that, as the viewer, I too should experience some discomfort.
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Glasstire contributors offer up their picks for the best spring shows around the state. Think we missed something great? Post it in the comments section below! AUSTIN Alison Kuo: Colorful…
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Wherever we go in Texas, we always make time for the museum gift shops. Our museum shops reliably have some of the most fun, unique and affordable gifts (for yourself…
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Annual MAC Membership Exhibition – “Meltdown”
by Betsy Lewisby Betsy LewisThe membership show. It has one hundred eighty-something pieces of artwork and no curator. Any member can bring one work of their choosing that expresses the year’s central theme. This…
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Independent curator June Mattingly has put together a show at the McKinney Avenue Contemporary called Starry, Starry Nights: Five Light-Filled Installations with work by five artists — Adela Andea, Chris Lattanzio,…
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Dallas’ MAC is adding a series of outdoor parking-lot market days to its array of lectures, events and exhibitions. The new “Uptown Trolley Stop Market” will juxtapose farmers, artists, organizations…