Arthouse in Austin has lined up a scintillating series of visiting curators to lecture and give studio critiques over the next few months, including Nicolaus Schafhausen, Artistic and Financial Director…
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San Antonio muralist Claudio Aguillon has just finished a prominent piece on the side of La Gloria Ice House at PearlBrewery. The 38-year old painter’s work adorns many SA walls,…
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A judge in Brownsville on Thursday set a January trial date for 20-year-old Ernesto Ivan Martinez, accused of the grisly murder of Barry Horn, director of the Brownsville Art Museum…
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The Old Jail Art Center in Albany, TX has announced the appointment of Thomas W. Jones as its new Executive Director. Jones, was formely director of the Museum of the…
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Textbook conceptual artist Dennis Oppenheim is interviewed in today’s Houston Chronicle by Douglas Britt. Oppenheim’s Radiant Fountains, a series of LED-lit giant splash sculptures at Bush Intercontnental Airport are nearing…
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The Menil bookstore will re-open on September first under the management of veteran art bookseller Paul Forsythe following a two-month renovation. The new store will include a children’s section, an…
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LA Times art critic Christopher Knight looks to Houston’s Menil Collection as a model for what the new Broad Museum of art can do for Los Angeles. Calling the Menil…
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Joseph Bravo will be the new executive director of the International Museum of Art and Science in McAllen. The 50 year former motorcycle racer and all around rock ‘n’ roll…
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On September 27, The U.S. Supreme Court will decide whether or not to hear Kleinman v. City of San Marcos, in which the city is trying to remove a junked-car…
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The Houston Press’ Troy Schulze gripes about a stump in this weeks’ paper. The stump, or lump, planted in downtown Houston’s Market Square park, is actually a dog carved by…
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The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth has proudly, though not unexpectedly, announced that it has gained accreditation from the American Association of Museums, yet again. It’s a smallish club:…
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Houston artist Trenton Doyle Hancock is putting the finishing touches on A Better Promise at the Seattle Art Museum’s Olympic Sculpture Park. The site specific piece includes a 25-foot aluminum…
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The city of San Marcos has been saving up its hotel tax dollars, and is in the process of approving a new permanent sculpture dedicated to Martin Luther King, Jr.,…
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A San Antonio program enrolling graffiti taggers in a summer art class (sometimes by court order) was dissected in an article in the San Antonio Express-News yesterday. 20 artistically inclined…
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The Idea Fund is fixin’ to hand out another round of grants to non-traditional art and art-like projects in Houston. Confused? They’re also planning a set of information sessions that…
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A 25-foot tall steel pickaxe by artist Michael Clapper was delivered to the campus of the University of Texas at El Paso Friday, where it will be sited in athe…
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UNCRATED , the new blog from the Dallas Museum of Art went online on August 10, with a lonely post about the work going on for the installation of their…
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Projects of John and Dominique de Menil, the first book to examine the beloved Houston philanthopists’ contributions to art, architecture, film, and the civil and human rights movements is scheduled…
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Last month the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston announced the acquisition of 160 works of decorative art and craft from the exceptional collection of Leatrice and Melvin Eagle of Potomac,…
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The Texas Sunflower Project is competing for a $50,000 grant from Pepsi’s Refresh Project to plant 50 giant metal sunflowers with rotating, self-sustaining LED lights across Texas. The sculptures, made…