The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston’s director, Peter Marzio, is 10th on the NY Times’ list of best-paid leaders of cultural institutions in the US. According to the Times, Marzio…
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Marcel Duchamp: Etant donnes by Michael R.Taylor, published by the Philadeplphia Museum of Art and designed by veteran Houston art-book designer Don Quaintance of Public Address Design, was awarded the…
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Several panel discussions at this year’s Art Chicago art fair feature Texas contemporary art, and several Texas art aficionados are migrating northwards to tell about it: on Friday, April 30,…
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Vince Hannemann’s Cathedral of Junk in Austin, threatend by city ordinances, since safety complaints a few months ago, has hit the pages of the Wall street Journal, which featued an…
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The latest round of NEA grants for Access to Artistic Excellence, American Masterpieces, Arts on Radio and Television, Learning in the Arts for Children & Youth and Partnerships is out,…
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Seminal Texas funky junk artist David McManaway, died April 23, at age 82 at his East Dallas home. Best known for wall reliefs he called Jomo Boards, McManaway juxtaposed found…
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Sad news today for the Houston art community: Liz Alexander, grants coordinator for the Houston Arts Alliance, died this morning at St. Joseph’s Hospital. She had been hospitalized on Monday…
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This evening, Friday, April 23, noted photographer and teacher Henry Horenstein will talk about his life in photography and screen his new movie "Show" about the worlds of burlesque, drag,…
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The 7th annual North Dallas Artist Studio Tour is this weekend, April 24 & 25. Their press release calls it "a unique opportunity to experience North Dallas’ best artists on…
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In an 8-1 decision Tuesday, the US Supreme Court struck down a law banning depictions of criminal cruelty to animals. The decision was on first-amendment grounds: the court’s majority decided…
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Art and Seek noted an informal exhibit at last weekend’s DADA art Walk: UT Arlington photography students displayed work in an enterprise rental truck outside the Photographs Do Not Bend…
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Tonight at 7:30pm is the unveiling of Patrick Renner’s A Light in the Attic, a temporary installation in the historic 721 Congress St. storefront, Austin. It’s just one facet of…
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The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston today announced the departure of Kathleen V. Jameson for her new job as Executive Director of the Mint Museum in Charlotte, North Carolina. The…
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Spacetaker.org, the Houston nonprofit artists’ resource center is opening a gallery space in its former Artist resource center in Winter St. Studios. On May 15 the new ARC Gallery will…
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Artadia: The Fund for Art and Dialogue has announced its 2010 Houston awardees: the big money, $15,000 goes to J Hill and Jeff Shore & Jon Fisher. The five recipients…
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In honor of the Mexico’s Bicentennial, on Friday, April 23 Dr. Gregorio Luke will project life-size images of the murals of Los Tres Grandes: Diego Rivera, Jose Clemente Orozco and…
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Election results are in at the Dallas Museum of Art. Trustees of the DMA named Deedie Rose chairman while John Eagle will continue as president. Other newly elected officers of…
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Monday evening, April 19, 70’s rocker Patti Smith is coming to the University of Houston to read from her newest memoir, Just Kids and play a few songs from 7-8:30pm.…
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Red Bull Art of Can is planning to bring another of its epic can-shredding and folding promo-fests to The Galleria in Dallas this year, and hopeful artists need to register…
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One Swallow Doesn’t Make a Summer, an exhibition of new site-specific work in four vacant commercial spaces and a park in downtown Austin opens April 20. Organized by the new…