In America, especially Texas, guns and gun imagery are prevalent within our culture. The violence of guns & knives goes hand in hand with sex as an example of our…
May 2011
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Lee Rosenbaum’s Culture Grrl blog pre-empted its regularly-scheduled programming to highlight a new set of professional practice guidelines emanating from the Association of Art Museum Directors, currently meeting in Houston.…
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Untitled, (2009), a broomstick propping up a blank canvas against the wall (or a clever simulacrum of same- with Cattelan you never know!) was on display at the Menil’s big…
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2011 Idea fund grantees Boozefox (an Austin collective consisting of Drew Liverman, Jules Buck Jones, Michael Phalan and Scott Eastwood) are planning a floating crystalline, tank-like object straight out of…
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Dallas Art News’ Michael Roman snatched 15-20 minutes to interview outgoing DMA director Bonnie Pitman on her successes, failures and the future of the museum in the 21st century. Relentlessly …
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Titian’s Diana and Actaeon and Diana and Callisto now at the MFAH: Titian and the Golden Age of Venetian Painting
“The most beautiful pictures in the world”, according to British artist Lucian Freud, Titian’s Diana and Actaeon and Diana and Callisto (1556–1559), made their debut at the Museum of Fine…
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Borbetomagus meets Zhameela: early evidence of the connections between experimental music and bellydance unearthed
You thought that Ms. YET (Yet Torres) was the pioneer of improv/experimental/noise bellydance? Wait! There is a trailblazing precedent! A never-before-screened DVD arrived in sound artist David Dove’s mailbox; it’s…
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Knitted public art, sanctioned or unsanctioned, got a shout out in the NY Times Thursday. The piece credits Magda Sayeg, owner of Raye boutique in Houston with the knit-graffiti idea,…
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In terms of size, concrete and consumer culture, Houston is a hyperbole of a city. Every time I return to it from another place I am shocked at the exorbitant…
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Sequels are never as good as the original, but since when has that ever stopped anyone? (To read Part I, click here.) Lack of respect, a turgid definition of productivity,…
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Temporary posters at Bush and Hobby airports, Portable art pods at Discovery Green: the 105th American Association of Museums Annual Meeting and Expo is coming to Houston May 22-25. While…
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One of Houston’s few legitimate claims to fame, the Art Car Parade, rolls down Allen Parkway from Waugh Drive to Bagby St. this Sunday, May 22, from 1-3pm, although the…
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I’m a huge fan of obsessive-compulsive art making especially when it is subtle and pulls you in for a rewarding surprise of a gem. Such work gives a personal thank…
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Zine Fest Houston foments independence on Saturday, May 21 at Khon’s Rooftop, 2808 Milam St, Houston from 4-10pm. Alternative music, alternative lifestyles, alternative thinking, and alternative press consolidate into what…
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The University of Houston’s Mitchell Center must have sailors on its board-first Shrimp Boat Projects, now Tex Hex Cinema, a self-contained movie theater on board an artist-made pontoon boat in…
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The Hamptons Expo Group announced a partial list of galleries participating in September’s Houston Fine Art Fair at a posh reception at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston on Monday…
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Eileen Maxson talks to Jeremy DePrez about his work.
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Over 34 days, Houston artist Skeez181 gathered 76 graffiti writers to transform the 13,000sf SDC warehouse into Houston’s largest-ever graffiti mecca. Artists from as far as Munich, Germany and an…
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Lame-duck art mag Artlies will launch it’s final issue, #68, themed “Architecture is not Art” edited by Mary Ellen Carroll, on Friday, May 20 from 6-8pm at Domy Books on…
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From 6-8pm network, schmooze, wheedle, score face time, confab, kiss ass, or break balls at Diverseworks’ art-world Industry Night. Fun! fun! fun! and Free! Don’t forget your promotional materials, hearty…