Art.Science.Gallery, one of the nation’s first art galleries to feature exclusively science-related artworks, will open in Austin on April 12 with its first exhibition. Called Geo_____ , the show will…
March 2014
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I love the show and I get it, but I feel struck in the head. With my curiosity overstimulated and my eco-conscience battered, I'm simply consuming another large-scale cultural production.
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Joseph Magnano, the Waco artist behind the recent Prada Marfa vandalism, a project he calls TOMS Marfa, has released an open letter to the art world. In it, Magnano speaks about…
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Long’s installations are about watching others experience them: amongst the barrage of sensorial stimulations, we can see ourselves as a part of the crowd—the insatiable consumers of cultural experiences.
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You know that thing where you stay up late drinking with friends and you find yourselves getting funnier and funnier as the night wears on? And you know how sometimes…
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This is not a movie. Friday evening, the Menil front lawn will flicker with dream-like film experiments by Hans Richter, Man Ray, Maya Deren, Joseph Cornell, and Lawrence Jordan.
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Dallas Museum of Art’s Islamic Art advisor, Sabiha Al Khemir, in Limelight for Upcoming Exhibition
by Lucia Simekby Lucia SimekThe New York Times recently highlighted the finesse and acumen of the Dallas Museum of Art’s Islamic Art advisor, Sabiha Al Khemir, on the cusp of the upcoming exhibition she has…
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There has been a good deal of conversation lately on the role of public art in cities and the ways and means that city governments commission works and then maintain…
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“Is this your work? I love it. It’s really invasive and exciting.” Lena Dunham’s TV art world.
This week on HBO's "Girls," Louise Lasser appears as a wheelchair-bound artist. It struck me as so subtle and genuine that I overlooked it at first.
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After five years in business, the Austin Center for Photography has decided to close, citing insufficient funding as the main reason for the shuttering. “Over the past year we attempted…
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A 45-year-old Alvin High School art teacher, Houston artist Scott Burns, was arrested yesterday on charges of possession of child pornography, KTRK-TV reports. His arrest followed his removal from the…
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Waco artist Joe Magnano was arrested by the Texas Department of Public Safety yesterday on charges of criminal mischief in connection with the recent Tom’s Marfa/Prada Marfa vandalism incident near…
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Some of the artists who work in the small historic arts village of La Villita, which is located in downtown San Antonio, have been there for decades. A new city initiative…
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It’s Complicated: “Prada Marfa Explainer” on Why it’s OK to Maintain Artwork
by Lucia Simekby Lucia SimekAfter last week’s media blitz about the most recent defacing/art-application (up to you!) to Prada Marfa by an artist/vandal (also, up to you!) called 9271977, Ballroom Marfa, the art organization tasked…
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Much-contested Removal of Public Artwork Now Up for Public Debate
by Lucia Simekby Lucia SimekDallas’ Office of Cultural Affairs has announced that it will hold two public meetings in order to discuss the proposed removal of the White Rock Lake Wildlife Water Theater, a…
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Last year, artist Alison Jardine founded The Dallas Arboretum’s Artists’ Garden Artist-in-Residency program and served as the program’s first candidate. The aim of the residency is to help strengthen the…
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The University of Houston’s Center for Arts Leadership will host a arts summit designed to grow and sustain the energy of Houston’s arts scene, helping ensure that it have a robust future.…
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“Postminimalist,” “Conceptual Art,” “Process Art.” For anyone who frequents museums or has taken a basic art history survey, such tags are omnipresent––so much so, in fact, we may sometimes ignore how distorting they can be.
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SMU curatorial fellow Sally Frater takes issue with “The Black Letter”
by Lucia Simekby Lucia SimekLast August, Glasstire writer Darryl Ratcliff penned a piece about the mysterious letter, dubbed “The Black Letter,” that showed up at various Dallas galleries and private addresses last summer. The letter…
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Today marks the one month countdown to Tax Day, so it’s time for all the tricky strangeness that defines the income of artists and writers–grants, honorariums, scholarships, and untaxed payments for…