Rex Koontz, the University of Houston (UH) School of Art director, is set to oversee a $102,000 project funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), reports the Houston…
December 2016
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It’s a good time to be a preparator in Texas. Right now, there are six preparator-like jobs available across the state. If you are in (or want to move to) San…
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Artists have been blurring the lines between art and life for quite some time now, often causing viewers to make connections between the socio-political world around us and everyday reality…
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“This and That” is an occasional series of paired observations. -Ed. Today: Bathroom Humor ************* No matter how original, innovative or crazy your idea, someone else is also…
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The Amon Carter Museum of American Art in Fort Worth has finally landed a Moby-Dick of acquisitions: it has added a George Bellows painting to its collection. The Amon Carter…
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Houston paints the town red in preparation for hosting the 2017 Super Bowl. Houston First just unveiled Wings over Water, a kinetic sculpture by Joe O’Connell and Creative Machines, which will welcome visitors on…
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Whatever you may say about the work itself, Otero is hustling the art game for all it’s worth.
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The Daily Mail reported on Thursday that “sources” had told them that President-elect Donald Trump had approached Stallone about a top arts-related position in his administration, perhaps as chairman of…
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Here’s to a very uncomfortable 2017.
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It was announced recently that the McNay Art Museum in San Antonio has acquired a painting by San Antonio artist Vincent Valdez. The piece, titled The Strangest Fruit 9, from 2013, depicts the museum’s…
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Yesterday, The Idea Fund announced 12 new grantees that will receive funding throughout 2017. The jurors for this round were Julia Bryan-Wilson, Associate Professor at the Department of History of Art at…
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The four artists here express their ideas and feelings more in code—something that is inherent to the language of abstraction.
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News
Art Alliance Austin Names Jade Walker Interim Director as Asa Hursh Relocates
by Glasstireby GlasstireAsa Hursh was appointed executive director of Art Alliance Austin in the summer of 2014; he’s relocating with his family to Los Angeles, and Jade Walker has been named interim…
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New York’s Art Matters foundation—whose mission is to support experimentation in the arts—announced its 2016 grant recipients yesterday, reports Artforum. The foundation has awarded twenty-six artists with grants ranging from…
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Christina Rees and Brandon Zech on a venue that keeps changing its name, weekend jealousy, and a pop-up show for last-minute holiday shopping.
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This week, the National Endowment for the Arts NEA) announced more than $30 million will be awarded to nonprofit organizations and individuals across the country for grants in the areas…
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This peripatetic group is getting a chance to show its stuff somewhere other than a pop-up venue.
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A recap for those who have not been closely following this crazy crime spree in Philadelphia: back in September, someone was stealing 1s and 0s off the front of residents’…
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The Nasher Sculpture Center in Dallas just announced some new acquisitions for its collection: gifted works by Julian Hoeber and Alex Israel. Via Nasher: “The work of these California-based artists represent notable…
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This time of year, the art scene usually just settles down for a long winter’s nap, but Houston seems to be bucking that trend this year (at least for this…