Rainey Knudson and Brandon Zech imagine a nubile young Farrah Fawcett; they try not to get dizzy watching video of Galveston upside down; and they armchair quarterback a ho-hum installation of…
May 2017
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Prospect.4, the fourth iteration of a New Orleans citywide exhibition that opens opens November 16-19, 2017, has announced its list of 73 participating artists, including three Texan artists. The exhibition,…
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The Menil Collection in Houston has announced that Reem Fadda has been awarded the eighth Walter Hopps Award for Curatorial Achievement. The Palestine/Jordan-based curator “will receive a $20,000 stipend and…
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The show is both a document of Divecchia’s process, and the origin story of an artistic project.
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Trump’s Proposed Budget to Kill National Endowments for the Arts and Humanities
by Paula Newtonby Paula NewtonYesterday, the Trump administration released its proposed budget for the Federal government for FY 2018. The budget was given the fancy title “A New Foundation for American Greatness” and it…
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“This and That” is an occasional series of paired observations. -Ed. Today: History Below are images from a recent hard hat tour of the Menil Drawing Institute in Houston, designed by Johnston…
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For the 13th year, the City of Austin has organized the People’s Gallery, on view at City Hall for a full year. Visitors may vote for the “People’s Choice” through…
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Painted at a feverish pace, it’s as if Bernhardt is trying to outrun the banality of her subjects, stamping them onto the canvas over and over again until meaning collapses onto itself.
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The Contemporary Austin has announced that this summer they are bringing two large-scale Ai Weiwei sculptures to Austin. One of the works, Iron Tree Trunk (2015), will be on view at The Contemporary Austin’s…
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Late last week, Houston native Solange Knowles presented “An Ode To,” a performance art piece at New York’s Guggenheim Museum. Part installation, part dance, and part concert, the event was…
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What happens when, as a critic or artist, you believe the culture and the tradition from which a practice emerges is criminal, or even evil?
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More than anything, this is exactly the kind of show that can blowtorch away any calcified, received ideas around the kind of art that you should be looking at.
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The Nasher Sculpture Center in Dallas has announced its 2017 season of ‘til Midnight at the Nasher. It’s free, it happens on every third Friday of the month from 6 pm to…
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This weekend will be a busy one for David Lynch fans. Not only is the Museum of Fine Arts Houston screening David Lynch: The Art Life, but the long-awaited Season 3…
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It isn’t truly springtime in Dallas until the SpeedBump Art Tour takes over Oak Cliff (or, “the Cliff,” as it is affectionately called)—and this year’s festival is running today, May 20,…
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Art League Houston (ALH) has announced the selection of Dr. Kheli R. Willetts as the new Executive Director effective June 1, 2017. Dr. Willetts joins ALH following a five-month nationwide…
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This week, the Houston Center for Contemporary Craft announced the new class of residents that will participate in their upcoming residency cycle, running from September 2017 to August 2018. The new residents include: Corey…
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This is not a straight polemic, but rather something more removed and elusive.
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Yesterday, May 17, the State Legislature introduced Texas House Resolution 2132, a bill entitled “2018 Texas State Artist honorees.” Congratulations go out to Fort Worth’s Sedrick Huckaby, who has been…
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Christina Rees and Brandon Zech on an eerie show in Austin, Roni Horn in Dallas, and a veteran Texas painter’s return to Houston.