It seems like every few months Apple — and other third parties — are coming out with new and updated emojis. Now, thanks to the Whitney Museum of American Art,…
January 2018
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Today is singer-songwriter and artist Daniel Johnston’s 57th birthday. It is also the first annual “Hi, How Are You” Day as declared by Austin Mayor Steve Adler, reports Spectrum News…
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Late capitalism has forced many of us to live in a continuous desperation, ever reacting and improvising. You must look to the sky and see which stars beguile you.
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Southern Methodist University’s Meadows Museum in Dallas has announced its recent acquisition of Beach at Portici, the last painting by Mariano Fortuny y Marsal (1838-1874), a Spanish painter popular with American collectors during…
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San Antonio’s Blue Star Contemporary is seeking applications from artists living and working in Bexar County for three-month residencies in Berlin, Germany. Now in its fifth year, the residency is…
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The City of Austin Cultural Arts Division has announced the launch of a public art initiative that “utilizes city streetlights to capture and project shadows of passersby.” It’s called Shadowing…
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The rapid-fire seriality of this work undercuts the time the viewer would need to conjure and engage in aura.
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Christina Rees and Rainey Knudson on what's happening all year in a Dirty, Dark Place in a flea market in Kyle, a big Glasstire party, and how Texas reacts to its weather.
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Art book lovers and (no offense to the book lovers) collage artists—rejoice! San Antonio’s McNay Art Museum is hosting its annual McNay Library Book Sale next week, January 25, from…
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The Center for Art and Social Engagement (CASE) at University of Houston, along with FotoFest and the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, will present artist and advocate Sharon Louden and frequent…
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The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth has announced the guests for the spring season of its longtime acclaimed lecture series, Tuesday Evenings at the Modern, which kicks off on February…
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Fair warning: this is a stream-of-consciousness meander through the topography of Buttercup.
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Twyla, the newish contemporary art site for exclusive limited-edition prints, today announced Thomas Galbraith as new CEO. He replaces co-founder and acting CEO Brian Sharples who continues to serve as…
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"Authenticity is truly the cost of admission, not to mention the rent prices."
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Over the past few days, the Google Arts and Culture app has gone viral for its new feature that uses facial scanning techniques to compare users’ photos to a database of…
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Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated 50 years ago this April. He was born on this date, January 15, in 1929. The Stevie Wonder video below, from 1980, called…
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In an email this week, Marja Spearman announced that de stijl | PODIUM FOR ART, an artist-run 900 square foot gallery space on West 31st Street in Austin, will close. A ceramicist by…
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We can’t fault galleries for doing what they have to to stay in business any more than we can fault artists for creating sellable work. We can, however, reexamine our expectations about the art we come across.
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DiverseWorks has announced that it will begin searching for an Assistant Curator to replace Rachel Cook, who is leaving the organization to become the Artistic Director of On the Boards, a non-profit…
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French & Michigan, the hybrid gallery, project space and workshop in San Antonio, has opened applications for its newly expanded publication program. Artists who would like the opportunity to have a…