On November 7, A little more than a week before his trial was set to begin in the 394th District Court of Jeff Davis County, Prada Marfa vandal Joe Magnano…
"Prada Marfa"
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When it’s a battle between Art and the State, it can get ugly. Max Ernst vs. the Gestapo. Robert Mapplethorpe vs. Senator Jesse Helms. Ai Weiwei vs. the Chinese government.…
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The artist behind the recent Prada Marfa vandalization, Joe Magnano, also known as 9271977, is scheduled to stand trial for his West Texas art antics next Friday, May 2, at…
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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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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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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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Ballroom Marfa and the Art Production Fund plan to clean up and restore recent unauthorized alterations by vandal/installation artist 927 1977 to Prada Marfa, Elmgreen and Dragset’s meant-to-be-destroyed fake shoe…
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Elmgreen and Dragset’s fake shoe store on lonely highway 90 near Valentine, TX.
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The personality behind the latest Prada Marfa vandalization is not pleased with the response his efforts of destruction on Elmgreen and Dragset’s 2005 faux storefront have received. “I wish that it was…
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An artist known as 9271977 is likely behind the vandalism that befell Prada Marfa Sunday morning, the Big Bend Sentinel reports. Various clues left on the scene led reporters at…
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Elmgreen and Dragset, the artist duo behind Prada Marfa, have released a statement with their thoughts on the Texas Department of Transportation’s decision to declare the installation illegal. There are…
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Equal Justice? Playboy Marfa Controversy Spreads to Prada Marfa
by Paula Newtonby Paula NewtonNow that the Playboy Marfa has been officially classified by the Texas Department of Transportation as an “illegal outdoor advertising sign,” someone has asked the inevitable question, “Aren’t the fake…
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Repeated vandalism, gunshots, graffiti, and attempted theft from Prada Marfa, Elmgreen and Dragset’s fake upscale shoe emporium in the West Texas Desert on highway 90 near Valentine, are slowly causing…
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For those who haven’t yet seen the latest issue of Vogue, there is a feature article on Ballroom Marfa’s new Executive Director Susan Sutton. Sutton, who assumed the position in…
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Erected by Berlin artists Michael Elmgreen and Ingar Dragset, this clever piece of environmental sculpture, a fake Prada store, sits on highway 90 outside Marfa. I just heard about it.…
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This month Ballroom Marfa, a non-collecting contemporary museum, begins the celebration of its 20th anniversary.
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Stone Circle, Marfa Lights, and ‘The Desk’: Things We Missed on the Journey West
We saw more than we missed.
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We'll bring you pictures and stories from the region in the coming days.
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It’s us, the visitors, who need a wake-up call to make us slow down and look at what (or who) is right in front of us.
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Playboy Marfa, which was quickly installed this summer just outside of Marfa and almost as quickly received removal orders from Texas Department of Transportation (TxDot), will be moving down the…