Houston’s Deborah Colton Gallery has launched Outpost NYC / DCG in New York City in collaboration with New York-based art writer/curator Liutauras Psibilskis, who curated the 2007 Chemical City exhibition…
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Google has put the LIFE magazine photo archive online, and it’s searchable. In addition to the zillions of famous pics, (kissing sailor, the pic of Bert Lahr Shepard Fairey stole,…
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Today’s Houston Chronicle explains Houston’s sometimes inexplicable charm as a destination for aspiring artists, and without going into too many specifics, explores the role the MFAH’s Core Program has had…
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The Austin Museum of Art has received a $50,000 gift from the daughters of Mary McIntyre Mallott, a volunteer director, art teacher, docent, exhibitor, and trustee of Laguna Gloria Art…
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When they take time out to write about Houston Art, the New York Times likes to find something bizarre and campy. On Wednesday, they featured a piece about the admittedly…
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Among the historic scenes re-created at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston’s Bayou Bend Mansion this holiday season is the first meal eaten in 1928 by the Hogg family in…
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Starting in 2010, Austin’s Women & Their Work gallery will hold five solo exhibitions a year, and they have selected Leah DeVun, Kathryn Kelley , Karen Mahaffy, Kia Neill and…
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In their next blog post , W&TW digests the recent statistics published in the NEA’s research report Women Artists: 1990-2005, in which the government quantifies the earnings discrepancies between male…
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Los Angeles artist, ex-Texan, and eye of the cultural storm that is Machine Project, Mark Allen, needs our help. In an "uncharacteristically serious email" begging for new members and contributions,…
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Cracks are showing in the artworld’s nudge-nudge, wink-wink no-dicount policy as galleries here and in New York advertise slashed prices on art great and small. At NY’s Edelman Arts an…
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Tomorrow, Wednesday December 17, you can listen as Houston Arts Alliance CEO Jonathon Glus, Houston Downtown Alliance President Andrew Huang, Arts Institute of Houston President Larry Horn and Houston Technology…
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Yesterday’s All Things Considered on NPR had a bizarre feature on the new public karaoke machines between terminals D and E of Houston’s Bush intercontinental Airport. Although touted as a…
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Avert your eyes! Super-insider Dave Hickey deconstructs the swirl of art fairs in London and Miami in a lengthy, depressing, and excruciatingly well-written piece of name-dropping for the current Vanity…
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New public art pieces in the surprisingly art-aware San Antonio Airport by Bill Fitzgibbons, Chuck Ramirez, and Gary Sweeney will debut in a lighting ceremony on Tuesday, December 16, from…
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Come join Buffalo Bayou Art Park at the Grove Restaurant in Discovery Green park (which has, of all the surreal things, OUTDOOR ICE SKATING!?! for the next few weeks) to…
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Just outside the north loop, Houston artists Paul Kittelson, Carter Ernst, Tim Glover, Ed Wilson, Magda Wilson, Liza Littlefield and Lee Littlefield share a semi-wooded compund they call Itchy Acres.…
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Houston’s MFAH is branching out by acquiring eight big, expensive works from the Chaney Family. Chiho Aoshima’s scroll-like video City Glow, long installed near the cafe, and Damien Hirst’s End…
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Houston’s Orange Show is having a free community Christmas party on Friday, December 12 from 7-10 pm. Celebrate East End style with mariachi music, tamale tastings and a hands-on ornament…
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Although I heard that a real dumpster was just too expensive post-Ike, the Museum of Weird is, itself, close enough to serve- come and grab your piece of Dolan Smith’s…
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According to tradition, Artpace San Antonio will provide fun and games and sweet prizes like an iPod Shuffle at their Holiday Potluck Dinner. The annual event honoring artists, volunteers, students…