Buckle up your bug spray and blankets: houston MFAH’s Bayou Bend gardens has cleared a space amid the fallen tree limbs big enough to host an outdoor opera. Leonard Bernstein’s…
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The Houston Arts Alliance is sponsoring a town hall meeting to assess the impact of Ike on us little guys. The meeting is on Friday, Sept. 26 from 3-4:30 pm…
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Art 21 may need to be re-titled as Art over 21, according to critics of sexually and racially controversial art in the acclaimed PBS documentary, now proposed as part of…
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OK, everybody has hurricane pictures, but not everyone has a blog to post them on, so here goes: Paul Kittelson’s show at NauHaus included these fake broken and boarded windows.…
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Brian Wedgworth ‘s monumental public sculpture "Ascension" was erected in a parking lot in McAllen’s Arts District earlier this month. Privately commissioned by real estate investor David Weisfeld, the 21…
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Houston’s Bayou City Art Festivals under the direction of Kim Stoilis have garnered three Pinnacle Awards, the “Oscars” of the international festival industry: Gold Pinnacles for “Best Commemorative Poster” and…
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The Dallas Center for the Performing Arts has scored a freaky last-minute gift of $15 million from Sammons Enterprises Inc. to fund the 10-acre Elaine D. and Charles A. Sammons…
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On Friday, September 26, Paul Lewis will speak exclusively to Arthouse members about the innovative practices of Lewis.Tsurumaki.Lewis architects, a firm so unique they need special punctuation, about their groundbreaking…
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The MFAH is scrambling to find a new sponsor for it’s popular Starbuck’s Mixed Media Music series which, according to Houston Press blogger Dusti Rhodes, is "always packed with hotties,"…
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The Grace Museum in Abilene has chosen a new director: Francine Carraro, Ph.D., former Director of the Abbe Museum in Bar Harbor, Maine. A Texas native, Carraro was born and…
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At last! Sketching in the Galleries . On Sunday, September 21, exercise your right to use the MFAH’s colllection, not just admire it. An artist (???) will guide a sketching…
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This Tuesday’s at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth you can hear Kara Walker, whose exhibition My Complement, My Enemy, My Oppressor, My Love, presents unforgiving representations of the…
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There’s a story in the Houston Chronicle detailing Clint Willour’s report on flooding at the Galveston Art Center. Four feet of water in the first floor gallery, Helen Altman‘s quilt…
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Saturday is the opening day for CADD Art Lab, a new venue for contemporary art sponsored by The Contemporary Art Dealers of Dallas. The first show, Indexing the Moment, opens…
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The Mayor of Dallas and the Governor of Texas have proclaimed September to be Sculpture Month! Texas Sculpture Association‘s 25th annual Sculpture Symposium will be held at The Nasher Sculpture…
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The Mayor of Dallas and the Governor of Texas have proclaimed September to be Sculpture Month! Texas Sculpture Association‘s 25th annual Sculpture Symposium will be held at The Nasher Sculpture…
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Houston’s Blaffer Gallery is intact and will reopen on Wednesday, Sept. 17 from 10-2pm, then will return to its regular hours beginning Thursday. The Blaffer Student Association (BSA) Red Block…
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Houston’s Blaffer Gallery is intact and will reopen on Wednesday, Sept. 17 from 10-2pm, then will return to its regular hours beginning Thursday. The Blaffer Student Association (BSA) Red Block…
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The Damien Hirst direct auction at Sotheby’s is double interesting because people hate art dealers, AND they hate superstars. You can enjoy it two ways: either "Hirst is really sticking…
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The Damien Hirst direct auction at Sotheby’s is double interesting because people hate art dealers, AND they hate superstars. You can enjoy it two ways: either "Hirst is really sticking…