It was pretty exciting when the Museum of Drawing (MOD) announced its arrival into Houston’s art scene a few years ago. It seemed as if they were just a grant…
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Randy Tibbits thinks we should all know a bit more about the rich history of Houston’s art scene. Those who read his Houston Press article, “MFAH and the Menil Are…
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The Masters of the Representational Art Universe to Converge on Midtown Houston Tonight!
by Paula Newtonby Paula NewtonAbstract painters and conceptual artists: beware! The Masters of Representational Art (yes, that’s the name of the group) have been meeting up once a month to eat pizza and strategize…
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On July 1, artist and SMU advertising professor Willie Baronet began a month-long journey, from Seattle to New York, purchasing signs from homeless people. Baronet has been collecting these signs…
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It’s not really true that everything is bigger in Texas, but those who catch tomorrow night’s Arts InSight on Houston Public Media (TV 8) will be left with the impression…
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The Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation has announced the latest winners of its biennial award, which comes with an unrestricted check for $20,000. Every two years, artists from throughout the US…
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East Dallas Gallery Day is today from noon to 8 pm! Returning for its 3rd year to kick off the summer for the galleries in Downtown, Deep Ellum and Expo…
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The New York arts nonprofit Creative Time is getting a lot of positive press right now for its current installation of Kara Walker’s A Subtlety at Brooklyn’s Domino Sugar Factory,…
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Guccifer Sentenced for Hacking Romanian Email Accounts, No Charges Yet for Unleashing Bush’s Naked Self-Portraits
by Paula Newtonby Paula NewtonA Romanian court has sentenced the hacker known as “Guccifer” to four years in jail, reports Reuters. The former cab driver, whose real name is Marcel Lazar Lehel, has been…
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The Houston Fringe Festival is busy organizing its upcoming carnival of chaos, now in its seventh year. The five-day event (September 24-28) features local and international performers and artists who…
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Automakers Pledge $26 Million to Help Keep DIA Art Off the Auction Block
by Paula Newtonby Paula NewtonDetroit may finally be close to saving its city’s art collection, held by the Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA). The nation’s three major automakers, Ford, General Motors and Chrysler, announced…
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“Tattletale Culture”: City Audit Reveals Major Dysfunction at McAllen Museum
by Paula Newtonby Paula NewtonAccording to a lengthy report from city auditors, South Texas’ International Museum of Art and Science (IMAS) has some serious issues with governance, ethically questionable behavior, and protection of its…
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Texas Cities Making the Wrong Lists of Creative, Exciting Places
by Paula Newtonby Paula NewtonRecently, the website PolicyMic published a list of “15 Cities for Creative 20-Somethings That Aren’t New York or Los Angeles” and Abby Koenig took to her Houston Press blog to…
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The Biggest Mural in Houston, a Temporary Ode to Preservation, is Unveiled Today
by Paula Newtonby Paula NewtonEven Houstonians who have spent the past month watching that giant mural go up in Midtown (off Fannin, behind the five-story building at 2800 San Jacinto) may have skipped the…
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In honor of the 70th anniversary of D-Day, we post these photographs by architect-turned-prize-winning-photographer Donald Weber, part of his series-in-progress War Sand. Last year, Weber visited the beaches at Normandy…
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From Chin to Flynn: Menil Presents Encyclopedia in Art and Poetry
by Paula Newtonby Paula NewtonTomorrow evening at 7 pm, the Menil Collection will host an “Illustrated Lecture & Book Signing” with Houston-born artist Mel Chin, fresh from his retrospective at the New Orleans Museum…
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One of the most famously weird stories in art history is the tale of Vincent van Gogh’s 1888 psychotic episode during which he chopped off his own ear and presented…
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Kara Walker Sculpture Attracts Mostly White Crowd and Many Seem to be Twelve Years Old
by Paula Newtonby Paula NewtonKara Walker’s new installation, A Subtlety, located in Brooklyn’s abandoned Domino Sugar factory, is drawing large crowds and provoking some pretty interesting discussions. Its longer title, A Subtlety or the…
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An Original Punk Performance Art Collective Reunites: The Urban Animals
by Paula Newtonby Paula NewtonLong before the term “flash mob” was coined in 2003, long before loose-knit groups of fun-loving disruptive anarchists learned to call themselves “performance art collectives,” and long before there was…
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The annual meeting of the Association of Art Museum Directors (AAMD) is now underway in Dallas/Fort Worth. In between tours of area art collections, the country’s museum bosses are getting…