As the news unfolds about today’s Washington Navy Yard shooting rampage that left 13 dead, many Texans have a little extra heartache to hear that the alleged shooter is from…
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“Indecent” Artist Karen Finley to Join DiverseWorks in its Activism Revival Fest
by Paula Newtonby Paula NewtonHouston’s DiverseWorks was founded in 1982 by a group of artists who really wanted to make some noise—artistically, socially, and politically. Beginning at the peak of the Reagan era and…
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With less than two months before voters decide whether to approve the $217 million in bonds to turn the Houston Astrodome into a gigantic convention center, a new political action…
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The Brony Fan Fair is well underway in Austin this weekend, but there’s still time to catch the activities and excitement at the convention of fans of the animated series…
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Learn to Make Your Weirdness Work For You at Idea Fund Info Sessions
by Paula Newtonby Paula NewtonThe Idea Fund, the re-granting program funded by The Andy Warhol Foundation, is gearing up for its sixth round. Glasstire Editor Bill Davenport describes the Idea Fund as the “program…
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Now in its fourth year, Art on Henderson, an annual juried sculpture competition to select and place works by Texas artists along Henderson Avenue and adjoining streets, has announced the…
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NASA announced today that the Voyager 1, launched in 1977, has now entered interstellar space, making it the first human-made object to leave our solar system and wander into the…
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A big billboard went up the other day in Houston along I-45 South, which reads “EVEN THE PIGEONS DON’T SEE ME.” It may catch a few drivers off guard, but…
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MFAH Director Gary Tinterow will speak tomorrow, Thursday at 11 am, at a luncheon at the Houston Junior League hosted by the Community Artists’ Collective. The talk is not cheap…
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Menil Director Josef Helfenstein has announced the appointment of Allegra Pesenti as chief curator of the Menil Drawing Institute. She will head the development of the first freestanding facility in…
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The Contemporary Austin: New Name, New Money, New Sculpture Garden!
by Paula Newtonby Paula NewtonWhen The Austin Contemporary changed its name in July, it also said that it planned to refocus its mission and begin a seriously exciting series of art commissions. The Dallas-based…
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Michael K. Brown, long-time curator of the Bayou Bend Collection, died on Sunday of organ failure, ten days after undergoing a heart transplant. His brothers are organizing services in…
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Long-Lost Van Gogh Discovered in Norwegian Attic, MFAH Painting Helps to Authenticate
by Paula Newtonby Paula NewtonAfter sitting six decades in a Norwegian industrialist’s attic, an 1888 landscape by Vincent Van Gogh was authenticated by the Van Gogh Museum. The painting, Sunset at Montmajour, is the…
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Art historian, curator, and educator Rick Brettell has been named art critic of The Dallas Morning News. Brettell, who served as director of the Dallas Museum of Art from 1988…
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UP Art Studio’s one-day pop-up show of graffiti art on Friday night was truly a pop-up, since the call for artists only went out 48 hours beforehand. More than twenty…
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While Dallas Cowboys fans are getting excited about tomorrow night’s season opener, those who actually attend the event will get a chance to see what’s new this year at the…
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Hard Work? Dance? Art? Relational Aesthetics? Not Sure, But it’s Coming to Austin!
by Paula Newtonby Paula NewtonAustin’s Forklift Danceworks engages diverse communities through the creation of unique dance projects featuring all kinds of people. In addition to their “Leaps and Bounds” program, geared towards low-income families…
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The Amon Carter Museum of American Art in Fort Worth has announced the acquisition of a major, full-length painting by John Singer Sargent (1856–1925). The work, titled Edwin Booth from…
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Katy’s Contemporary Arts Museum to Open Early! Sculpture Garden and Gun Museum on the Way
by Paula Newtonby Paula NewtonThe Katy Contemporary Arts Museum (KCAM) will open this Sunday, months ahead of its original planned date. The 60-year-old former lumber company building in downtown Katy will host a group…
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Street artist and graphic designer Shepard Fairey has been announced as the final keynote speaker at Austin’s SXSW Eco 2013 to take place in early October. Citizen-spurred initiatives are being…