Another Texas Contemporary Art Fair has come and gone. This one had its fair share of dogs, chairs, and shiny sculptures, but it also had some smart, intriguing work. Here are a…
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On his website and business card, San Antonio native Rolando Briseño lists his profession as "Cultural Adjustor and Public Artist."
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The sense of inevitability in highway driving that Simek evokes through editing is occasionally cracked open by surprises.
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Come visit us this week at the Texas Contemporary Art Fair in Houston and get some FREE sunglasses! 1. Texas Contemporary George R. Brown Convention Center (Houston) October 1 –…
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There are really two ways an artist can assault an art space, and there are about four common reasons for doing it. Some are better than others.
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Most artists move through obsessive cycles in which we wrap our thoughts too tightly around an idea and suddenly find ourselves in a place we never intended to go and might not mean to stay.
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San Antonio Museum of Art (SAMA) opened the much-talked-about exhibition 28 Chinese on September 5, 2015. On loan from the Rubell Family Collection (RFC) in Miami, this is the largest exhibition…
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For the high-end art collector, a vanity museum is a tricky thing to pull off. I live in the same city as the quirky, elegant Menil Collection, perhaps the best…
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This week, Christina Rees and Brandon Zech tackle mammalian hands, shiny crosses, and an original Texas Modernist. 1. Texas Moderns: BROR UTTER Old Jail Art Center (Albany) September 19 – February…
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The works in this show inhabit a world where new and old dangers, and the futile attempts to establish safety, are the New Normal.
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Seeing an exhibition of Fogel's work in person was like meeting someone I’ve been unfairly kept from for all my years of looking at art.
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The terror and joy on a baby’s face when he experiences something for the first time is what artists crave.
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A few years ago, I visited some friends in Aspen during the summer. Aspen has acquired a bit of a douchey reputation, which is unfair because a) it’s beautiful, dry…
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This week, Christina Rees and Rainey Knudson take on single-work shows, dystopian preachers, and Japanese gardens. 1. Arthur Peña: SOLILOQUY The Public Trust (Dallas) September 19 – October 17…
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This week's column is a podcast of me urging you to watch Bruce Conner's 1966 experimental short film Breakway.
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The San Antonio gallery jumped into the fray of the 21st Annual Fotoseptiembre USA photography festival with this solo show by the Peruvian-born artist.
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At some point in his long, productive life the artist Frank Reaugh (1860-1945) appraised his youthful self as “the most awkward fellow you ever saw.” A 1924 photograph of Reaugh…
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From: Jenn – 1st Art Gallery Date: Wed, Jul 1, 2015 at 3:20 PM Subject: Sponsorship Inquiry To: [email protected] Hello! My name is Jenn and I am the Marketing Manager…
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"If Mark Flood does not come dressed as Ted Nugent, I’m going to be angry."
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Generation X has been showing its age for a while now. This manifests, predictably, with a “kids these days” attitude towards Millennials.