Last year, the Houston art fairs were the talk of the town, and most people were dubious that two fairs would be able to survive. Well, not only did both…
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Alvin Baltrop’s photographs, most of them taken at the Hudson River pier between the 70s and 90s constitute the CAMH’ s latest Perspectives exhibition: Dreams Into Glass. They form a…
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Vincent Valdez: Excerpts for John is the eighth film in a series of short documentaries produced by Walley Films in association with Glasstire. Filmmakers Mark and Angela Walley began documenting…
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Giorgio Vasari defined drawing as “the animating principle of all creative processes,” and since the Renaissance, drawing has been seen as the foundation of artistic invention, as the most immediate…
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Colby Bird is an artist born and raised in Austin, now living in Brooklyn, New York. He often blends the discourses of photography and sculpture, and is currently exhibiting 100…
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After a two-year stint in New York and Nebraska, Eric Zimmerman returns to Texas with the multi-site project Endless Disharmony & Telltale Ashes at Art Palace in Houston, The Reading…
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Celebrating the legendary de Menil years of the Rice Museum and Rice Media Center. The Menil Collection’s 25th anniversary this year has had me thinking a lot about its importance…
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Take a moment to chuckle. You’re welcome. Issa Benítez Dueñas Art Sickness Bag, 2005 Printed paper bag Collection of Proyecto Changarrito
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Well y’all, we made it. While the episodes were sometimes painful to watch, I have thoroughly enjoyed recapping them for you! So let’s talk about the SEASON FINALE. The Gallery…
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The Program Will Begin Shortly… Silence is Toby Kamps’ first major exhibition at The Menil Collection since becoming curator of modern and contemporary art two years ago. You should not…
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Glasstire Virtual Studio Visit: Chad Maydwell
by Glasstireby GlasstireChad Maydwell‘s “music visualization” video Rêverie – Claude Debussy was one of the standouts in the 2012 Lawndale Big Show. Here’s his newest stop motion animation, Stardust – Fats Waller. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLhXLEV34Tw…
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Chupacabrona, California (Two: Grad school confidential)
by Sarah Fischby Sarah FischAm I a washout as a modern American thinker if I have trouble learning Photoshop? ...Yes, right? Shit.
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Just a heads up: this week I may end up skipping a pretty large portion of “happenings” on the show in order to vent a little bit on a different…
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In Plain Sight at McClain Gallery, organized by Aaron Parazette, is an exhibition of 40 paintings by 40 Houston artists. Its essential premise, apart from a group photo-op, is…
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Three things: 1. Amid the brouhaha following Paul Schimmel’s departure from MoCA this summer, Eli Broad was quoted in the LA Times as estimating the value of MoCA’s exhibits by…
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1988 was a rotten time to be a teenager. During the Reagan-Bush era, you had to put in a lot of work to hear something other than Bon…
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“Mimi Kato: One Ordinary Day of an Ordinary Town” at Conduit Gallery
by Garry Reeceby Garry ReeceOne Ordinary Day of an Ordinary Town, Mimi Kato’s current exhibition on view at Conduit Gallery, is a continuation of the hybrid digital landscapes she first presented at ArtPace…
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A Study in Contrasts: Paul Thomas Anderson and Laurie Anderson
by Katie Gehaby Katie GehaI ended my weekend by going to see the new Paul Thomas Anderson movie The Master. The film is broadly about a Scientology-like group in post-war America who believe, through…
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This week I had the pleasure of watching ‘Gallery Girls’ with my parents. Any hope I had that they might find the show entertaining was dashed when the credits started…
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Claire Ruud Interviews New Artadia Director Carolyn Ramo
by Claire Ruudby Claire RuudCarolyn Ramo, Artadia’s new director, spent the last 12 years of her career in the New York gallery world, first at Nicole Klagsbrun, then as a production director at David…