Even in this iteration of the fair, which included fewer galleries than in recent years, the event felt full, lively, and (as art fairs often are) just the slightest bit overwhelming.
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Five-Minute Tours
Five-Minute Tours: Jason Robichau at The Arts Council of Brazos Valley, College Station
by Glasstireby GlasstireA video walkthrough of Jason Robichau's exhibition, "The Art of Sport," at The Arts Council of Brazos Valley.
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Review
Myth and Legend: Dawolu Jabari at the Galveston Artist Residency
by Robert Boydby Robert BoydIn this show, Jabari imagines that various persons from African-American history have become mythologized and associated with constellations.
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Five-Minute Tours
Five-Minute Tours: Lydia Bodnar-Balahutrak at O’Kane Gallery at the University of Houston-Downtown
by Glasstireby Glasstire"In the exhibition, Lydia Bodnar-Balahutrak considers how the memory of ancestors, who persevered despite political fracture, disasters of war, as well as nature’s marvelous resilience, offers solace from recent crises."
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Ruben Cordova on how San Antonio artist Adan Hernandez created the unique style dubbed "Chicano noir."
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Review
Apocalypses, Heaven and Hell: Folk Art from the Collection of the Art Museum of Southeast Texas
In this exhibition, AMSET collapses sub-categories of folk art to establish a dialogue between Mexican and American artists who create outside of the formal art world.
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This week: the Dallas Art Fair returns, naughty waves in San Marcos, and a zine festival in Houston.
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Five-Minute Tours
Five-Minute Tours: small acts at grayDUCK Gallery, Austin
by Glasstireby Glasstire"small acts" is an exhibition of various mixed media works by four Austin-based artists: Betelhem Makonnen, Christina Coleman, Deborah Roberts, and Tammie Rubin.
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Review
Gulf Coast Lore: Julie Speed at the Dishman Art Museum, Beaumont
by Sarah Ridleyby Sarah RidleyInstead of surreal visual puns or absurd humor, Speed dares the viewer to begin finding their own parareal story.
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Baron’s imaginative, surreal sculpture garden is a must-see for El Pasoans and visitors alike.
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A properly funky house in Ransom Canyon, Texas — a small town about 14 miles east of Lubbock — has just been listed for $1.75 million.
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Five-Minute Tours
Five-Minute Tours: Floyd Newsum & Meredith “Butch” Jack at Nicole Longnecker Gallery, Houston
by Glasstireby GlasstireA video tour of a show featuring works by Floyd Newsum & Meredith “Butch” Jack at Nicole Longnecker Gallery's new location in Houston.
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Podcast
Art Dirt: Exploring ALMAAHH, a Houston Complex for Latinx Cultural and Visual Arts
by Glasstireby GlasstireBrandon Zech sits down with guest Geraldina Interiano Wise to discuss ALMAAHH, a new organization aiming to create a Latinx-centered cultural and visual arts complex in Houston.
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Five-Minute Tours
Five-Minute Tours: James Drake at Moody Gallery, Houston
by Glasstireby Glasstire'Can We Know the Sound of Forgiveness' is artist James Drake's seventh solo exhibition with Moody Gallery in Houston.
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In this final iteration of Sala Stories, artist Yunhee Min remembers her 1999 project at San Antonio art space Sala Diaz.
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Five-Minute Tours
Five-Minute Tours: Julie Pelaez at Art for the People Gallery, Austin
by Glasstireby GlasstireA video walkthrough of artist Julie Pelaez's exhibition now on view at Art for the People Gallery in Austin.
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This week: a monumental drawing in Houston, a new gallery in New Braunfels, and the inaugural show of Dallas' Green Family Art Foundation.
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William Sarradet on exhibitions on view at the South Dallas Cultural Center, the Dallas Museum of Art, Terrain Dallas, The MAC, and PRP.
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Death & Flowers
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The prototypes for our rangy, tougher-than-leather symbols of American independence were Mexican. Without vaqueros crossing the Rio Grande, there would have been no "Lonesome Dove."