A lot of people claim to look at the glass as half-full. What you don’t hear is crowing about the half-empty glass. But with the exception of Larry David and…
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In recent years we’ve seen more Texas exhibitions devoted to various takes on sound.
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FEBRUARY!! We’ve all received the emails. Well, we as in black artists. And the emails in question are requests to exhibit our “black” arts during this celebratory…
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This is my last post. Thank you for your loyal readership over the past six months. My internship at the Chinati Foundation has come to an end, and I’ve left Texas…
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Marfa is full of curious things, and the Ayn Foundation is one of the most curious. The windows of the two storefronts of the old Brite Building downtown are covered with white…
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Next morning in Marfa I mail a sixth postcard to Jens Hoffmann. A funny ratio you might say to the two postcards he kept, especially considering that I also sent…
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In a little casita not far from downtown Marfa, Catherine Cox is working diligently to set up her studio, which she’s named Marfa Made Paper. After spending three…
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I can sense the Hermes assist as I cross into New Mexico. Out here they call him Coyote. He’s a kind of fellow traveler for me and has provided joy,…
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Thursday morning Jeff and I head into Lubbock in separate cars. He’ll go east to Dallas for a Texas Artists Today book signing and I’ll go north, but first we…
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Fell asleep last night thinking how I had the Lone Ranger flashlight with me and didn’t think to use it. As if it were a different sort of object, than…
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The lucky key continued to influence my time yesterday as I wound down from writing. I turned on the TV about one am and found John Ford’s silent film, The…
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This is day one of One Kind Favor, a trip I’m taking around the state and into New Mexico, reversing the route taken by Jens Hoffmann, Director of the CCA…
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While I lament the lack of legitimate arthouse venues to view offerings from the second annual Houston Cinema Arts Festival, I have to admit that I did enjoy seeing Waste…
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The last NYC vs. Marfa post was so popular that I decided to try it again. See if you can guess which photos feature Marfa and which picture scenes from New York. Answers…
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We all want our yearly scare in the season of Halloween. I know I do! Unfortunately, because my social life is, has been, and possibly always will be about as…
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The Chinati Foundation is located on 340 acres of the former Fort D. A. Russell, which closed following World War II in 1946. Barracks, latrines, mess halls, a gymnasium and two artillery…
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This summer, Ballroom Marfa hired a new curator, Mike Bianco. He replaces Alicia Ritson, who began the graduate program at the Bard College Center for Curatorial Studies this fall.…
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In her review of Kate Carr’s October 2009 exhibition at Box Gallery for Art In America, Harmony Hammond positioned the artist as a feminist foil to minimalism. Although Carr’s work fits into a minimalist aesthetic,…
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The Chinati Foundation holds its annual October open house weekend this Thursday through Sunday. You can read all about the museum-sponsored events on the foundation’s website, but it’s way harder to track…
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For many travelers, the most convenient way to get to Marfa involves flying to El Paso and then driving three hours east. The short trip from the El Paso International…