The Arts District Houston is a state-recognized cultural district in Houston and home to several converted warehouse studio buildings consisting of more than 300 studios of artists and creative entrepreneurs, as well…
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Christina Rees and Michael Bise discuss why drawing is (still) so crucial for artists.
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Podcast
Art Dirt 9: Please Stop Painting the Electrical Boxes (a discussion)
by Glasstireby Glasstire"If you're arguing that it's OK that these things aren't very good, then you're making an argument for mediocrity."
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The 8th episode of Not a Hobby features Cathy Fairbanks, an artist living and working in Los Angeles.
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Christina Rees and Brandon Zech on young artists rediscovering an old craft, the coolest-looking art space in Dallas, and how the Texas art scene didn't take a break this summer.
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It was recently revealed that Salvador Dalí’s mustache is still intact on his corpse, nearly 30 years after his death. (A woman claiming to be his daughter won a court battle…
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In Starwars’ work, you get exactly what you’d expect from a Laurel, Mississippi-based artist: melting ice cream cones, gators, wood-paneled interiors, and banjo playing goats.
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Review
‘Rebel, Jester, Mystic, Poet: Contemporary Persians’ at the MFAH
by Neil Fauersoby Neil FauersoThis is a deeply emotional and visual show, with some pieces that stop one in awe.
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It’s dizzying and dense, strangely erotic, and mildly exhausting.
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It’s surprising how many people I know haven’t been there.
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Horn’s translucent forms continue the artist’s long-held preoccupation with reflection, and culminate in a show that playfully fudges the line between objective and subjective art.
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The artists in 'Daydreams and Other Monsters' turn their social critique back onto us to expose the demons lurking within our society.
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Brandon Zech and special guest Deborah Roberts are in Austin discussing a grand artistic rivalry, a political artist on the rise, and an artist with an unlikely background.
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Cindy Sherman, the legendary photographer and filmmaker famous for taking staged portraits of herself in which she embodies archetypal female roles, recently made her Instagram account public. The account was…
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The abstract truth of “driving through America” has fundamentally shifted in the 14 months since I was on the road gathering photographic material for the project.
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The effect of this show is like walking into a tight, hot political pressure cooker, but with a safety valve of humor.
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The Home Depot online gardening section has gotten a lot more tranquil. There are two spectacular GIFs on the main page for the “Outdoor Power Equipment” and “Lawn Care” sections that take on…
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No artist ever woke up one morning and spontaneously said, “I sure wish I could decorate an electrical box!”
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“This and That” is an occasional series of paired observations. -Ed. Today: Chromophobia Earlier this year, Princeton University Press published Red: The History of a Color, the latest in their series of…
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"...be on the watch for the interval, the place where you are given a choice and a chance to add goodness to the world.”