Art can only compete so much with the space it occupies, which is why galleries are clean white cubes without distraction and ornamentation.
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Sharp by Havel+Ruck in Houston (and the specter of gentrification)
by Robert Boydby Robert BoydWhat is the burden of doing art installations in the suburbs?
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The installation contains multitudes: stasis, anticipation, movement and memory.
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15 years after debuting on Glasstire, our very first review has been run through the annotation gauntlet of Rap Genius.
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Using humor and absurdity as a tactic to engage the audience is one of Richards’ signature strategies. It also serves to balance the theoretical component of his work.
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Murphy’s sculptures have an undeniable presence, and remind us that reductive forms can be elegant and seductive.
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Like a clever Hollywood script, Andrews’ show at the Nasher tells a story about telling stories.
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This is Art Tooth's first exhibition in a dedicated art space, and the premise of the show is to examine how each artist interprets their personal and local environments.
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Why Social-Practice Art Drives Me Nuts: Pablo Helguera at DiverseWorks
by Michael Biseby Michael BiseHelguera’s mission is not to trigger intellectual or emotional insight through visual intrigue, but to deliver standardized social messages.
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Below is a roundup of some shows we’ve enjoyed so far this fall. Not a comprehensive list. -Ed. Shelby David Meier & Iva Kinnaird: Make Time October 8 –…
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Three of the many gallery shows that opened in Dallas last month feature locally based artists who work with photography in ways that converge on painting and sculpture.
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The show functions as an outline of Picasso’s vision of the past and his insight into the future of art and human life.
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This solo show is also a notable leap forward in Wood's developing themes of death and duality.
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Matt Bourbon's show of new paintings ends at Kirk Hopper in Dallas this weekend, and I urge you to see it if you haven't.
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“You can find pictures anywhere,” Erwitt has said. ”You just have to care about what’s around you and have a concern with humanity and the human comedy.”
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Jacobs is an aesthetic wizard; there's a refinement to these works that renders them intrinsically alluring. But he does not mask his outrage.
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The show is at its best in inviting the viewer to consider what Modernisms have been left out, avoided, or possibly forgotten.
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Nothing in a painting is photographically exact, because physically it can’t be, and that’s where the magic happens.
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When I heard about this show, I thought it strange that an important American artist is having her retrospective at such an out-of-the-way location. But UHCL once played unexpected part in the history of feminist art.
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Some people are simply wittier than others. Zhang's show clicks as a study of ridiculousness and exasperation at being alive, being human, being flightless.