William Sarradet interviews Jennifer Wester on the intersection of her art practice and her cultivation of art materials from native plants.
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This week: a vibrant group show in Albany, a solo show featuring figurative surrealist work in Austin, a group show of clay art in Houston, and more.
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News
North Texas Art Community Rallies to Support Dallas Artist Who Was Shot
by Jessica Fuentes 0 commentThe North Texas community is rallying behind Dallas-based artist Antonio Lechuga, who was shot last week and remains in the hospital.
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Essay
Objects of Deployment: Blue Star Contemporary Presents “The Veterans Book Project” and “Travel Distance”
by Barbara Purcell 0 commentBarbara Purcell on two exhibitions at Blue Star Contemporary in San Antonio that feature artwork about and by U.S. service veterans.
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News
UT’s Harry Ransom Center Acquires Significant Archive of Works and Ephemera Related to Paul and Virginia Fontaine
by Jessica Fuentes 0 commentThe Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas at Austin has acquired a collection of artworks, photographs, correspondence and other ephemera related to artists Paul and Virginia Fontaine.
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News
Talley Dunn Gallery Announces Call for Third Year of its Equity in the Arts Fellowship
by Jessica Fuentes 0 commentTalley Dunn Gallery in Dallas has announced a call for North Texas BIPOC artists to participate in their Equity in the Arts Fellowship.
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Drive By
Soft Fans and Stake Hitches: RIP Claes Oldenburg
by Brandon Zechby Brandon Zech 10 commentsBrandon Zech looks back at Claes Oldenburg's Texas connections.
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Sean J. Patrick Carney on the history of Texas' many Messiahs, and the relationship between superstition and religion.
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Drive By
Five Exhibitions at the Grace Museum Probe Books and Text as Art
by Billi London-Gray 0 commentBilli London-Gray visits five shows currently on view at the Grace Museum in Albany.
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Podcast
Art Dirt: On Art, Money, and the Recent UK Just Stop Oil Protests
by Glasstireby Glasstire 1 commentWilliam Sarradet and Brandon Zech discuss recent demonstrations in the UK, for which protesters superglued themselves to the frames of famous artworks.
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Review
Feeling Feelings: Rachel Comminos at the Brownsville Museum of Fine Art
by Michael Flanagan 0 commentMichael Flanagan reviews a solo exhibition by Rachel Comminos at the Brownsville Museum of Fine Art.
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"There’s an illicit appeal in seeing your ideas take shape when you could be doing the dishes or something quotidian."
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This week: tintype photos in Beaumont, hybrid creatures and new commissioned works in Houston, papel picado portraits in San Antonio, and more.
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News
Art Lab Contemporary Art Space & MAS Cultura Organize Texas Muralists to Paint Memorials of Uvalde Victims
by Jessica Fuentes 0 commentMonica Maldonado, founder of MAS Cultura, and artist and educator Abel Ortiz have launched a fundraiser to produce twenty-one murals memorializing the victims from the Uvalde school shooting.
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EspañolReview
Una obra en breve: Joseph E. Yoakum en el Menil Drawing Institute
by Matthew Bourbon 0 commentMatthew Bourbon visita “What I Saw” en la Menil Collection, una exposición que reúne las obras del artista autodidacta Joseph E. Yoakum.
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Garcia’s work is a part of its locale, centering around the community of Bonton and emphasizing the interdependence between artwork, a place, and its history.
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News
South Dallas Cultural Center Announces 2022 Juanita J. Craft Residency Recipients
by Jessica Fuentes 0 commentThe South Dallas Cultural Center has announced the four recipients of its 2022 Juanita J. Craft Residency.
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News
Women & Their Work Receives $100K Grant from The Andy Warhol Foundation
by Jessica Fuentes 0 commentWomen & Their Work has received a grant from The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts to support its exhibition programming.
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William Sarradet on recent exhibitions in Dallas at the Latino Cultural Center, 12.26, the Power Station, and Peter Augustus.
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Today: Black and green right triangles