The Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture recently announced that it has acquired some objects from the recent watershed movie Black Panther. This includes the iconic superhero costume worn…
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Rahbar creates an ironic commentary on security being as much a human construct as any national border.
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The San Antonio-based grocery store chain H-E-B, which has hundreds of stores throughout Texas, is beginning a new program in its upcoming Houston area stores, reports the Houston Chronicle. With…
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Texas Gallery in Houston was not directly hit by a fire that broke out early in the morning on June 18 in the River Oaks shopping center it occupies, but…
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The show: B. Anele: 25 Hours A Day The venue: Private Eye Gallery The city: Houston The date: June 22, 2018 Photographs by Maya Joubert …
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Austin Artists: Deadline Approaching for Fusebox Applications
by Glasstireby Glasstire 0 commentEvery year, the Fusebox Festival opens up applications for Austin-area artists in order to make sure that local performers have their chance to be seen in the festival. This year’s…
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"Hello. I would like to purchase some of your works as a surprise gift to my wife in honor of our upcoming wedding anniversary."
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The Texas Contemporary Art Fair sent out an email recently announcing that exhibitor applications are now open for its 2018 fair. Scheduled to run October 4-7, 2018 at the George R. Brown…
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More Billboard Art: Giovanni Valderas Opens Public Art Project in Bronx
by Brandon Zechby Brandon Zech 1 commentLast week, Dallas-based artist Giovanni Valderas debuted a new public artwork in the Bronx, New York. Part of the project 14X48, which repurposes vacant billboards as public art spaces, the piece draws visual…
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Smolleck has an incisive and warm eye. He sees both the splendor and the silliness of regalia, religion, ritual — and the reality of death and the illusion of time.
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Giant Heroin Spoon Sculpture Shows Up Outside OxyContin’s Headquarters
by Glasstireby Glasstire 0 commentThe New York Times reported yesterday on a bit of pop-up protest art in the form of a giant heroin spoon, installed Friday morning outside of Purdue Pharma’s Stamford, CT headquarters.…
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Delita Martin’s ‘The Dinner Table’ at Art League Houston
by Betsy Hueteby Betsy Huete 0 commentWith the seats intended to be filled by the viewers, Martin is creating an opportunity for us to engage with a community of black women that have impacted her life.
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Owens employs a large arsenal of techniques and media, but painting always comes out on top.
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Civic TV Laboratories to Lose its Current Space; Begin Nomadic Programming
by Brandon Zechby Brandon Zech 0 comment"In our four years of operation we have occupied three different spaces, all of which we have lost to development."
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Pump Project to Move into New Space Across Lady Bird Lake
by Brandon Zechby Brandon Zech 2 commentsOver the past months, we’ve been following the story of the Austin art non-profit Pump Project as it learned that it would be forced to vacate its home of more…
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If the collective is as ambitious as its leader (saying that he wants Meow Wolf to grow into a ‘billion dollar company’), then they probably want to get in front of their own narrative sooner rather than later.
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The Art Museum of South Texas should be proud. Its successful exhibition of Dorothy Hood: The Color of Being/ El Color del Ser received the 2018 Bronze MUSE Award in…
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Anish Kapoor, whose massive Cloud Column sculpture was very recently added to the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston’s collection and outdoor campus, is suing the National Rifle Association for using images…
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Big Medium‘s East Austin Studio Tour (EAST) is a free, annual, self-guided art event spanning November 10-11 and 17-18, 2018 from 11am-6pm. EAST provides opportunities for the public to meet…
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Brandon Zech and special guest Megan Solis on the last show at Pump Project’s longtime Austin space, a San Antonio show of work you want to take home and hug, and a big group show in Fort Worth that’s worth the drive.