It’s one thing to name a (beloved) Dallas bar after Lee Harvey. But a new privately commissioned mural of Lee Harvey Oswald is nearly complete at the corner of Madison…
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The best works of art put up strong resistance to easy interpretation. They encourage the physical encounter.
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Huge Public Art Project in SATX Down to Four Finalists
by Paula Newtonby Paula Newton 0 commentConstruction has already begun on San Antonio’s $175 San Pedro Creek renovation project, which also includes a permanent public art installation, all of which is planned to be completed in…
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This week Rainey Knudson and Christina Rees count down the top five museums in Texas.
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First there was Laurie Anderson’s Music for Dogs concert, performed for dogs and owners at the Syndey Opera House in 2010 and early this year in Times Square. This past…
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For four days in mid-September, the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth is hosting a continuous marathon reading of the entirety of Moby-Dick, arguably the greatest American novel. The reading…
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Rauschenberg Foundation Expands SEED Program to Include Houston and Two Groups Win Big!
by Paula Newtonby Paula Newton 0 commentThe Rauschenberg Foundation’s SEED program is a combination of risk capital and value added support to early stage, groundbreaking projects in ten (non-NYC and L.A.) cities across the United States.…
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It keeps happening every year and it starts up again tomorrow! The Houston Fringe Festival kicks of with a performance by Cirque La Vie. They “showcase their communal love of…
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Calling Art World Virgins: Let Madonna Take You to Art Basel
by Glasstireby Glasstire 0 commentA few days ago, Artnet News reported that pop superstar Madonna wants to take an art world virgin and their lucky plus-one on an all-expenses-paid vacation to Art Basel Miami. There’s one…
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A deep interest in aliens is so much a part of our culture that we have movie after movie (not to mention television, novels, comic books…) enthralling us with stories of other worlds and extraterrestrial life.
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New Rules! Lawndale Mixes It Up For This Year’s Retablo Show
by Paula Newtonby Paula Newton 0 commentFor years and years, Houston’s Lawndale Art Center’s Retablo show (in conjunction with its Día de los Muertos celebration) has been the most open-call-show-all exhibition around. But like most utopian…
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Today, August 21, from 12pm to 2pm, Deborah Colton Gallery is hosting a closing party and Skype interview featuring artist and filmmaker Jonas Mekas in conversation with UH art history professor Natilee Harren…
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This is a story of a city’s growing pains in the face of standard gentrification, but with a novel, contemporary twist.
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New York-based website/nonprofit Rhizome has a lot going on this month: a few days ago, they announced the winners of their 2016 Net Art Microgrants. Also, they are currently seeking a Software Curator…
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If you have yet to receive your yearly dose of Tibetan Monk sand mandala art, never fear—the Asia Society Texas Center has you covered. For the next three days, monks from the Drepung…
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Tonight, at the opening of Right Here, Right Now: Houston, Volume 2 at the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, artist Thedra Cullar-Ledford had a performance where two breast cancer survivors destroyed a boob-shaped…
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(Via the Dallas Observer): The Dallas Art Fair‘s founder, Chris Byrne, has created a new director position and filled the spot with Kelly Cornell, an SMU grad who started out…
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Saavedra has steadily focused on problems surrounding the divide between authority figures and the marginalized.
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El Paso Artist Opens His Kosher Taco Art Project For One Night
by Paula Newtonby Paula Newton 0 commentMultimedia artist Peter Svarzbein grew up in El Paso, went off to New York to attend the School of Visual Arts (SVA), and eventually made his way back to El…
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Identical life-sized sculptures of a very naked Donald Trump have cropped up in NYC, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Cleveland and Seattle. It’s a selfie bonanza! Stylized but also-kinda-accurate, the statue lacks…