Liberals do Trump a disservice when they act like he’s a buffoon. He’s a kind of artist—a dystopian visionary.
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Via Artfcity: “Russian man crashes truck full of yellow paint and reconsiders his life.” When you spill hundreds of gallons of paint in a dangerous highway accident, you get to start…
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Yesterday the Galveston Artist Residency announced their 2016-2017 artists-in-residence: Leonardo Benzant, Fidencio Martinez, and Pat Palermo. This year, the GAR received a record number of submissions, and the three artists were chosen by former…
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Earlier today, Hyperallergic reported that a St. Petersburg resident has expressed outrage over the genitalia of a replica of Michelangelo’s David. The resident claimed that David’s nudity “spoils the city’s historic appearance and warps children’s…
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Party Pics
Party Pics: July 22 at Lawndale Art Center’s The Big Show
by Glasstireby Glasstire 0 commentThe show: The Big Show The venue: Lawndale Art Center The city: Houston The date: July 22, 2016 Photographs by Lizette Belen Soto …
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The Museum of Ice Cream opens today! Unfortunately, the pop up museum (up through August 31) is not located in Texas, but in New York‘s Meatpacking District. NYC has not…
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(Via Colossal/ArtFCity/Design You Trust): A street artist in France has taken it upon himself to revise ubiquitous (and to many of us, totally opaque) street tags into perfectly legible names, signs…
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News
Dead Dog’s Eyeballs! There’s a New Graphic Bio on Daniel Johnston
by Paula Newtonby Paula Newton 0 commentEarlier this month, the graphic novel, The Incantations of Daniel Johnston, was published. A collaboration between Spanish artist Ricardo Cavolo and award-winning author Scott McClanahan, the book has received mostly…
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Christina Rees and Brandon Zech on sofa art, using only the sun to light a show, and Samantha and Rebecca’s slumber party.
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Project Row Houses in Houston kicks off its annual summertime artist-in-residency program this week. The program, called Summer Studios, is for emerging and student artists in the region. It last six weeks, and…
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In spite of its subject matter and tone, there is no pitch-black heart in Morris' latest. Instead, we’re offered a serene and absurdist-lite take on the banal that asks audiences to come as they are and unpack as they please.
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Dallas’ Nasher Sculpture Center announced the purchase of a group of works by the highly influential Cuban-American artist Ana Mendieta, thanks to the Kaleta A. Doolin Acquisitions Fund for Women…
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The Nasher Sculpture Center in Dallas today announced it has some new acquisitions by an influential artist, thanks to a particular fund established last year. The Nasher’s Kaleta A. Doolin…
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Some artists make serious money at art and craft fairs. For those who want to learn how to get in on the scene, Houston’s Fresh Arts is holding a workshop…
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The artists in THREE use considerable wit and pathos, and all of the work in the show is meant to address our current political climate.
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Ever since 1982, the Houston Center for Photography has been publishing Spot magazine, a biannual publication featuring “commentary on photography and photo-based art exhibitions in Texas, the United States, and abroad.”…
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Drive By
Artist attempts to create most frustrating products imaginable
by Glasstireby Glasstire 0 commentWriters know all the good stuff. This came across the wires via the ex-Texas writer Brad Tyer, author of Opportunity, Montana: Big Copper, Bad Water, and the Burial of an American Landscape.…
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In conjunction with its current exhibition Mark Flood: Gratest Hits, the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH) will present A World of Our Own: Mydolls and the Houston Punk Scene this…
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This August, the University of North Texas Press is releasing Rounded Up in Glory: Frank Reaugh, Texas Renaissance Man, the first full-length biography of legendary and influential Texas artist Frank Reaugh. Widely-known for his plein air…
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If you're looking for a joyful or celebratory exhibition about queer issues, you won't find it here.