Christina Rees and Brandon Zech on art-world after parties, paintings so heavy they require new walls, and germ factories as art.
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Go, Nasher. A lot of international art-world insiders are in DFW this weekend for what feels like an endless art-heavy week, and the museum has thrown together a last-minute panel discussion…
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This week all the air in in the Texas art scene is getting sucked out of the room by the two biggest art cities. Dallas has the Dallas Art Fair,…
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There's a Twilight Zone problem with the show 'Come As You Are: Art of the 1990s' at the Blanton Museum of Art.
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Because why not. Let’s hear it for the Houston art people who gamely got on the hoverboard!
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Tomorrow, April 12, the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth will host artist Frank Stella in conversation with Michael Auping, the museum’s Chief Curator. It’ll be packed. The talk accompanies the…
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Review
It’s Complicated: Henri Cartier-Bresson at the Menil
by Michael Biseby Michael Bise 1 commentCartier-Bresson’s human subjects are full of agency in spite of their positions in historical moments over which they may have little control.
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Admit it: you saw those adult coloring books and you fleetingly considered buying one. Maybe it wasn’t fleeting—maybe you went so far as to actually purchase that book of mandala designs…
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The market can be cynical, cruel, and fickle, and to think otherwise would be naive. But no one forces artists to play that game.
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News
Texas Gallery Hosts Reading by Raphael Rubinstein Today, April 10
by Glasstireby Glasstire 0 commentToday, April 10, at 4PM, Texas Gallery in Houston will host a poetry reading by Raphael Rubinstein. During the event, Rubinstein will read his latest poem, A Geniza, which was published in an…
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If nature abhors a vacuum, then so too does a grave want its body.
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Recently a group of central Texas cinephiles saw a phantom.
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Today, April 9, Houston artist-run space Alabama Song and artist Charisse Weston will co-host the first event in their School of Experimental Work: Audio Visual Workshop Series. The series is open to the…
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Yet another new Texas art space will be opening, this time in Lubbock. A press release via EverythingLubbock.com states that there will soon be a new building in town. The…
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Art Alliance Austin has announced some of the transitions and highlights from its upcoming Art City Austin festival (in its 66th year now and originally called Fiesta). This year it takes…
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News
Victoria Gets Its Own Art Car Parade and a Contemporary Art Museum!
by Paula Newtonby Paula Newton 1 commentWhile Houston is gearing up for its annual Art Car Parade Weekend (April 7-10, with the big parade on Saturday, the 9th), the city of Victoria is getting ready for…
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Christina Rees and Brandon Zech on wretched excess, an artist's unmarked grave, and an MFA show you shouldn't miss.
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"How many Fiesta medals can you wear at one time?"
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San Antonio’s Witte Museum will soon have a gigantic new exhibition space with 10,000 square feet and 17-foot-high ceilings named the Mays Family Center. The center, designed by Lake |…
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News
Quirky Art Decision of the Week: Fed Ex Installs a Huge Photo of a Mosaic in its Lobby
by Glasstireby Glasstire 1 commentFed Ex has a new corporate campus in Plano, Texas, and (as a non-sequitur) also offers printing and production services. This has prompted the company to reproduce (for decorating its…