Critic Dave Hickey begins by dissing Glasstire, Texas, Houston, stupid liberals, and Rice University, then goes on to the futility of the NEA and alternative art institutions.
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There are actually a few people who don’t care who wins the Super Bowl XLVIII, but maybe they will tune in just to find out the outcome of the wager…
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1. Michael Sieben: It Will All Happen Again UT Visual Arts Center (VAC), Austin January 31 – May 10 Opening: January 31, 6–9 pm Known for his work as a…
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A Conversation with Louis Grachos & Heather Pesanti of The Contemporary Austin
by Dorota Biczel 2 commentsIt’s been a year since Louis Grachos took the helm at The Contemporary, and hired Heather Pesanti as Senior Curator. I sat down with them for a series of conversations on Austin and their vision for the rebranded institution.
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San Antonio Artist Wins Mathematical Art Award
by Paula Newtonby Paula Newton 0 commentWithout mathematics there is no art. -Fra Luca Bartolomeo de Pacioli (1445–1517), Italian mathematician, Franciscan friar, collaborator with Leonardo da Vinci, and seminal contributor to the field now known as accounting. The…
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Put Down the Glue Guns and Fill Out the Forms: Art Car Registration Open
by Paula Newtonby Paula Newton 0 commentThe Orange Show Center for Visionary Art has announced that registration is now open for the 2014 Houston Art Car Parade. The May parade will mark the 27th year of…
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Houston will soon have a new contemporary art gallery on Waugh Drive in Montrose called the Mariago Collective. While the use of the word “collective” does not seem to imply…
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The vaguely acrid smell of burlap lurks in Sicardi Gallery’s sleek rooms. It's a bit of a departure from Sicardi’s usual beautiful-but-cold aesthetic.
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With Amarillo Ramp, Smithson’s final work, we begin to realize the extent of the artist's infatuation with our state. He's begging us to claim him as one of our own.
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After Everything Art Historians Have Done for the President!
by Paula Newtonby Paula Newton 1 commentSpeaking at a General Electric plant in Wisconsin today, President Obama encouraged young people to consider training programs for skilled manufacturing work. “I promise you, folks can make a lot…
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Southwest School of Art on a Scholarship Fundraising Roll
by Paula Newtonby Paula Newton 2 commentsOnly a few months ago, San Antonio’s Southwest School of Art (SSA) announced that it had received accreditation to begin a bachelor of fine arts program next fall, so it…
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A delicate color palette and the combination of natural with unnatural organize the show: from the glazed earthenware pineapple to the pile of palm-frond slices stacked intermittently with cleaning pads.
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The latest Texas art installation to live on through the magic of television is Thirst, the big tree that hovered above Austin’s Lady Bird Lake for several months, calling attention…
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WARNING: Late Night Infomercial is Actually an Art Project
by Paula Newtonby Paula Newton 3 commentsInsomniacs in the Dallas/Fort Worth area should be forewarned when watching late night infomercials. Those tuned into KTXA Channel 21 on Friday, February 7 at 3 am (known to many…
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FotoFest has announced that it has named Steven Evans as its new executive director. This is more than the usual arts administrative appointment—the Houston-based organization’s international photography biennial has been…
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These vegetables protest their innocence too strongly: obviously, they're hiding something.
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San Antonio Artist to Curate Projects for HemisFair Redevelopment
by Paula Newtonby Paula Newton 0 commentSan Antonio artist Stuart Allen has been selected to curate the art program of HemisFair Park’s future “PlayEscape” area, reports Benjamin Olivo of the San Antonio Express-News. Allen, who has…
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Scenes From The Stone Age: The Cave Paintings of Lascaux
by Patrik Haggren 2 commentsToday, the famous cave is a traveling exhibition, now at Houston's Museum of Natural Science.
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Blue Star Contemporary Art Museum has named Mary Heathcott as its new executive director. Since 2012, Heathcott has been the Deputy Director at Artpace San Antonio. In 2011, Heathcott was…
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The folks at Houston’s Fresh Arts present all sorts of helpful workshops for artists, but on Wednesday evening, they are just getting down to the basics of the creative life:…