Lynna Kay Shuffield, from the Texas Star Chapter of the Daughters of the Republic of Texas (DRT), is a researcher of Texas genealogy and military history and was going through…
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Bigger, Better Ceramics Studio Coming to SSA!
by Paula Newtonby Paula Newton 0 commentJust as San Antonio’s Southwest School of Art (SSA) is gearing up for its new BFA program, it announced that it will be building an addition to the Edith McAllister…
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A porthole through which we experience Bontecou’s preoccupation with disaster and instability, on the blade-thin line between attraction and revulsion.
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While Some Islamic Art is in Jeopardy, the DMA is Entrusted with Major Private Collection
by Paula Newtonby Paula Newton 0 commentThe Dallas Museum of Art (DMA) will soon receive one of the world’s largest private holdings of Islamic art on a long-term loan (for 15 years, and it’s renewable). The…
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City of Webster Commissions David Adickes to Build Giant Astronaut
by Paula Newtonby Paula Newton 0 commentThe City of Webster (“Gateway to the Future”) has commissioned sculptor David Adickes to create an 80-foot statue of an Apollo astronaut planting an American flag at I-45 and NASA…
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Peppered with mischief, Sieben's skateboard ramp, clubhouse, and campfire pit explore the brink of childhood, when adolescents begin exploring a bigger, adventurous subculture.
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Realistic Sculpture of Man in Underwear Causes Stir on College Campus
by Paula Newtonby Paula Newton 1 commentThe Davis Museum at Wellesley College opened the exhibition Tony Matelli: New Gravity only yesterday, but one particular sculpture is already flying around social media sites and has made the…
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Media art (now “new media art”), including Anker’s, is evidence that modernism never died, it just plodded along, unnoticed during the Epoch of Irony that was postmodernism.
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SMU Researchers Show NEA Grants Benefit Rich and Poor Equally
by Paula Newtonby Paula Newton 0 commentThose who make knee-jerk comments about the relevance and funding of arts organizations should watch what they say. The smart folks at the National Center for Arts Research (NCAR) at…
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The folks at the (questionable) social networking site MyLife have put out a list of the top US cities in which to be an artist and Austin came in at…
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UH Art Students Hit the Big Time: The Frozen Food Aisle!
by Paula Newtonby Paula Newton 0 commentAfter the wildly successful two-day pop-up exhibition at Houston’s Inman Gallery last August, the University of Houston’s art students are hitting the big time. This time, they’re taking it to…
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Joan Mondale, wife of former Vice President Walter Mondale, died in Minneapolis on Monday at the age of 83. Mondale, who earned the nickname “Joan of Art” during her husband’s…
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Blue Star to Host Serious Dialogue About US/Mexico Border
by Paula Newtonby Paula Newton 0 commentIn conjunction with Blane de St. Croix‘s current exhibition Broken Landscape III, San Antonio’s Blue Star Contemporary Museum is hosting an evening of “Border Dialogues” on Tuesday, February 4, with…
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“The Great Beauty” and a Call for Awesomeness in Dallas
by Richard Bailey 18 commentsI am impatient to feel awe in my home city. Dallas ain’t Rome—the grammatically troubled understatement of all understatements.
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Well, the Nasher Sculpture Center is finished unveiling all of the ten projects commissioned for its 10th anniversary exhibition Nasher XChange but, for those who missed any of it, the…
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The Complete Dave Hickey, parts 1-4
by Glasstireby Glasstire 1 commentCritic 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…