1. Charles Long: CATALIN and Pet Sounds The Contemporary Austin January 18 – April 20 On View: January 18, 2014 | 10 am – 5 pm Another of the Austin…
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Artifacts From the Adventures of Florence Nightingale collected by Tom Sale
by Thomas Ezekiel Williams 1 commentTom Sale shapes a wonderful pastiche about the life of Florence Nightingale to meet his personal, obsessive needs.
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Texas Sheriff’s Office Releases “Worst Police Sketch of All Time”
by Paula Newtonby Paula Newton 0 commentThe Lamar County Sheriff’s Department recently released a sketch of a robbery suspect and the UK’s Metro reprinted the drawing in its news section in order to propose that it…
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MFAH Included in Mellon Foundation’s Pilot Program for Curatorial Diversity
by Paula Newtonby Paula Newton 0 commentIt’s no secret that the people who work at museums have always been predominately white, but the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation is now supporting a new initiative at five major…
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Texas State Researchers Pinpoint Exact Moment of Monet Painting
by Paula Newtonby Paula Newton 0 commentFans of Claude Monet’s The Cliff, Étretat, Sunset (1883) can now rest easy, knowing exactly when it was painted: February 5, 1883 at 4:53 pm local mean time (plus or…
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Chris Sauter, like Jesus, invites you to stick your hand in a hole. His inter-related projects examine the false dichotomies between religion and science.
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(Productive) Excess of Junk: Antonio Berni: Juanito and Ramona
by Dorota Biczel 0 commentBerni’s works explode with an unabashed, visceral materiality, and raise questions regarding the construction of artistic canons, both in Latin America and beyond.
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The Dallas Museum of Art (DMA) announced that it has enrolled nearly 50,000 visitors in its DMA Friends membership program since its launch one year ago today. Touted as “the…
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Since the Art League Houston (ALH) announced an open call for exhibition proposals for two shows per year, artists will want to make sure that the ALH folks receive a…
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Happy MLK Day! A Symposium and a Meditation with Speeches
by Paula Newtonby Paula Newton 0 commentHappy Martin Luther King, Jr. Day! In honor of Dr. King’s birthday, there are a number of parades and celebrations throughout the state this morning and afternoon. This evening, the…
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SonicWorks is uneven, but is saved by materials documenting DiverseWorks’ pioneering sound art presentations in the 1980s and 90s.
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It’s no great leap to use cardboard to make tree rings, or speaker wire to weave baskets, but Stanley's sensitivity and care go a long way towards making them great.
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Dallas Art Voices Speak Up to Give a Public Artwork a Public Forum
by Paula Newtonby Paula Newton 1 commentWhen White Rock Lake Weekly published an article entitled “Art? Or an eyesore? City set to decide,” it prompted some serious folks in the Dallas art community to speak up.
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Houston DJ Re-Launches Club with Art/Film/Music Combo
by Paula Newtonby Paula Newton 0 commentHouston art lovers who don’t hang out at hip nightclubs have probably still experienced the sounds of Andre Sam-Sin, known as DJ Sun of Soular Grooves. DJ Sun has been…
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Performance Art Festivals to “Put Houston on the Map”
by Paula Newtonby Paula Newton 3 commentsThe University of Houston’s Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for the Arts is organizing a brand new festival of experimental performances called CounterCurrent 14, which will debut on April 9-13. Karen…
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Video: Dave Hickey, part 4: Accommodating Identities
by Glasstireby Glasstire 0 commentIn which Dave points out the constraints of identity art at universities, galleries, museums and other bastions of hell.
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Houston Mayor Gets Married! And We Throw in Some Art News as an Excuse to Post the Wedding Photo
by Paula Newtonby Paula Newton 1 commentHouston Mayor Annise Parker and her long-time partner, First Lady Kathy Hubbard, were joined in marriage today in a sunset ceremony held at a private home in Palm Springs, California. “This…
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MOCA Rebounds! Museum Reaches Financial Goals and Names New Director
by Paula Newtonby Paula Newton 0 commentThree years ago, Los Angeles’ Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) was in big financial trouble and, after an attempted merger from the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, it launched…
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Video: Dave Hickey, part 3: Administrated Art History
by Glasstireby Glasstire 4 commentsIn which Dave bemoans the administration of art history, the permanent reign of postminimalism, and bad social-content art. Heckler at 14:50!
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C’mon Austin, Watch Out For Your Street Art History!
by Paula Newtonby Paula Newton 2 commentsOnly a couple of weeks after the iconic Daniel Johnston mural was defaced and only a couple of blocks away, vandals defaced the historic mural at Austin’s Renaissance Market, located…