It’s not as crazy cold as it is up north, but most Texas cities will not get too far above freezing today. In the northeast China province of Harbin, though,…
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Glasstire first-responders fish valuables from the onrushing flood of Spring Art Activity across Texas!
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pant·i·soc·ra·cy (noun): a utopian community in which all rule equally On Saturday night, the Amarillo Museum of Art (AMoA) opened Open, an exhibition of absolutely every artist who wanted to…
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Too Many Ingredients? HCP’s Smorgasbord Panel Discussion
by Paula Newtonby Paula Newton 0 commentGood chefs will agree that most dishes require the perfect combination of a few select ingredients—whether traditional or experimental, and enthusiastically throwing in too many ingredients can often dilute the…
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The French & Michigan Gallery in San Antonio’s Beacon Hill neighborhood has been shut down and sitting in limbo for several weeks now. Although not zoned for commercial use, the…
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A charming show of wallpaper at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston pairs historic wallpapers with contemporary examples that slyly riff on traditional patterns.
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Artwork Contest: Art Car Parade on a Search for Whimsy!
by Paula Newtonby Paula Newton 0 commentThe 27th Annual Houston Art Car Parade is holding an open call for artwork submissions to be the official emblem of the 2014 parade, represented on all its merchandise, advertisements,…
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Even most people who attended November’s Houston Cinema Arts Festival missed the screening of Cutie and the Boxer because there are simply too many films in too short of a…
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A Slow-Paced News Year’s Resolution: Walk, Don’t Run, with Houston Architects
by Paula Newtonby Paula Newton 0 commentFor those who didn’t quite jump out of bed on New Year’s Day morning to join their fellow citizens for Commitment Day (5K runs held in Houston, Dallas, San Antonio,…
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Subversive Thinking: Michael Mazurek at Oliver Francis Gallery
by Richard Bailey 0 commentFor his new, self-titled show, he examines themes of masculinity, and what he calls "the fetishization of the desirable and identity." The principal image is obvious: Cocks.
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In case you missed last year, here's a five-minute summary of some of the more notable Texas art occurrences.
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Another Gallery to Close! Last Show at San Antonio’s Unit B
by Paula Newtonby Paula Newton 0 commentUnit B, which opened its San Antonio location in 2006, has announced that it will close its doors indefinitely “to ponder the future of the gallery and life in general.”…
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The Museum of Cultural Arts Houston (MOCAH) has announced that it will be closing, effective December 31. The Houston-based organization, founded by Reginald Adams and Rhonda Radford-Adams, has been dedicated…
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Houston Philanthropist and Business Leader Jack Blanton Dies
by Paula Newtonby Paula Newton 0 commentHouston philanthropist and oil executive Jack Sawtelle Blanton died on Saturday at the age of 86. Blanton’s son-in-law told ABC13 that he passed away peacefully at his vacation home in…
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Baggage: “Shoppers” for a Conversational Feast at RE Gallery
by Carolyn Sortor 0 commentThe resemblance of the bags to “shoppers” raises questions such as who's shopping, for what, what's being shopped?
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Hills Snyder visits Ivor Shearer's haunting real world re-shooting of The Road: "You are left with that which cannot be escaped. And it follows you out the door."
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Austin Film Group to Present Mystery Grab Bag of Awfulness Tonight
by Paula Newtonby Paula Newton 0 commentThe American Genre Film Archive (AGFA) was formed a few years ago to archive 35mm film prints, focusing on the exploitation era of independent cinema—the 1960s through the 1980s (think…
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’70s Video Set to Reinvigorate DIA: You Gotta Have Art!
by Paula Newtonby Paula Newton 0 commentIt’s been months now since Detroit filed for bankruptcy, provoking art world nervousness as many eyed the Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA), the second largest municipally-owned museum in the United…