Mexico City is buzzing with energy, and its creative citizens are busy taking chances and negotiating life and history. There’s something in the ether right now about making art from potted plants.
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The Houston Center for Contemporary Craft is now accepting artist applications for CraftTexas 2014, the eighth in a series of juried exhibitions showcasing Texas-made contemporary craft. The show, which opens…
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The Guggenheim Goes to El Paso: Not a Blockbuster but a Mini-Series
by Paula Newtonby Paula Newton 0 commentTomorrow, the El Paso City Council is scheduled to vote on whether the city manager can sign off on the contract for “Guggenheim Masterpiece Exhibition Series,” a loan agreement between…
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Things to Be Looked At (But Not Touched or Felt): Waltercio Caldas at the Blanton
by Dorota Biczel 0 commentIs ultramarine-blue Plexiglas a sufficient reason to title a geometric sculpture Whispering Giotto? What does a chrome cube lined with white rabbit fur on a black granite base have to do with Thelonious Monk?
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There are still ten days to purchase a lottery ticket to win the 1914 painting by Pablo Picasso, Man in the Opera Hat, estimated to be worth $1 million. The…
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Not Your Typical History Lesson: Color! American Photography Transformed at The Amon Carter
by Rafael Barrientos Martinez 0 commentThis exhibition, and its accompanying catalogue, is one that any student of the medium dares not miss.
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Another Presidential Artist Outed: The New Casualist Drawings of Bill Clinton
by Paula Newtonby Paula Newton 0 commentGuccifer is at it again. The hacker, who complicated most people’s very set opinions about George W. Bush by releasing images of his newfound painting practice, has now posted drawings…
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Secret Rothko Sale Goes Public and Everyone Goes to Trial
by Paula Newtonby Paula Newton 1 commentIn 2007, when Dallas art collector (and Dallas Museum of Art trustee) Marguerite Hoffman wanted to quietly sell a Rothko painting, she arranged the transaction through a private dealer and,…
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Why do some arts organizations fail, others thrive, and many seem to consistently remain in the middle of some nervous tightrope act? The National Center for Arts Research (NCAR) at…
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What was it about Wols and this brief, vague period in art history that gave me the impression I was looking at religious icons?
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Surface Tiki: Everything Is OK: Justin Hunter Allen
by Thomas Ezekiel Williams 1 commentIt's a serious show, but it's not a dick about being serious; I think that's something everyone in the art world needs to learn.
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Tomorrow night, grayDUCK will hold its final opening in its South Austin gallery space. The appropriately titled Send Off, a group show of prints by artists who have exhibited at…
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Theaster Gates Brings Free Performance to El Dorado Ballroom
by Paula Newtonby Paula Newton 0 commentThose who happened to catch Theaster Gates’ performance at the Houston Museum of African American Culture, presented in conjunction with his work in the 2010 CAMH show Hand+Made: The Performative…
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Some museums hold events during which guests can weigh in on acquisitions for their collections, but these are usually restricted to high-level donors and the events are big fundraisers. Recently,…
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After seven years as gallery director, Debra Boz is leaving Austin’s non-profit art space Pump Project and Rebecca Marino will be taking over as new director. Marino, who began as…
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Houston’s Museum District Business Alliance, which promotes enterprise and the arts in the Montrose/Museum District area, will be handing out the 2013 Community Improvement Awards at its annual luncheon on…
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STARRING RENZO PIANO AS MICK JAGGER
by Betsy Lewisby Betsy Lewis 0 commentAfter the lecture was a tightly coiled media hour. A star was in the building. The star that built the building was in the building. I was stunned by the amount of poetry and humor that emerged inside a handful of minutes.
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Dallas’ CentralTrak Artists’ Residency and Gallery holds a monthly lecture series called “Next Topic” on various ideas meant to foster critical discussion in the community. The last topic of the…