Airport art has been getting much attention lately, according to the surge of reviews and “best of” lists, such as those put out recently by The Huffington Post, The Wall…
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The apartment gallery is to the critic as the firefly is to the concerned biologist. Both a signs of a healthy ecosystem. Many of us lament the passing of an Austin original that will light up 49th street no more.
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The Houston Center for Contemporary Craft (HCCC) has announced that Elizabeth Kozlowski will join its staff as its new curator in January. Kozlowski recently received her Masters in Museum Studies…
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Thanks to the keen eyes of some TV crime drama watchers at GalleristNY, someone noticed that the paintings in last night’s episode of the CBS show Elementary were those of…
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Art League Houston Reinstates Open Call for Exhibitions
by Paula Newtonby Paula Newton 0 commentThe Art League Houston (ALH) has announced an open call for exhibition proposals for the spring of 2014, which is kind of a big deal since the last time it…
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What’s in a Handshake? The Art Guys Agree On Painting, Again
by Joshua Fischer 0 commentThere are thirteen major painting exhibitions currently on view in Houston. A humorous but meaningful event at The Art Guys studio cast them all in a different light.
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Under the mistletoe, Texas artists looking for a little year-end green and buyers looking for unique gifts get together, doing an end-run around the artworld's high prices.
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For most—if not all—the artists here, the difficult task was to come to terms with an event of world-historical proportions that occurred while they were infants or prior to their birth.
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The BBC London News reports that two artworks by Damien Hirst were stolen from the Exhibitionist Gallery in Notting Hill early Monday morning. The gallery only opened this past September…
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Austin’s Farewell Film Club presents a variety of unreal celluloid realities—not only great, rarely-seen films, but an interesting mix of stuff not normally seen together.
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If anyone actually needs help in staging awkward family holiday portraits, Houston’s Lawndale Art Center is here to help. Artist-in-residence Emily Peacock knows awkward; for her show, You, Me &…
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Pace Foundation to Unveil First Public Artwork, and It’s a Big One
by Paula Newtonby Paula Newton 0 commentLater this month, the Linda Pace Foundation will present its first public artwork, Adam, by Arturo Herrera, which will be located opposite to San Antonio’s Main Plaza. The wall painting,…
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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,…