Elegance veers towards a kind of lyrical sentimentalism; beautiful, but dangerously close to a whirlpool of cliché.
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The first four projects of Austin’s new TEMPO (temporary public art) program will be installed in the next few weeks. The TEMPO project launched in spring of 2013 with an…
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Austinites have grown used to the THIRST tree hovering above Lady Bird Lake since it was installed by Women & Their Work in late September. Meant to call attention to…
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Number 4. While it seems like that number is overwhelmingly small, this has already proven to be one of the most emotionally exhausting projects I have ever worked on.
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Icky Farrah Fawcett/Ryan O’Neal/UT/Warhol Dispute Continues
by Paula Newtonby Paula Newton 0 commentThe University of Texas has now gone to a Los Angeles court in a last-minute bid to have Ryan O’Neal‘s star witnesses (Farrah Fawcett’s former costar Jaclyn Smith, friend Alana…
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It seems to be high fair season—art fairs, book fairs, quilt fairs. Now, Austin’s Flatbed Press has announced that it will be hosting its first annual print fair. Working in…
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DMA Names Kevin Tucker as Senior Curator of Decorative Arts and Design
by Paula Newtonby Paula Newton 0 commentThe Dallas Museum of Art (DMA) has announced that Kevin W. Tucker has been promoted to the position of The Margot B. Perot Senior Curator of Decorative Arts and Design,…
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Styles and Stances: Filmmaker Charlie Ahearn brings glimpses of New York in the 80s to the Houston Cinema Arts Festival
by Peter Lucasby Peter Lucas 0 commentWild Style is not only the first hip hop movie, but I would argue it’s the only real hip hop movie.
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Houston’s Sesquicentennial Park is going to be the site of a “Bike-In Video Festival” on Saturday, November 2, 6:30 pm (screening begins at dark). Part film festival/part social experience, the…
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Remember when Art League Houston was lame? Kelly Klaasmeyer says it's been getting better for the past decade and the current round of exhibitions is solid proof.
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Mellon Foundation Gives the Blanton $504,000 to Start New Curatorial Fellowships
by Paula Newtonby Paula Newton 0 commentThe Blanton Museum of Art at The University of Texas at Austin has been awarded a $504,000 grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to establish a curatorial fellowship program…
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Rios' oddly beautiful, enigmatic videos feel like a personal reckoning with an immensely complex, globalized world.
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Turrell charmed the crowd of art students, professors and other Turrell-groupies with sassy comments like “I make money selling blue sky and colored air.”
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What the JFK Assassination Tells Us About Dallas (That’s the Subtitle)
by Paula Newtonby Paula Newton 2 commentsThere are all sorts of exhibitions, events and book releases happening in the Dallas/Fort Worth area this year of the 50th anniversary of President Kennedy’s assassination—some more thoughtful, relevant, or…
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San Antonio’s Southwest School of Art (SSA) is now offering a bachelor of fine arts degree and, as of last week, it has approval from the Texas Higher Education Coordinating…
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Despite a "stormcloud of jaded hesitation," Brian Fee has a close encounter with Austin's new Turrell Skyspace.
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NICE! Luc Tuymans to Visit Third Ward to Chat with Residents About His Menil Ad
by Paula Newtonby Paula Newton 0 commentWhen Glasstire posted the article about the “counter-billboard” to the “NICE” advertisement placed in Third Ward’s Dupree Park by Houston’s Menil Collection promoting its current exhibition of Luc Tuymans, it…
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Arthur Danto and Lou Reed: A Weekend of Mourning for a Couple of Warhol Champions
by Paula Newtonby Paula Newton 0 commentArthur C. Danto, the man who coined the term “artworld,” died Friday of heart failure at his home in Manhattan. A philosopher who became one of the most widely read…
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Out of all of the types illustrated, I, the Entitled North American Thrift-Store-Clad Screeching Loser, might be the most irritating of them all.
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On Tuesday evening (October 29, 6 pm), the Menil Collection will host a conversation between Belgian artist Luc Tuymans, whose new exhibition Nice. Luc Tuymans is on view at the…