Performance art, once denigrated by many to the “peanut butter and nakedness” category of incomprehensible contemporary art, has now become way cool.
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The Dallas News real estate editor reports that a large, coveted downtown plot of land has been purchased with the intent of building a South Asian museum and cultural center.…
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Good/Bad Art Collective to Reunite for Nasher XChange
by Paula Newtonby Paula Newton 0 commentThe Nasher Sculpture Center has announced the details of the sixth of ten projects for its 10th anniversary, citywide sculptural exhibition Nasher XChange. Denton-based Good/Bad Art Collective, most active from…
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Houston’s Caroline Collective to Close, Not Related to Recent Shooting
by Paula Newtonby Paula Newton 5 commentsThe Caroline Collective, a co-working and art studio/gallery space will shut its doors in September after five years, reports CultureMap Houston. Co-creator Ned Dodington says that the decision is not related…
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Shook! is Holloway’s first attempt to process not just the black experience, but his personal experience with being a black artist.
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Big Blaze Destroys Museum Park Businesses and Damages New Art Gallery
by Paula Newtonby Paula Newton 0 commentA two-alarm fire destroyed much of a strip center on the 1500 block of Blodgett in Houston’s Museum Park early this morning. Officials think it may have started in a…
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Peachtree Gallery Joins Lubbock’s First Friday Art Trail
by Paula Newtonby Paula Newton 0 commentLubbockites who have not yet visited the newest gallery to the city’s art scene, Peachtree Gallery (which opened its doors in June) or caught the opening night of its second…
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Lindy Chambers: Paintings at Valley House Gallery & Sculpture Garden
by Richard Bailey 9 commentsBroken machinery is kept around for spare parts. Tires are stacked up like canned vegetables. Shady trees, window a/c units, satellite TV dishes show up like grace notes.
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Students to Present a Banquet of Art, Food, and Stories at DiverseWorks
by Paula Newtonby Paula Newton 0 commentNext Wednesday, Houston’s DiverseWorks will team up with students from the UH Honors College Center for Creative Work in order to present “The Great Banquet,” an evening of local food…
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Crumbs aside, napkins are a cherished material for one of San Antonio’s premier minimalist painters.
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2014 Hunting Prize Competition is On! Texas Artists Vie for the $50K Award
by Paula Newtonby Paula Newton 0 commentThe call for entries has been announced for the 34th annual Hunting Art Prize, which at $50,000 is the largest prize in its category in North America. Open to legal…
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Summer Artist Dreams and Another Residency Application
by Paula Newtonby Paula Newton 1 commentSummer may slow down a bit in the art world, but it’s a busy time for artists filling out applications for grants and residencies. The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston…
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The tide of hateful anti-immigrant and racist rhetoric has sparked a renewed commitment by younger generation of artist-activists to speak openly on the issue.
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In conjunction with its current exhibition Texas Tough, Blue Start Contemporary Art Museum will present a “Women’s Artist Panel.” The panel will include San Antonio artists Missi Smith, Katie Pell,…
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The Nasher Announces the Future of Art: It Involves Crying Babies
by Paula Newtonby Paula Newton 0 commentThe Nasher Sculpture Center is now announcing the fifth of its ten plans for the Nasher XChange citywide sculptures commissioned for its tenth anniversary. The first of the announced projects…
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Why Things are Falling Apart is a book I bought, then put off reading because, not having done my homework about the author, I feared it was written by some Tea Party wingnut.
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Deadline Approaches for 3-Month Poolside Artist Residency
by Paula Newtonby Paula Newton 0 commentFor many who visited Riley Holloway’s recent exhibition at Dallas’ Fairmont Hotel Gallery, it was the first they had heard of the Fairmont’s artist-in-residence program, although it was established in…
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After six years, Houston’s DARKE Gallery is closing its doors. Adding the announcement at the end of a press release for its upcoming and final gallery exhibition, owner Linda Darke…
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Austin Artists Building Giant Baby Head to be Burned
by Paula Newtonby Paula Newton 1 commentDavid Altair Karave and a group of East Austin artists, architects, engineers, and volunteers are creating a “Psychokinetic Child,” a 20-foot tall mechanical newborn baby head. The gigantic, interactive…
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Most of the works are some version of a flattened blob of cast concrete, cradling a block coated with either colored sand or crystals. They could as easily be religious relics as construction site debris.