In 2009, a new public art program was developed to coincide with the renovations at Dallas’ Love Field that will be completed in 2014. To add to the mere four…
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Higher dimensions are creepy: the idea of unfelt, unseen planes of existence touching our own is like a campfire story told by PhD mathematicians.
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Summer is traditionally pretty slow for art in the steamy south so, for those who have been waiting for bribery before hitting the galleries, this weekend will be the time…
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Rice Design Alliance Sends Out Call for Crafty Idea People
by Paula Newtonby Paula Newton 0 commentEvery year, the Rice Design Alliance (RDA) sponsors a charrette competition, bringing together gifted designers, architects, and regular folks with good ideas from the Houston area. The RDA (along with…
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Call it Street Art, Call it Fine Art, Call it What You Know
by Bill Davenport 16 commentsLike 19th-century academicians, street artists take a jealous pride in their drawing skills, their mastery of elaborate proprietary styles, and their public reputations.
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Amarillo artist Jacob Morin has been painting over some of the city’s famous mock road signs, which have been up for many years. According to Amarillo’s NewsChannel10.com, Morin asks permission…
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Hong Kong to Beijing: an Art Fair, Ai Weiwei’s Complex, Monolithic Skyscrapers, the Forbidden City, and More!
by Joshua Fischer 0 commentMuch of the art in China is in a dialogue between East/West and the absorption of modern art history. Duchamp! He seemed to be everywhere.
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Another Dallas Public Art Project: Nasher XChange Announces Site III
by Paula Newtonby Paula Newton 0 commentIn celebration of its 10th anniversary in October, the Nasher Sculpture Center announced that it has commissioned ten public art works at ten diverse sites throughout Dallas. While they have…
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Art and Two-Day Shipping! Amazon to Open Online Gallery
by Paula Newtonby Paula Newton 0 commentAmazon.com is quietly making plans to open an online art gallery in the very near future. The Art Newspaper first reported the story last week and spoke with a number…
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Raychael Stine and Titus O’Brien: Same Roof @ Safe Room Gallery
by Thomas Ezekiel Williams 3 commentsThe super tiny, brand new Safe Room Gallery is a must-see, especially if you are going to a movie at the Texas Theatre anyway.
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Artist Relocates the Beatles to Express His Love for Houston
by Paula Newtonby Paula Newton 0 commentArtist David Adickes has spent the past few days with a crew installing his latest work, a multi-colored sculpture that spells out “We (heart shape) Houston.” It does not seem…
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Finding Money: A How-To Guide for Houston Artists
by Paula Newtonby Paula Newton 1 commentHouston’s Fresh Arts will present a workshop called “Funding Strategies for Independent Artists,” led by Fresh Arts’ Executive Director Jenni Rebecca Stephenson and professional composer/musician Jerry Ochoa of Two Star…
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Lucy and Jake is amateurish, but that doesn’t stop it from being funny and entertaining for anyone who knows the people.
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Kirsten Macy’s paintings round a corner from her previous brighter, more sensual body of work toward serene, wide open landscapes.
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Without dumbing down (really, not too much at all), the PBS television series Art21 discusses contemporary art and artists in a way that even your grandparents can understand and enjoy.…
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When the Big Bend Sentinel broke the news on May 30 of the Playboy Marfa installation plans, the story quickly spread to the arts journals and arts blogs. It was…
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L’esprit de Shrimp Boil: Artists Kick off Holiday Weekend at DiverseWorks
by Paula Newtonby Paula Newton 0 commentHouston artists Zach Moser and Eric Leshinsky have somehow turned shrimping into a big extended art project. They call their Shrimp Boat Projects an “artistic investigation of the Houston region…
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When I was six, I saw a “chafa” (a derogative term used for soldiers in Honduras) beat up a guy so badly that he passed out. The soldier gave no thought at all to the children who were watching.
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Artist George W. Bush Experiments with New Painting Style
by Paula Newtonby Paula Newton 0 commentFormer President George W. Bush and Laura Bush were recently in Zambia and spent a couple of days helping to renovate a clinic, which will serve as a cervical cancer…
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HAA Gives Nonprofit Staff Members Excuse for Extra-Long Lunch Breaks: Just Bring a Camera
by Paula Newtonby Paula Newton 0 commentThe Houston Arts Alliance (HAA) is sponsoring a photography contest that should serve to get all local nonprofit arts organizations to support its latest temporary art installation The Blue Trees.…