One of the few open-call exhibitions of its size still juried from actual work, The Big Show at Lawndale Art Center will be accepting entries this Wednesday (11AM – 7PM)…
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The Mission, a Chicago gallery that features contemporary Latin American art, will open a new Houston location in the 4411 Montrose complex. In October, The Mission will join the…
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How to Cure World Blindness: An Interview with Joel Ross and Jason Creps
by Caroline Koebel 0 commentCaroline Koebel talks with the duo whose recent show provoked a cinderblock through an Austin gallery's window.
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Both artists are consciously flippant in their grandiosity—despite an interest in simulacra, photorealism, and op-art, the crux of Elrod's work is its archaic presentation as grand painting.
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Bunny Update: Artist and Future Plans for Playboy Marfa Revealed
by Paula Newtonby Paula Newton 4 commentsWhen the intended installation of a giant, neon Playboy bunny sculpture outside of Marfa was first discovered and revealed by the Big Bend Sentinel, it caused much curiosity. The sketches…
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Amidst Unrest, Artists Will Bring Texas Art to Turkey
by Paula Newtonby Paula Newton 0 commentDespite recent reports of violence and protests in Turkey, Redbud Projects curator Gustav Kopriva (of Redbud Gallery) will open Western Sequels: Art from the Lone Star next Friday night, June…
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For Byzantines, religious works were active, potentially living things. Curator Glenn Peers suggests a Byzantine mode of seeing in which faith takes on a strange, scary, evocative life of its own.
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Former Arthouse Texas Prizewinner Awarded Artadia’s New York Artist-in-Residency
by Paula Newtonby Paula Newton 0 commentArtadia: The Fund for Art and Dialogue has announced the four participants of its Artist-in-Residence program, including Eileen Maxson, 2004 Artadia award grantee, 2005 Arthouse Texas award winner, and…
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From DIY to DIT: A Micro History and Possible Future for the Dallas Art Scene
by Darryl Ratcliff 22 commentsThe recession brought to the city a concentration of young, energetic, like-minded creatives. Now, how do we keep them here?
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The Dallas Museum of Art recently named Margot Perot as board chair, replacing the outgoing Deedie Potter Rose, who has served as a DMA trustee for a quarter century and…
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Let’s Dance the Last Dance: DiverseWorks to Celebrate Sixto Wagan (Again)!
by Paula Newtonby Paula Newton 0 commentSixto Wagan has been serving as the director of the newly created Center for Arts Leadership at the University of Houston for a full month now, but DiverseWorks just can’t…
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Lawndale Art Center announced the residents for the eighth round of the Lawndale Artist Studio Program: Shayne Murphy, Jim Nolan and Emily Peacock. Each artist receives studio space at Lawndale…
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Despite their busy magnificence, the drawings' humble, work-for-hire sensibility perfectly matches their impersonal subject matter.
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Monolithic silhouettes, urban artifacts, and references to Mandelbrot's fractal sets are executed with a striking machine-like degree of control and perfectionism.
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Happy Juneteenth! Texas Celebrations and Museums
by Paula Newtonby Paula Newton 0 commentSome towns held celebrations last weekend; some are planning picnics and parades for the upcoming weekend. It is actually today, though, that is Juneteenth, the holiday that commemorates the announcement…
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MFAH Names New Board Chair to Lead Museum’s Next Phase
by Paula Newtonby Paula Newton 0 commentAfter its annual board meeting on Tuesday, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (MFAH) announced that Richard D. Kinder will succeed Cornelia Cullen Long as Chairman of the Museum’s Board…
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“RIP” by Graham Dolphin at Lora Reynolds Gallery
by Leslie Moody Castro 0 commentMocking the grief of adorers of John Lennon, Princess Diana, and John Kennedy seems blasphemous.
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Rick Lowe to Bring Community-Building Project to Dallas
by Paula Newtonby Paula Newton 1 commentAs part of the Nasher Sculpture Center’s multi-million grant program Nasher XChange (in celebration of the Nasher’s 10th anniversary, it has commissioned 10 contemporary artists to produce 10 public art…
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After a six-year-long collaboration with the federal government, a major architectural firm, a German stained glass manufacturer and a photo artist, the 2-ton, 28’ x 28’ The Austin Wall will…
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Yarn Hater Still at Large in Houston Heights: Crime Stoppers Offers Reward
by Paula Newtonby Paula Newton 6 commentsTo celebrate International Yarn Bombing Day, Houston Heights resident Mary Goldsby coordinated a yarn installation to cover a metal structure that stands on Heights Boulevard between 16th and 17th streets.…