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.…
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UT Art History PhD candidate Rose Salseda discusses Afro-Latin American identity and art that fuses punk rock, immigration, and post-identity politics.
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HCP Announces Artists for Annual Juried Exhibition
by Paula Newtonby Paula Newton 0 commentThe Houston Center for Photography has announced artists selected for the 31st Annual Juried Membership Exhibition. This year’s juror was Lisa Sutcliffe, curator of photography at the Milwaukee Art Museum. Of…
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James Saldivar: Spaces in Between at Silkwörm Gallery and Studio
by Gabriel Diego Delgado 2 commentsIt's the hue-riffic essence of what Silkwörm Gallery and Studio owner, Joe Mc Hug says is a “Post-Chicano” sensibility.
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San Antonio Shuffle: Former Pace Director Named Interim Manager of Blue Star
by Paula Newtonby Paula Newton 0 commentOnly days after the Linda Pace Foundation announced the appointment of its new director, the Blue Star Contemporary Art Museum announced that Steven Evans, former Pace Foundation director, will serve…
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Big Bend Bunny: Playboy Adds Giant Neon Rabbit to the Marfa Landscape
by Paula Newtonby Paula Newton 1 commentPlayboy Enterprises has leased some 6,500 square feet of land just west of Marfa and installed a large sculpture of a Judd-like cement box with a car on top and…
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Dallas’ Museum Tower Finds Solution to Sunlight Issue: Fix the Nasher
by Paula Newtonby Paula Newton 0 commentYesterday morning, the Museum Tower in Dallas sent around a press release with the title “Museum Tower Engineers Develop Solution to Reflections on Nasher Sculpture Center” and now the Nasher-MuTo…
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Koraïchi's complex, illegible banners and the white magic they enact suggest the western perception of Islam today: without education and awareness, we are locked out of understanding.
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That is Not Okay! Vandals Smash Austin Gallery Window
by Paula Newtonby Paula Newton 10 commentsAt some point Monday night/Tuesday morning, someone threw a large cinderblock through the front window of the Okay Mountain gallery space in Austin. Although the cinderblock crashed through the window…
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Menil to Begin “Neighborhood of Art,” Appoints Landscape Architect
by Paula Newtonby Paula Newton 0 commentIn a step towards the realization of its master plan for a “neighborhood of art,” the Menil Collection has appointed landscape architect Michael Van Valkenburgh to enhance and expand the…
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CentralTrak Sculptor Unveils Prosthetic Art, Then Has Unexpected Amputation
by Paula Newtonby Paula Newton 1 commentThe sculptures of R.E. Cox are rarely exhibited, but they fit perfectly into the current group exhibition at UT Dallas’ CentralTrak gallery, That Mortal Coil: Rebuking the Ideal in Figurative Art.…
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Austin New Media Art and Sound Summit Begins Tonight!
by Lee Websterby Lee Webster 0 commentA three day summit of creative music including performance art, film, and installations is about the coolest electronic music geek-out session I can think of.
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The Linda Pace Foundation in San Antonio has announced the appointment of Dr. Maura Reilly as its new Executive Director. The New York- and Sydney-based curator is recognized internationally for…
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Romare Bearden: A Black Odyssey at Amon Carter Museum of American Art
by Lucia Simekby Lucia Simek 1 commentBearden and Homer cleverly spin experience into a something we can all sing—Cyclops, Circe and Nausicaa are recounted in colorful and expressive collages, which take cues from Matisse’s cut-outs and blend them with African tropes.
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Less than six weeks after long-time Executive Director Susan Myers retired, the Holocaust Museum Houston has announced that Dr. Kelly J. Zúñiga will assume the role, beginning July 17. After…
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Jesse Morgan Barnett: Season at The Reading Room
by Lucia Simekby Lucia Simek 1 commentSeason is dedicated to the act of fishing and its trappings—in the center of the gallery, the hacked-off bow of a sailboat lies atop a white table like the carcass of an enormous fish that’s been laid there for cleaning.
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The University of Houston’s School of Art has finally hired someone to fill gap left by Suzanne Bloom when she retired last spring after 35 years. Keliy Anderson-Staley will join…
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Artists Who Steal Art: When Is Appropriation Simply Theft?
by Paula Newtonby Paula Newton 9 commentsKay Smith, an artist from Big Springs, Texas, was having a down day when she decided to cheer herself up by visiting the new T.J.Maxx in Midland. Perusing the…
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Lee Littlefield, Houston Sculptor and “Pop-Up” Artist, Has Died
by Paula Newtonby Paula Newton 54 commentsAfter being hospitalized due to a recent car accident, artist Lee Littlefield was diagnosed with stage IV lung cancer. He was released a few days ago and died at home,…