San Antonio Express-News staff writer Elda Silva reports on Mark Schlesinger’s new mile-long earth-toned concrete “public painting” along Jones Maltsberger St. in San Antonio. Commissioned by Public Art San Antonio,…
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Truckload of Art Siezed En Route to Alleged Texas Green Diesel Scammer
by Paula Newtonby Paula Newton 0 commentA couple of months ago, authorities in New Jersey seized over two thousand works of art appraised at nearly $16 million from an 18-wheeler coming from Houston, Texas. Mostly photographs…
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Joe Bravo, director of the International Museum of Art and Science in McAllen since 2010, has resigned, leaving behind a 17 page open letter detailing the institution’s achievements, and outlining…
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The University of Texas at Arlington is busy installing its first outdoor public sculpture, designed by assistant professor of art Darryl Lauster. The 20-foot sculpture, Reach, is based on Helical…
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Last week, I hit the long road west from Houston to Marfa to see some films. I didn’t know much about the CineMarfa festival to begin with, as most don’t.…
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Happy Birthday, Dalí! While Salvador Dalí would have loved the Art Car Parade, it was seemingly the only surrealist festivity of the day around these parts. While Florida’s Dalí Museum…
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Mickey De Los Muertos: Disney Attempts to Trademark Entire Holiday
by Paula Newtonby Paula Newton 0 commentAfter it became known that the Walt Disney Company, in conjunction with an upcoming Pixar feature, had quietly filed several trademark applications for the term “Dia de los Muertos,” social…
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Fears of rain on Saturday morning in Houston have caused the organizers of the the Art Car Parade to delay the world’s largest procession of art cars until 3 p.m.…
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As Dallas recovers from last month’s successful art fair and Houston gears up for two more (Houston Fine Art Fair in September and the Texas Contemporary Art Fair in October),…
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Let me introduce to you Karen Weiner, Director, founder and driving force behind The Reading Room at 3715 Parry Ave. in Dallas. Swing the Book Swap on Saturday, May 11…
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YouTube announced a new subscription service Thursday, opening the door to a whole new way to pay for content on the popular video sharing site, and possibly changing the game…
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FitzGibbons Steps Away: Longtime Blue Star Director To Reduce Role in San Antonio Art Space
by Bill Davenport 1 commentBill FitzGibbons, Executive Director for the Blue Star Contemporary Art Museum for more than 10 years, will resign that post effective June 15th. FitzGibbons will remain as director of special…
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The 7% Solution: New Bill May Revive Resale Royalties for U.S. Artists
by Paula Newtonby Paula Newton 6 commentsIn the United States, the first-sale doctrine prevents artists from profiting from resales of their work, but Europeans have granted droit de suite (French for “right to follow”) to…
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Eat Art: Bun B and Uchi to Collaborate on Blaffer Feast Fest
by Paula Newtonby Paula Newton 0 commentAccording to Eater Houston editor Eric Sandler, hip hop legend Bun B will collaborate with one of his favorite Houston restaurateurs to create a “performance art breakfast” in conjunction with…
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Floor Staff and the Guest Experience @ the Dallas Museum of Art
by Suse Cairnsby Suse Cairns 2 commentsIf you’re anything like me, you probably keep a mental notebook of museums that seem to do consistently interesting work; it’s pages filled with the names of people you’d want…
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The Image Extends Past the Edge of the Plane: an Interview with J. Parker Valentine
by Katie Gehaby Katie Geha 0 commentJ. Parker Valentine is an artist who lives in Austin, TX and New York City. Her recent show at Artpace San Antonio extends her drawing practice through sculpture and photography.…
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Say you were living in medieval Europe, drinking mead and passing out on a stone table, when a hologram of Carl Sagan beams in and says: “In the year 1961, Yuri…
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Houston artist Chris Cascio calls himself a “functional hoarder;” many of his pieces are diaristic presentations of collected minutiae. Videographer John Carrithers asks him why.
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The National Endowment for the Arts has announced it’s Art Works Grants, and 31 Texas nonprofits have benefited, to the tune of $788,500, total. Among the many organizations presenting primarily…
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On Saturday, May 11, The McKinney Avenue Contemporary is holding a night of Middle Eastern music, food and film around the last screening of artist Wael Shawky’s Cabaret Crusades: Horror…