“The art industry is booming,” says U.S. News & World Report, “as proved by record-breaking bidding wars at auction houses Christie’s and Sotheby’s this week.” On Tuesday, Francis Bacon’s 1967…
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The Harry Ransom Center (HRC) has announced that it has acquired the archives of artist Ed Ruscha. After the materials are cataloged in the museum and research library at…
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MFAH’s movie jukebox hosts a rarely-seen favorite of CAMH Director Bill Arning.
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Painter/Printmaker/Cultural Leader Sam Coronado Dies at 67
by Paula Newtonby Paula Newton 2 commentsSam Z. Coronado, co-founder of Austin’s Mexic-Arte Museum and founder of Serie Project, died on Monday at the age of 67 from complications after a stroke. Coronado was in Indiana,…
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Artist Michael Bise Documentary Wins Emmy for Houston PBS!
by Paula Newtonby Paula Newton 0 commentThe 2013 11th Annual Lone Star EMMY Awards were held in San Antonio this past weekend, and HoustonPBS won several awards, including a big one in the Arts/Entertainment category, “Best…
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Portraits of little dogs, abstractions based on little dogs, photographs of paintings of little dogs, paintings quoting other paintings, with real-life painting of little dogs on top. It's like she's picking a scab.
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Peveto Hosts Auction Watch; Dia Works Still up for Sale
by Paula Newtonby Paula Newton 0 commentIf you missed the Christies live auction-watch at Houston’s Peveto art management company/gallery tonight, you can still make tomorrow night’s Sotheby’s party. Scott Peveto says they’ve been hosting the live…
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An expected 3,500 entomologists are swarming the Austin Convention Center this week for the 61st Annual Meeting of the Entomological Society of America (ESA). While it may include the usual…
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The Art of the Blind: Return to Earth at the Nasher
by Jim Starrby Jim Starr 0 commentTo these five, clay was fallow ground, just waiting to get all plowed up. As Joan Miró said, "It is time to strike a blow."
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The founders of the Dia Art Foundation have filed suit to stop the foundation from selling artworks in Dia’s collection. Heiner Friedrich and Fariha Friedrich (formerly Philippa de Menil), who…
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More Celeb Art: The Gaga/Koons Collaboration
by Paula Newtonby Paula Newton 0 commentEveryone should have seen the Gaga/Koons collaboration coming from miles away, but now it’s official. Last night, Lady Gaga and Jeff Koons hosted an “ArtRave” extravaganza party, showing work by…
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From uptown to midtown ....my art odyssey continues with visits to El Museo del Barrio, the Whitney, and the MoMA.
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Northern-Southern (at 1800 Koenig Lane) will hosts it inaugural exhibition, LUCK, this Friday, November 15, from 6-10 pm. Northern-Southern isn’t exactly a new gallery; it’s a new design consultancy firm…
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Halloween was a fitting time to see exhibitions with a slightly creepy, psychological edge. I squeezed as much as I possibly could into just over three days.
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For 21 years now, Art from the Streets has been holding open studio art sessions for Austin’s homeless community. On Tuesday and Thursday afternoons at St. David’s Trinity Center in…
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Houston Arts Radio Station Fires Staff to Expose Arts to a “Wider Audiences”
by Paula Newtonby Paula Newton 0 commentHouston arts folks are still reeling from the news that most of the on-air staff at classical radio station KUHA-FM was laid off Thursday morning. The Dallas Morning News called it “bad…
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German Beer Company Conducts Study of American Art Attitudes
by Paula Newtonby Paula Newton 0 commentAs “a major supporter of the arts for the past 25 years,” Beck’s Beer has been presenting the Beck’s Art Labels project (reported here this summer because Austin artist William…
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Well-known street muralist Daniel Anguilu has branded Houston with his colorful, energetic pieces for years, but can they be re-packaged into gallery art?
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In conjunction with the exhibition Feast: Radical Hospitality in Contemporary Art, the Blaffer Art Museum will present “Sunday Soup: Houston” at The Brandon on Sunday, November 24, from 4-7 pm.…
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The 26th Dallas Videofest is an opportunity to see the depth and breadth of what is happening globally in video art.