Non-credit classes offered by community arts orgs, without the protective umbrella of academia, are the feral cats of art education, living by their wits. Several new classes offered by Houston…
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Cecilia Gímenez, the painter famous for her comically awkward restoration job on a Spanish church fresco, is exploiting her notoriety to sell a painting on ebay to benefit the Catholic…
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The Perot Museum of Nature and Science has an exterior that looks like one of the collection’s incredible mineral crystals. Conjunctive cubes intersect each other and rest on an undulating…
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Montrose Esplanade Project, Part I: Renner’s Funnel Tunnel to Recapture Art League’s Inversion Glory
by Bill Davenport 1 commentA reinvigorated Art League Houston, under the leadership of newish director Micheal Peranteau, has commissioned a major new public piece by Houston artist Patrick Renner. Funnel Tunnel, a 180 foot…
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The 5th Texas Biennial, taking place at multiple venues across the state September 5- November 9, 2013, has chosen a long list of curators: Bill Arning Director, Contemporary Arts Museum…
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As another exploration of the catalysts that drive human behavior, Jill Magid has continued her investigation of gun violence in Texas with the exhibition titled Faust 24 at Galería Labor…
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Chamberlain Building Decrepit: Chinati Issues Plea for Fix-It Dollars
by Bill Davenport 2 commentsAccording to an email broadcast last week, The Chinati Foundation’s John Chamberlain Building needs roof repairs, the adobe and concrete walls need patching, and the Donald Judd-designed wooden doors and…
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Women and Their Work Selected for $50,000 Rauschenberg Grant; Organizing Austin Tree Memorial
by Bill Davenport 0 commentAustin nonprofit Women & Their Work, has invited visual artist, Beili Liu, architects Emily Little and Norma Yancey, and landscape architects Christy Ten Eyck and Cassie Bergstrom to collaborate on…
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How can good people appreciate despicable behavior? What can it seriously tell us about the values we hold? These questions are repeatedly addressed and challenged by artists and filmmakers, to…
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The Art Newspaper (Art Basel Edition) reports that the fiscal cliff, and attendant economic uncertainty if anything, has been good for sales of high-end art at the Art Basel Miami…
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In celebration of the Menil Collection’s 25th anniversary this fall, Calvin Tomkins spoke at the Menil in conversation with director Josef Helfenstein. Because of the occasion, their discussion centered around…
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We arrived at Blue Star Thursday night to a performance of Justin Randolph Thompson’s Tossin’ the Rag as part of his exhibition Meet Me in the Bottoms. A rag doll was…
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If not completely exhausting, the end of each semester can be pretty gratifying. The students are relieved to be finished, turning in their last papers and tests, sometimes telling you…
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“I’m Sorry, You Can’t Take Photographs Here”: Museum Copyright Claims Debunked in Fordham Law Journal
by Bill Davenport 6 commentsMuseum Policies and Art Images: Conflicting Objectives and Copyright Overreaching, a new paper by Kenneth D. Crews of Columbia University’s Copyright Advisory Office, published in the Fordham Intellectual Property, Media…
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The Museum of Modern Art has acquired the first 14 out of a planned 40 video game titles to add to its collection, forming a new “interaction design” category of…
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“Dear John & Dominique: Letters and Drawings from the Menil Archives”
by Elliott Zooey Martin 0 commentIn celebration of the Menil Collection’s twenty-fifth anniversary, the museum has mined its archives to produce Dear John and Dominique. Curator Michelle White and archivist Geraldine Aramanda have gathered a…
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Inspired by Gordon Matta-Clark, feral cats and New Urbanism, a new project will place art in East Austin’s overgrown back alleys alongside trumpet vines, scrapped cars, graffiti-covered fences, and the…
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In a reply to Nasher Director Jeremy Strick’s public calls pressing the “louver solution” to the ongoing Museum Tower glare dispute, Tower spokesperson Rebecca Shaw told CultureGrrl that a “recalibrated…
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Dave Hickey recently announced his retirement from art criticism, citing his disgust with the circus that the art world—particularly the world of contemporary art—has become. He also, in an article published…
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New Breast Sculpture Workshop Mixes Art and Science in Dallas This Weekend
by Bill Davenport 0 commentThe 6th Annual School of Oncoplastic Surgery, held at at the Four Seasons Resort, in Dallas Dec 6-9 includes a new hands-on workshop in breast sculpture for surgeons. 20 surgeons…