Houstonian subversion trio—Mark Flood, Lane Hagood, and Jeremy DePrez—look smart on these mismatched walls, which still bear traces of an auto-body shop.
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Megan Harrison Finds the Destination: Atramentite at Sala Diaz
by Scott Andrews 0 comment"I feel that I am putting myself on the continuum between the microscopic and the universal, and finding that place where I fit into all of that."
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Houston’s Artery Space Announces Closing After 26 Years
by Paula Newtonby Paula Newton 3 commentsMark Larsen, founder of the Artery has announced that the space will soon be closing after 26 years. The inner-city environmental art/performance space “is magic because of the abundant foliage…
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Curators Andrea Karnes and Alison Hearst have organized a mini-biennial of the latest and greatest hits of Mexican art since the 1990s.
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As a participant, and now manager, of Project Row Houses' Young Mothers Program, City Council Candidate Assata Richards considers the mothers as artists-in-residence. Each is an artist and what they are creating is their life.
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Nice and Nicest: “Anonymous” Artist Responds to Menil’s Third Ward Billboard
by Paula Newtonby Paula Newton 17 commentsA billboard placed in Houston’s Dupree Park in the Third Ward has provoked a counter-billboard. The original billboard promotes the Menil Collection’s current exhibition Nice. Luc Tuymans, with one of…
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Various departments of the FBI (including the Hazardous Materials Response Team), the Houston Police Department, and the Houston Fire Department entered two homes today with a warrant search. One house…
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“It Is Difficult,” Says Alfredo Jaar: Coming to Houston to Inspire
by Paula Newtonby Paula Newton 0 commentThere seems to be a recent surge in exhibitions, programs and artists dealing with community engagement and political activism. Now, the politically active Holocaust Museum Houston is bringing artist Alfredo…
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Ugh, but it's a fine thing when art moves you. Individual experiences may vary, but that's the beauty of subjectivity. Just let it happen. I mean that sincerely.
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Project Row Houses (PRH) is celebrating its twentieth anniversary with a block party this Saturday from 11 am-7 pm. Okay, it will be more than a block and Saturday is…
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Those in or near Longview this weekend can stop in at the Longview Museum of Fine Arts (LMFA) for its estate sale on Saturday. It will be an opportunity to…
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Peter Lucas asks Bill Viola about early video, slow motion experiences, dreams, and death.
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For many young artists, the moment they notice that they are hanging out at the big craft chain stores more often than the regular art supply stores is when they…
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It's a 1600-mile weekend, too many things to see them all unless you're 2.5 people. I'm spending my weekend in Houston, tending the Glasstire booth at the best ever TX Contemporary Art Fair.
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Houston Artists Inspire Activism at DiverseWorks Tonight
by Paula Newtonby Paula Newton 0 commentHouston’s DiverseWorks states that its current exhibition The Eleventh Hour “traces a lineage of urgency and activism in DiverseWorks’ programming over the past 30 years.” For those feel a sense…
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Tim DeVoe and Miriam Ellen Ewers inaugurate a new West Dallas space with a large green sculpture like a skateboard ramp. Hurry, it's closing Saturday!
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There are a lot of institutions, programs, and people seriously affected in all sorts of ways by the government shutdown, which started today. Affecting the art world is the closing…
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Calling All Art Chic@s: La Reunion TX Seeks Artists and Students
by Paula Newtonby Paula Newton 0 commentLa Reunion TX (LRTX) is looking for students and mentors to participate in its 7th annual Art Chic@s program. LRTX, a non-profit organization in west Oak Cliff that “connects art…
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Houston Art Supporter Indicted By Feds for Hiding Art
by Paula Newtonby Paula Newton 1 commentA federal grand jury returned a 24-count indictment today against Jeffrey Shankman with bankruptcy fraud and concealment of assets. Shankman filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy in 2008 and the indictment…
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This Wednesday, the five-day 2013 Houston Fringe Festival will open up its experimental mixed bag of theater, dance, music, film, and visual arts. The 6th annual festival will take place…