The Idea Fund, the re-granting program funded by The Andy Warhol Foundation, is gearing up for its sixth round. Glasstire Editor Bill Davenport describes the Idea Fund as the “program…
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Now in its fourth year, Art on Henderson, an annual juried sculpture competition to select and place works by Texas artists along Henderson Avenue and adjoining streets, has announced the…
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NASA announced today that the Voyager 1, launched in 1977, has now entered interstellar space, making it the first human-made object to leave our solar system and wander into the…
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The Zen of Doroshenko: 5 Easy Steps to Becoming Almost Famous
by Darryl Ratcliff 30 commentsOn Wednesday night, Peter Doroshenko, director of the Dallas Contemporary, talked to approximately forty eager art world types. "Anything is possible," he said, "You are the only roadblock."
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Some oldies, some goodies, and some others at Big Medium.
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A big billboard went up the other day in Houston along I-45 South, which reads “EVEN THE PIGEONS DON’T SEE ME.” It may catch a few drivers off guard, but…
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MFAH Director Gary Tinterow will speak tomorrow, Thursday at 11 am, at a luncheon at the Houston Junior League hosted by the Community Artists’ Collective. The talk is not cheap…
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Menil Appoints New Chief Curator of Drawing Institute
by Paula Newtonby Paula Newton 0 commentMenil Director Josef Helfenstein has announced the appointment of Allegra Pesenti as chief curator of the Menil Drawing Institute. She will head the development of the first freestanding facility in…
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Mayor Parker did her bit, flanked by "Houston is Inspired" placards which kept blowing over in the breeze.
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The Contemporary Austin: New Name, New Money, New Sculpture Garden!
by Paula Newtonby Paula Newton 1 commentWhen The Austin Contemporary changed its name in July, it also said that it planned to refocus its mission and begin a seriously exciting series of art commissions. The Dallas-based…
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I'm afraid it's more group shows, but maybe the next big trawl will haul in some treasure.
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Michael K. Brown, long-time curator of the Bayou Bend Collection, died on Sunday of organ failure, ten days after undergoing a heart transplant. His brothers are organizing services in…
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The big problem with a lot of computer art people is that they don't understand aesthetics; they just have shitty taste. I'm pro-beauty. I'm on the Dave Hickey team.
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Long-Lost Van Gogh Discovered in Norwegian Attic, MFAH Painting Helps to Authenticate
by Paula Newtonby Paula Newton 0 commentAfter sitting six decades in a Norwegian industrialist’s attic, an 1888 landscape by Vincent Van Gogh was authenticated by the Van Gogh Museum. The painting, Sunset at Montmajour, is the…
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Art historian, curator, and educator Rick Brettell has been named art critic of The Dallas Morning News. Brettell, who served as director of the Dallas Museum of Art from 1988…
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UP Art Studio’s one-day pop-up show of graffiti art on Friday night was truly a pop-up, since the call for artists only went out 48 hours beforehand. More than twenty…
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The Conversation is Global, But the Talk is Personal: Interview with TX 13 Curator René Paul Barilleaux
by Scott Andrews 2 commentsAcross the globe, there is a sameness to art.
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Is Too Much Enough? TX 13 at Blue Star Contemporary Art Museum
by Scott Andrews 2 commentsIf the 2011 Biennial was, as some claimed, too slick and shiny, the massed works by the 2013 juried artists counter with a rumbling texture reminiscent of worsted wool.
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While Dallas Cowboys fans are getting excited about tomorrow night’s season opener, those who actually attend the event will get a chance to see what’s new this year at the…
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Hard Work? Dance? Art? Relational Aesthetics? Not Sure, But it’s Coming to Austin!
by Paula Newtonby Paula Newton 0 commentAustin’s Forklift Danceworks engages diverse communities through the creation of unique dance projects featuring all kinds of people. In addition to their “Leaps and Bounds” program, geared towards low-income families…