The Rice University Thresher reports that the school’s new James Turrell Skyspace is having some unanticipated conflicts with other uses of the busy campus. Lighting for night-time games on the…
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After a two-year stint in New York and Nebraska, Eric Zimmerman returns to Texas with the multi-site project Endless Disharmony & Telltale Ashes at Art Palace in Houston, The Reading…
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Celebrating the legendary de Menil years of the Rice Museum and Rice Media Center. The Menil Collection’s 25th anniversary this year has had me thinking a lot about its importance…
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The BBC’s Your Paintings, a website aimed at showing the entire UK national collection of oil paintings online, is just about complete. After ten years of work in the storerooms…
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Dallas’ Allison V. Smith at Marfa Contemporary
by Lucia Simekby Lucia Simek 0 commentAllison V. Smith, Godbolt, March 2007 Marfa Contemporary, a brand-new West Texas outpost of the Oklahoma City-based City Arts Center, which bills itself as “a nonprofit organization dedicated to encouraging creative…
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The City of Austin has announced the allocation of its fiscal year 2013 Cultural Arts Funding Program awards. Notable for diversity, and many small grants to specific, quirky projects, either…
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Glam director Jeffrey Deitch has added powerhouse entertainment agent Ari Emanuel to the MOCA board, and the results have been immediate: Emanuel reportedly negotiated a partner deal between MOCA and…
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Take a moment to chuckle. You’re welcome. Issa Benítez Dueñas Art Sickness Bag, 2005 Printed paper bag Collection of Proyecto Changarrito
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Zoomable X-rays Add New Wonk-Appeal to Kimbell’s Collection: New iPad App Features Conservation Info
by Bill Davenport 0 commentThe only thing more interesting to the general public about high-end art than its’ outrageous auction price is the incredible, finicky details of its conservation. The Kimbell has created an…
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San Antonio Cultural Bureaucracy Burgeons: OCA Swallows Film Commission, La Villita to Become DCCD
by Bill Davenport 0 commentThe San Antonio Office of Cultural Affairs is now the Department for Culture and Creative Development, effective October 1. The new name comes with some real expansion: the department now…
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Well y’all, we made it. While the episodes were sometimes painful to watch, I have thoroughly enjoyed recapping them for you! So let’s talk about the SEASON FINALE. The Gallery…
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The Program Will Begin Shortly… Silence is Toby Kamps’ first major exhibition at The Menil Collection since becoming curator of modern and contemporary art two years ago. You should not…
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Glasstire Virtual Studio Visit: Chad Maydwell
by Glasstireby Glasstire 0 commentChad Maydwell‘s “music visualization” video Rêverie – Claude Debussy was one of the standouts in the 2012 Lawndale Big Show. Here’s his newest stop motion animation, Stardust – Fats Waller. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLhXLEV34Tw…
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Creative Economy Mandala Collection to Celebrate “Austin Creates!” Month
by Bill Davenport 0 commentAt 5:30 pm at the October 11 City council meeting, Austin Mayor Lee Leffingwell will proclaim October “Austin Creates!” month. The proclamation will be accepted by Cultural Arts Program Manager…
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Deborah L. Roldán Appointed New Assistant Director for Exhibitions at MFAH
by Bill Davenport 0 commentFormerly curator and exhibition coordinator at the Fundación Juan March, Madrid, Ms Roldán was appointed to newly created position aimed at streamlining exhibition planning and management. Roldán was co-curator, with…
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Los Angeles conceptual photographer Uta Barth has been selected to receive one of 23 MacArthur Foundation genius grants, along with photographer An-My Le and others. Each fellow receives a monetary…
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Chupacabrona, California (Two: Grad school confidential)
by Sarah Fischby Sarah Fisch 5 commentsAm I a washout as a modern American thinker if I have trouble learning Photoshop? ...Yes, right? Shit.
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Glasstire Auction Free Public Preview and Catalog Giveaway Wednesday Evening, Oct. 3
by Bill Davenport 0 commentBefore you hunker down for The Second Coming of Lincoln-Douglas this Wednesday, swing by the FREE PUBLIC Glasstire auction preview! Be the first to pick up a complimentary copy of…
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Rice Arts Survey Dissects Houstonian’s Arts Attitudes, Finds Unexpected Hope Amid Bar Graphs
by Bill Davenport 0 commentRice University’s Kinder Institute for Urban Research released the results of their 2012 Houston Arts Survey, a study of the attitudes of Houstonians towards the arts on Sept 25. The…
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Just a heads up: this week I may end up skipping a pretty large portion of “happenings” on the show in order to vent a little bit on a different…