Pop star Beyoncé made a road trip to West Texas, and took photos. Endless bloggging and re-blogging ensued, including a pithy observation from the Gawker’s Calty Weaver: “The magical thing…
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The beginning of the second episode of “Gallery Girls” started off with Claudia returning to End of Century after the opening rager, so let’s start this by checking in with…
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I was falling asleep slowly around 1:30 am when I heard the chime of a Facebook chat message. I debated about just ignoring it, but my Facebook obsession kicked…
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Texas Contemporary Art Fair Announces new $10,000 Texas Contemporary Award
by Bill Davenport 0 commentMax Fishko of artMRKT, organizers of the upcoming Texas Contemporary Art Fair in Houston has announced a new award component aimed at showcasing “national and international artists who are navigating…
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Glass Satire: CAMH Art Crush
by Bryan Millerby Bryan Miller 1 commentGlass Satire’s newest installment explores the incompatibility of contemporary floor-based sculpture with very important people who don’t ever look down. (It also explains why the Félix González-Torres sculpture in the…
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Austin’s Eyes Got It!: 2011 Winner Hollie Brown
by Glasstireby Glasstire 0 commentThis is the last of four video profiles Glasstire is hosting featuring the finalists from last year’s Austin Eyes Got It!. 2011 Eyes Got It! winner Hollie Brown’s solo show at grayDUCK…
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A midcareer retrospective of the exuberant and far-reaching Radcliffe Bailey takes on African American history, to world-expanding effect.
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Legendary Graffiti Artist Futura to Appear at Houston Liquor Megastore
by Bill Davenport 0 commentLegendary graffiti artist Futura (known in the previous century as Futura 2000, just to give you an idea of how long this guy’s been around) will be making an appearance…
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Forbes magazine’s Abigail R. Esman contributed an expose and analysis of the Chinese art-fraud machine last week. Apparently, if you peel away the corruption, bid rigging and self-dealing, China isn’t…
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Oliver and Nancy Goldesberry, longtime art collectors, arts community supporters, have announced plans to retire and close their gallery on December 24, 2012. The premier fine craft gallery in Houston,…
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Charts for the Arts: New SABÉR Study Claims 4.6 Billion Impact For San Antonio Creative Industry in 2011
by Bill Davenport 0 commentThe City of San Antonio Office of Cultural Affairs and the San Antonio Hispanic Chamber of Commerce have partnered with the SABÉR (Strategic Alliance for Business and Economic Research) Institute…
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For Part I, click here. For Part II, click here. Why do certain artworks have such a lasting impact? To stay with me, artworks usually have to affect some kind…
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Austin’s Eyes Got It!: 2011 Finalist Becky Joye
by Glasstireby Glasstire 0 commentThis is the third of four video profiles Glasstire is hosting featuring the finalists from last year’s Austin Eyes Got It!. 2011 Eyes Got It! winner Hollie Brown’s solo show at grayDUCK…
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Houston’s Diverseworks art space is cleaning house in preparation for its move to midtown. Get on down to the 1117 East Freeway, Houston to score some art-hallowed office supplies, desk…
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So the majority of episode one of Bravo’s “Gallery Girls” was big on introducing the girls and low on any actual art. Or, you know, working. What is important to…
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Some of you may have seen “Gallery Girls,” the new Bravo “reality” show which premiered on August 13. For those of you who are less of a slave to Bravo’s…
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Austin’s Eyes Got It!: 2011 Finalist David Culpepper
by Glasstireby Glasstire 0 commentThis is the second of four video profiles Glasstire is hosting featuring the finalists from last year’s Austin Eyes Got It!. 2011 Eyes Got It! winner Hollie Brown’s solo show at grayDUCK…
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Amada Cruz has been appointed Executive Director of San Antonio’s Artpace. She will assume her post in November 2012. For the past seven years, Cruz has been the Program Director…
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EssayOp Ed
Gallery days, art nights, first fridays, etc.: making a scene
by Claire Ruudby Claire Ruud 0 comment“Please, someone, do the research and write a really in depth article on the nature of getting people in the door [of galleries] versus the likelihood that they buy something…”…
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Artadia: The Fund for Art and Dialogue is accepting applications for the Artadia Awards 2012 Houston from all visual artists living and working in Harris County, TX. Individual artists and…