Some towns held celebrations last weekend; some are planning picnics and parades for the upcoming weekend. It is actually today, though, that is Juneteenth, the holiday that commemorates the announcement…
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MFAH Names New Board Chair to Lead Museum’s Next Phase
by Paula Newtonby Paula Newton 0 commentAfter its annual board meeting on Tuesday, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (MFAH) announced that Richard D. Kinder will succeed Cornelia Cullen Long as Chairman of the Museum’s Board…
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“RIP” by Graham Dolphin at Lora Reynolds Gallery
by Leslie Moody Castro 0 commentMocking the grief of adorers of John Lennon, Princess Diana, and John Kennedy seems blasphemous.
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Rick Lowe to Bring Community-Building Project to Dallas
by Paula Newtonby Paula Newton 1 commentAs part of the Nasher Sculpture Center’s multi-million grant program Nasher XChange (in celebration of the Nasher’s 10th anniversary, it has commissioned 10 contemporary artists to produce 10 public art…
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After a six-year-long collaboration with the federal government, a major architectural firm, a German stained glass manufacturer and a photo artist, the 2-ton, 28’ x 28’ The Austin Wall will…
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Yarn Hater Still at Large in Houston Heights: Crime Stoppers Offers Reward
by Paula Newtonby Paula Newton 6 commentsTo celebrate International Yarn Bombing Day, Houston Heights resident Mary Goldsby coordinated a yarn installation to cover a metal structure that stands on Heights Boulevard between 16th and 17th streets.…
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UT Art History PhD candidate Rose Salseda discusses Afro-Latin American identity and art that fuses punk rock, immigration, and post-identity politics.
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HCP Announces Artists for Annual Juried Exhibition
by Paula Newtonby Paula Newton 0 commentThe Houston Center for Photography has announced artists selected for the 31st Annual Juried Membership Exhibition. This year’s juror was Lisa Sutcliffe, curator of photography at the Milwaukee Art Museum. Of…
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James Saldivar: Spaces in Between at Silkwörm Gallery and Studio
by Gabriel Diego Delgado 2 commentsIt's the hue-riffic essence of what Silkwörm Gallery and Studio owner, Joe Mc Hug says is a “Post-Chicano” sensibility.
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San Antonio Shuffle: Former Pace Director Named Interim Manager of Blue Star
by Paula Newtonby Paula Newton 0 commentOnly days after the Linda Pace Foundation announced the appointment of its new director, the Blue Star Contemporary Art Museum announced that Steven Evans, former Pace Foundation director, will serve…
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Big Bend Bunny: Playboy Adds Giant Neon Rabbit to the Marfa Landscape
by Paula Newtonby Paula Newton 1 commentPlayboy Enterprises has leased some 6,500 square feet of land just west of Marfa and installed a large sculpture of a Judd-like cement box with a car on top and…
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Dallas’ Museum Tower Finds Solution to Sunlight Issue: Fix the Nasher
by Paula Newtonby Paula Newton 0 commentYesterday morning, the Museum Tower in Dallas sent around a press release with the title “Museum Tower Engineers Develop Solution to Reflections on Nasher Sculpture Center” and now the Nasher-MuTo…
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Koraïchi's complex, illegible banners and the white magic they enact suggest the western perception of Islam today: without education and awareness, we are locked out of understanding.
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That is Not Okay! Vandals Smash Austin Gallery Window
by Paula Newtonby Paula Newton 10 commentsAt some point Monday night/Tuesday morning, someone threw a large cinderblock through the front window of the Okay Mountain gallery space in Austin. Although the cinderblock crashed through the window…
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Menil to Begin “Neighborhood of Art,” Appoints Landscape Architect
by Paula Newtonby Paula Newton 0 commentIn a step towards the realization of its master plan for a “neighborhood of art,” the Menil Collection has appointed landscape architect Michael Van Valkenburgh to enhance and expand the…
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CentralTrak Sculptor Unveils Prosthetic Art, Then Has Unexpected Amputation
by Paula Newtonby Paula Newton 1 commentThe sculptures of R.E. Cox are rarely exhibited, but they fit perfectly into the current group exhibition at UT Dallas’ CentralTrak gallery, That Mortal Coil: Rebuking the Ideal in Figurative Art.…
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Austin New Media Art and Sound Summit Begins Tonight!
by Lee Websterby Lee Webster 0 commentA three day summit of creative music including performance art, film, and installations is about the coolest electronic music geek-out session I can think of.
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The Linda Pace Foundation in San Antonio has announced the appointment of Dr. Maura Reilly as its new Executive Director. The New York- and Sydney-based curator is recognized internationally for…
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Romare Bearden: A Black Odyssey at Amon Carter Museum of American Art
by Lucia Simekby Lucia Simek 1 commentBearden and Homer cleverly spin experience into a something we can all sing—Cyclops, Circe and Nausicaa are recounted in colorful and expressive collages, which take cues from Matisse’s cut-outs and blend them with African tropes.
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Less than six weeks after long-time Executive Director Susan Myers retired, the Holocaust Museum Houston has announced that Dr. Kelly J. Zúñiga will assume the role, beginning July 17. After…