A rumor that the Dallas Museum of Art is considering moving to free admission, confirmed by Jill Bernstein, the DMA’s communications czar, is the subject of discussion in the online…
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Singularity Transmission: Tower of Babel to be Rebuilt for Burning Man, by Texans!
by Bill Davenport 2 commentsHouston sculptor Troy Stanley and architect Brey Tucker are in the T-shirt and fundraising phase for “Singularity Transmission,” a temporary sound installation/structure for this year’s Burning Man festival. In keeping…
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Flatbed Founder Mark Smith Ends 40-year Run in Austin with Move to Indiana
by Bill Davenport 0 commentAfter a productive twenty-three year partnership with Katherine Brimberry, Mark L. Smith, co-founder of Austin printmaking studio Flatbed Press, is moving on. In a blog post last week titled “Milepost…
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On Wednesday, Glasstire’s Rainey Knudson and Kelly Klaasmeyer were given a hard hat tour by the dapper Matt Johns of the Blaffer Museum, and they took the intern along! Me!…
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Reuters’ hardheaded finance blogger Felix Salmon takes a critical look at “Artnet’s Silly Indices,” debunking the notion that contemporary art is an investable commodity, like stocks in the S&P 500,…
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David Politzer at the Houston Center for Photography and Lawndale Art Center
by Sandra Zalman 0 commentDavid Politzer’s new series When You’re Out There debuts in two parts this month at the Houston Center for Photography and Lawndale Art Center. In both shows, Politzer plays with…
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Typically it’s fun to sit back and watch as the art world in Austin continues to grow, gain strength, respect, and generally produce quality art and artists despite its topsy-turvy…
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After considering four plans in the ongoing what-to-do-with-the-dome debate, Dallas based consultants convention Sports and Leisure have recommended a multi-use strategy, repurposing the eighth wonder of the world as a…
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Culturemap‘s Joel Luks reports on Houston’s ethnic Karenni community, and the colorful weavings that have helped preserve a sense of identity for the group of refugees from Myanmar (Burma). The…
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Flower of the Prairie: George Grosz in Dallas at the Dallas Museum of Art
by Betsy Lewisby Betsy Lewis 5 commentsA forgotten series called Impressions of Dallas, last exhibited almost 60 years ago in New York City and exactly 60 years ago in its namesake, has been resuscitated by the…
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Houston Museum of Natural Science Unveils Bristly Triceratops Skin and Rare Three-Fingered T-Rex in New $85 Million Dino-Den
by Bill Davenport 0 commentOn June 2, one of the better paleontology halls in the country gets even better. Get this: the new installation includes 30 dinosaurs and large mammals in “action” poses, a…
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Americans For the Arts Conference: The New Normal in San Antonio June 8-10
by Bill Davenport 0 commentOn June 8-10 San Antonio will host Americans for the Arts’ 2012 Annual Convention. A long weekend of speakers and panels will address the convention’s theme, The New Normal, strategizing…
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Blue Star Museums to Offer Free Admission for Military Families this Summer
by Bill Davenport 0 commentDozens of Texas museums will offer free admission to active duty military personnel and their families this summer as part of the Blue star Museums Program. Organized by the National…
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Well my issue of The New Yorker Magazine came today and on the cover was my inspiration for Similar but Different #29: The Rainbow Connection. Newsweek went so far as…
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Box 13 ArtSpace on the east side of Houston just opened their first set of summer exhibitions featuring a roster of artists from around the world. At a time when…
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Blanton Museum Now Online: From Plaster Casts to Cowboys etc. in 17,000 Searchable Pics
by Bill Davenport 0 commentThe Blanton Museum in Austin has announced the online launch of a massive digitization project: 17,000 images and attendant info about objects in their permanent collection are now accessible through…
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Jeff West, ubiquitous Dallas Arts consultant and advocate, has died suddenly at age 54. West served as Executive Director of the Shakespeare Festival of Dallas, Managing Director of the Dallas…
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Galveston’s Avis Frank Moves Into Old King Biscuit Space in Houston’s Woodland Heights: Grand Opening June 9
by Bill Davenport 1 commentYear-old Galveston gallery Avis Frank is moving to Houston, reanimating the sprawling collection of architectural improvisations that once house neighborhood landmark bar King Biscuit, perched on the edge of White…
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Installation Art, Minus the Raging Parties: N space Opens in Downtown Austin
by Bill Davenport 1 commentCulturemap Austin has the lowdown on N-Space, Co-Lab’ new downtown venture in association with architects Nelsen Partners. The first show at the new space opened last weekend, in conjunction with…
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350 Words: Jackie Tileston at Holly Johnson Gallery
by Colette Copeland 1 commentJackie Tileston’s latest exhibition Freefall at Holly Johnson Gallery in Dallas includes paintings from 2007 to present. I’ve followed Tileston’s work for the past ten years and I never get…