You’ll have to visit Culturemap to get a report on Friday’s dedication of the new James Turrell skyspace at Rice University. I got Glasstire’s invitation, via email, yesterday (May 9)…
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Everybody’s watching Piper, the painting Bulldog. The Austin-based canine artist had had sudden runaway success, and now has an Etsy shop, coffee mugs, and a facebook page. Jessica Stone, Piper’s…
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The Abilene Reporter-News reports on news that Throckmorton sculptor Joe Barrington is hard at work on a giant steel buffalo skull for for Frontier Texas! in Abilene. The 15-foot skull,…
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Colette Copeland and her video camera visit Dallas artist Ryder Richards in his studio.
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NEA Funds Doris Miller Statue in Waco by Lubbock Sculptor Eddie Dixon
by Bill Davenport 0 commentThe National Endowment for the Arts has awarded the Waco Cultural Arts Fest (aka Cultural Arts of Waco) $15,000 for a statue honoring Waco resident and World War II serviceman…
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Newish Artpace Director Regine Basha Resigns for Back Treatment, Heathcott to Fill In.
by Bill Davenport 0 commentArtpace’s Board of Directors announced today that Regine Basha has resigned as Executive Director to address a medical issue, effective immediately. Basha said, “A few months into the new position,…
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The Big Impact of a Small Film Fest: HCFF in Fredericksburg
by John Aaspby John Aasp 0 commentAttending the third annual Hill Country Film Festival in the enchanting town of Fredericksburg April 26-29 was a treat. I arrived opening night for the free screening of short films…
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Austin living-room gallery Tiny Park is moving up to a dedicated gallery space in May, after the close of its current show, the Tiny Park Drawing Annual (on view through…
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NEA Funds Multi-City Plazita Project Led by El Paso Museums and Cultural Affairs Dept.
by Bill Davenport 0 commentThe National Endowment for the Arts announced an award of $60,000 to support the creation of interactive, site-specific installations that will explore the Southwestern vernacular of the plazita, the traditional…
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Margaret C. Conrads, Ph.D., will join the staff of the Amon Carter Museum in Fort Worth in September 2012 as its first Deputy Director of Art and Research; she is…
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Luce Mediates Nasher Glare Fiasco: Reasonable Settlement Looms, Threatening Sensationalist Media Circus
by Bill Davenport 0 commentBloomberg reports that representatives of the Dallas Police and Firefighters’ Pension Fund, which backed the disatrously reflective Museum Tower, are negotiating with the Nasher Sculpture Center to resolve the tower’s…
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Houston’s universities are important incubators of artistic talent, with many artists in the city having taught at and/or graduated from either the University of Houston or Rice University. But the…
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Gerald Peters Returns to Texas: Etherington to Open Contemporary Outpost in Marfa
by Bill Davenport 0 commentGerald Peters Gallery of New York and Santa Fe is opening a branch in Marfa, under the direction of their director of contemporary art, Mary Etherington. The new outpost marks…
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Tumbleweeds We don’t have New York’s density, or Chicago’s architecture, or Los Angeles’ mythologized spaces. We don’t have San Francisco’s prices, Aspen’s lack of oxygen, Austin’s lack of pigment, and…
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Houston’s Wade Wilson Art is opening a second gallery in Santa Fe, New Mexico this summer. Wade Wilson Art Santa Fe will be at 409 Canyon Road in the lower…
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Devon Britt-Darby Unmarries a Woman to Conclude Art Gay Protest Piece, Party Monday
by Bill Davenport 1 commentDevon Britt Darby, neé Douglas Britt, former Houston Chronicle arts writer, and Reese Darby, his former wife are celebrating their divorce at Leon’s Lounge on Monday May 7 5:30-7:30 pm.…
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The Frieze Art Fair has opened, amid hubbub that apparently lives up to its pre-show hype! Under the biggest tent in the world, on a rock off Manhattan, the transplanted…
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AAAAAAAAAAAGGGGHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!! Scream Most Expensive Piece of Art in History!
by Bill Davenport 0 commentWho paid $119 million for Edvard Munch’s The Scream at auction at Sotheby’s yesterday? The Daily Beast has run a long, content free-speculation discussing various evidence-free theories. Lacking “even crumbs”…
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Rhode Island glass artist Paul Housberg has just put the finishing touches on a large glass-tile mosaic in Houston’s Chase Center. The big blue wall, comissioned by architect Ken Harry…
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I cried all the way home from Care House, Carrie Schneider’s installation and memorial in her childhood home. The house was where Schneider’s mother lived until she died from pancreatic…