When art people ask, “Where did you grow up?” and I answer, “Arkansas,” there is, invariably, an awkward pause. It is usually followed by “Oh.” or “Oh. Really?” and occasionally,…
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Buffalo Bayou to Become $55 Million Wonderland: Like Central Park, But Sometimes Underwater!
by Bill Davenport 0 commentHouston’s Buffalo Bayou Partnership has gotten the green light from city council for a $55 million makeover of the most-viewed segment of the city’s semi-scenic waterway between Shepherd Drive and…
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Why Ladies Get in Free, or The Nonprofit Art Space as Platform in a Two-Sided Market
by Claire Ruudby Claire Ruud 3 commentsWhy do “ladies” always get in free? Because dance clubs serve a two-sided market. On one side of the market, men, on the other, women. The more women in the…
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Christmas has never been my bag. Growing up, my Jewish stepmother would look out the window on Christmas morning and in mock desdain remark, “I hope the goyum got their…
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Big Ol’ Horseshoe Getting Older, Chinati Seeking Donations to Restore Desert-Ravaged Oldenburg Monument
by Bill Davenport 0 commentSince 1991, Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen’s Monument to the Last Horse has stood at the center of the Chinati collection, a bit of cornball figuration amid arid transcendentalism,…
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The Stark Museum of Art in Orange has spiffed up its galleries and library, and they’re inviting the public to a Grand Viewing on Thursday, December 29, from 5-8p.m. to…
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Lawrence Lee and Jonathan Cross at Barry Whistler Gallery
by Lucia Simekby Lucia Simek 2 commentsLawrence Lee and Jonathan Cross are art dopplegangers. While they look nothing alike, the trajectories of their art careers have played out in very similar ways, in no small part due…
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Tomorrow, Friday December 16, Occupy This! will take over The Axelrad Building at the intersection of Almeda and W. Alabama in Houston from 8-11:30pm. It’s a one-night show exploring the…
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There’s a lot of art out there now but here’s a quick overview of the good, the great, and the pretty darn respectable on view in some of Houston’s galleries. Isabella…
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Austin Reel Change Film Frenzy Looking for Teams of Frenzied Filmmakers
by Bill Davenport 0 commentWhat do you get when ten teams of filmmakers team up with ten nonprofit orgs to make ten films in 48 hours? The first-ever Reel Change Film Frenzy! On January…
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It’s the countdown to Christmas, and this Saturday, there are a slew of opportunities in Houston to make those last minute art purchases: the East End Studio Gallery Holiday Market,…
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Ancestors of the Lake Catalog Wins Menil Prix International du Livre d’Art Tribal
by Bill Davenport 1 commentThe catalog for last summer’s Menil exhibition Ancestors of the Lake: Art of Lake Sentani and Humboldt Bay, New Guinea has won the third annual Prix International du Livre d’Art…
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The Index Cards: Vincent Falsetta at The Reading Room
by Betsy Lewisby Betsy Lewis 2 commentsWhile others swoon over Vincent Falsetta’s distinctly abstract paintings, The Reading Room’s Karen Weiner swoons over his handwriting, archiving, and documentation. Her small, noncommercial Exposition Park gallery is devoted to…
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Walking through the first floor of Matias Faldbakken’s exhibit, Oslo, Texas, at the Power Station is an exhilarating hazard — spent bullets are strewn all over the floor like a Wiley Coyote…
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Barrel Bottom in Sight: Last 100 Copies of Catherine Anspon’s “Texas Artists Today” Signed in Houston Tonight for Lawndale
by Bill Davenport 1 commentAfter a year-long odyssey of statewide book signing events and tireless promotion, the last 100 of the 3000 copies of the first edition of Texas Artists Today, Catherine Anspon’s Texas-sized…
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Road Sign USA, a billboard exhibit space organized by by June Woest is hosting Four Lilys by Lisa Qualls. The sign, #7 in the series, is next to Little Woodrows…
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Arp Art For Kids: Chinati Fills Winter Break With Children’s Art Classes
by Bill Davenport 0 commentThat void-within-a-void that is the Winter Holiday Break in Marfa has a new bright spot: Chinati invites all students Pre-School (3 and 4 years) through 8th grade to our FREE…
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Video exhibitions tend to be hit or miss. As someone who makes, curates and writes about video, I have seen my share of mediocre video work. Most recently I wrote…
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San Antonio Cultural Insitutions Vie For the Pie at the 2012-2017 Bond Issue Table
by Bill Davenport 0 commentThe San Antonio Museum of Art’s new director, Katy Luber, has been lobbying for the new climate control system the museum needs to stay accredited. Blue Star Art Center board…
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Outsourced and Upmarket, Sayeg Continues to Cover the World with Yarn (and Newspaper Clippings)
by Bill Davenport 0 commentAustin artist Magda Sayeg’s back in the news- the Wall Street Journal profiles the former Houston yarn-bomber turned global celebrity in a short piece in today’s paper. Sayeg’s meteoric rise…