More highlights from what’s up around town right now. Check out these shows as you do your holiday shopping, or do your holiday shopping at these shows… Sicardi Gallery “Graciela…
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Spot-the-Texans Game is On as Whitney Announces 2012 Biennial List
by Bill Davenport 2 commentsThe 51 Artists selected for the 2012 Whitney Biennial, opening March 1, have been announced: Kai Althoff, Thom Andersen, Charles Atlas, Lutz Bacher, Forrest Bess (paintings selected by artist Robert…
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The Master of Mashed Metal, the Car-avaggio of Crushed Steel, relentlessly lowbrow and matter of fact about his work despite years of international acclaim, John Chamberlain has died at his…
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In an interview with Houston’s Culturemap, The Art Guys respond to the string of protests and vandalism that have marred the installation of their piece Art Guys Marry a Plant at…
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It’s easy to remember only the sweet, cheery and teary moments of Director Frank Capra’s 1946 film, It’s A Wonderful Life, and forget that it takes us through the depths…
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A couple of weeks ago, two friends and I traveled to West Texas to look at art. I was once an intern at the Chinati Foundation so I’m familiar with…
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Independent Arts Collaborative Picks Architects for Houston Multi-Arts Facility
by Bill Davenport 0 commentThe Independent Arts Collaborative has selected San Antonio’s limestone-loving Lake+Flato (who designed the remodel for UH’s Mitchell Center for the Arts) and Houston theater-and-chapel specialists Studio Red Architects to design…
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Performers Thank God for Doris Duke: New Initiative to Grant (Another) $50 Million Over 10 Years
by Bill Davenport 0 commentAs a part of its new $50 million Performing Artsits Initiative, the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation is teaming up with Creative Capital to hand out 200 grants to performing artists.…
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I had to think long and hard about what to title this blog. I’ve never been good with titles, and this was certainly no exception. It also presented the interesting…
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Crystal Bridges: Don Bacigalupi, Art, Arkansas, Populism and Wal Mart
by Kelly Klaasmeyer 31 commentsWhen 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,…