One upside of the Menil’s continuing moves towards doing things the way other museums do them is the addition of a much-needed cafe, announced yesterday. The Menil Collection and Rice…
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El Centro College Student Michelle Reyes Awarded DADA’s Edith Baker Art Scholarship
by Bill Davenport 1 commentMichelle Reyes won a check for $2,500, a mentorship, an internship, and an artist studio visit at the annual Edith Baker Scholarship show held last week at the MAC in…
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Suburban art sprawl: Marilyn Hillery Wall Dedicated at Pearl Fincher Museum of Fine Arts
by Bill Davenport 0 commentThe community art wing at the suburban Houston Pearl Fincher Museum of Fine Arts has been renamed the Marilyn Morgan Hillery Community Gallery, in honor of the 73-year old artist’s…
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Blogger defends privilege: Real Clear Arts Dobrzynski calls public input on museum’s new director “bad”!
by Bill Davenport 2 commentsIn an amazing post today in her ArtsJournal blog, Real Clear Arts, Judith Dobrzynski decries the Springfield, Missouri, Art Museum board’s decision to hold a public meeting and solicit input…
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Aurora’s 8th Media Archeology Festival Brings Big Electronic Fun to Houston Thursday-Saturday
by Bill Davenport 0 commentThe 8th annual Media Archeology Festival is fixin’ to bring three cross-genre, high-tech artworks to Houston next week. From Thursday through Saturday, the fest, co-presented by Aurora Picture Show…
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In 2001 I lived in Baltimore, Maryland, and among other places, worked at the American Visionary Arts Museum (AVAM). The following is my recollection of 9/11. I want to thank…
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Greatest Work by Greatest Painter Who Has Ever Lived Acquired by Kimbell: Fort Worth New Navel of 18th Century Art World
by Bill Davenport 0 commentThe Kimbell in Fort Worth has a knack for making exciting news out of old paintings: they have announced an new acquisition, bigger than the Michelangelo monsters, more sacred than…
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For 21 days representing all the societal and environmental abuse of 21 centuries, San Antonio artist Carla Veliz beat, scraped, tore, kicked, stomped on and generally tormented a soft, innocent…
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Houston Art Partners Conference on Arts in Education at MFAH Coming Sept. 13
by Bill Davenport 0 commentThe annual Houston Arts Partners Conference happens September 13 at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, this time focused on Arts Education. Despite its 1984ish title “Shaping the Future of…
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NO GRAVY ON THE LENS! IKEA/AURORA Free Stop Motion Animation Workshop Saturday
by Bill Davenport 0 commentIn conjunction with its Media Archeology Festival, Aurora Picture Show is sponsoring a stop-motion animation workshop at mega-retailer IKEA, 7810 Katy Freeway in Houston, on Saturday, September 10. From 12-3,…
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Philip Johnson’s Thanksgiving Square Chapel
by Betsy Lewisby Betsy Lewis 3 commentsWith each bright new building added to the Dallas skyline, the city grows more and more impressive, but we Dallasites also risk overlooking those architectural treasures that have grown familiar…
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Diverseworks State Fair Offers Humorous, Low Budget Antidote to Art Fair Hype
by Bill Davenport 0 commentIn a witty retort to the commercialism of the upcoming Houston art Fairs, Houston’s Diverseworks Art Space is planning State Fair, an exhibition/event that curator Diane barber describes as “sensory…
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I recently learned that the gals who run the Nasher Sculpture Center’s store, Heidi Smith and Carolyn Spinelli, have been showing work by local artists in tandem with the museum’s…
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Remembering Cassie remembering Regis, and hoping to kind of make up for the other SA artists' short shrift in my would-be review of "San Antonio Draws."
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Non-profit powers-that-be (no Texans) listed and discussed on ArtsJournal and Barry’s Blog
by Bill Davenport 1 commentBarry’s Blog, “news, advice and opinions for the arts administrator” published its list of the 25 most powerfuls arts administrators a couple days ago (no one Texan among them), and…
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Giant Croc Caught in Philippines: 2370lb Monster Named After Naturalist Who Died Hunting Him
by Bill Davenport 0 commentThe decapitated cattle were worrisome, but the disappearance of a farmer near the marshes in Bunawan, Agusan del Sur province, Philippines, led villagers to petition for a government croc hunt,…
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Adding my voice to the peanut gallery I’d like to mention a few other notable exhibitions, openings and lectures happening this fall. So get on your walking shoes, pick out…
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Artspace Market: Artadia’s Vroom Takes a Stab at Online Art Sales with DailyCandy.com’s Catherine Levene
by Bill Davenport 0 commentArtadia founder Christopher Vroom has a new idea to mix art and business: get museums and nonprofits to clear the art cluttering their back rooms and gift shops and put…
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Friday night, September 9, the Dallas Art Dealers’ Association will present this year’s Edith Baker Art Scholarship to a student from the Dallas County Community College District at the McKinney…
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EXTRA FALL RECOMMENDATIONS! If I had my druthers, the climate of Central-South Texas would chill the fuck out starting September 1st. We’d all wear long sleeves and closed-toe shoes, and…