The show has taken shape with a wonderful group of dealers and excellent contemporary programs; Coming from NYC will be Lennon Weinberg, P.P.O.W., DCKT, Susan Inglett Gallery, Fredericks & Freiser,…
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Houston architecture is going to the dogs: third Barkitecture event coming in October
by Bill Davenport 0 commentBarkitecture Houston 2011 will be held on Friday, October 14 and Saturday, October 15 at Houston Pavilions. You got it: designers, architects, artists who feel that sandcastle building has gotten…
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Canterbury New American Art Curator at DMA, GT Promises Heat will Abate After Halloween
by Bill Davenport 1 commentPatricia Sue Canterbury has been hired as associate curator of American art at the DMA, effective September 19. Since 1998, Canterbury has been associate curator of paintings at the Minneapolis…
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No need to panic when you turn the corner of the second floor gallery at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, and discover Melissa Miller‘s epic painting The Ark…
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Mexic-Arte miracle-gro remix: New Manging Director post filled by Rodriguez
by Bill Davenport 1 commentFrank M. Rodriguez, Director of Finance for the Mexic-Arte Museum in Austin, has been named as the org’s first Managing Director, in charge of operations, budget, planning and “administrative development,”…
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Fotofest creates virtual BRIDGE MOSCOW>HOUSTON with Teleconference Today
by Bill Davenport 0 commentHouston’s FotoFest joins the Iris Foundation, RIA Novosti and the Garage Center for Contemporary Culture in Moscow to organize a bi-continental media event connecting Moscow and Houston. On August 24,…
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Yes it’s still 105 degrees in Austin and while it may be hard to believe, the students and traffic are back signaling that Fall Semester 2011 has begun. To help…
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A fire gutted Simpson Galleries, a fine art and antiques dealer on Main and Isabella in Midtown just after midnight last Friday. The building, which was extensively damaged, is right…
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Big Steel Scorpions Stake out Turf in El Paso’s Northeast Regional Park
by Bill Davenport 0 commentActually, it’s a scorpion and a vinegaroon, a scorpion-like arachnid of the order Thelyphonida. The pair, titled Rivals and designed by El Paso architect Lars Stanley, will be unveiled at…
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Like a rich uncle with bad teeth, the Hunting art prize is back to spread dreams of avarice, politely understated criticism, and dump a truckload of money on some lucky…
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I know you are, but what am I? Spongebob artist Todd White, sued by gallery owner Howell alleges massive forgery scheme
by Bill Davenport 0 commentMargaret Howell of HB Gallery in Huntington Beach, CA has sued Todd White, former SpongeBob character artist, and his “henchmen”, for $7.5 million in damage to her business and emotional…
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Free museum days just around the corner; some orgs are naturally free, others become free, and some have free-ness thrust upon them!
by Bill Davenport 0 commentThe various Smithsonian museums in Washington D.C. are always free (and federally funded!); once a year, Smithsonian magazine’s Museum Day twists the arms of other orgs to open their doors…
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During a nonprofit board meeting on SA's West Side, Hills Snyder takes a stand.
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CONTEM?ORARIES Group Show at Fort Worth Central Library
by Betsy Lewisby Betsy Lewis 3 commentsPainting is to Art History as Jesus is to Easter Sunday – you can count on celebrating resurrection at least once a year. Painting never vanished and won’t (or theater,…
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Suburban Art Edu-tainment Watch: Art Class and Wine Glass Fulfills Hickey’s Prophecy of “The Return of Social Space.”
by Bill Davenport 0 commentCritic Dave Hickey subtitled his seminal UltraLounge show of 1998 as “the return of social space (with cocktails).” A new Houston business melding art instruction with socializing and drinking called…
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Border artist seeks haven in El Paso: Mago Gándara leaves Juarez studio after threats
by Bill Davenport 0 commentToday’s El Paso Times profiles 82-year old muralist Margarita “Mago” Gándara, who recently abandoned her Juarez studio of 40 years to take up a new, diminished life in El Paso…
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Pricing strategy. In the for-profit world, business school classes spend semesters on the topic, entire books are written on its nuances and staff positions—even departments—are devoted to analyzing, tweaking and…
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Will Michels’ Made by Will released by HCP and nominated for Blurb people’s choice award
by Bill Davenport 0 commentMade by Will: Selections from Four Portfolios recently published by Houston Center for Photography has been nominated for BLURB’s 2011 Photography Book Now People’s Choice Award. The catalog marks HCP’s…
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Art Museum of South Texas goes green with new solar-power array from Green Mountain
by Bill Davenport 0 commentThe Art Museum of South Texas has sprouted a $140,000 solar array courtesy of Green Mountain Energy Co.The array was funded by customer donations to company’s Big Texas Sun Club…
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Penny wise and pound foolish: without an arts commission, Kansas loses federal NEA money. Could Texas be next?
by Bill Davenport 0 commentKansas governor Sam Brownback vetoed funding for the Kansas Arts Commission recently, substituting a non-governmental foundation he hoped would be able to distribute Kansas’ share National Endowment for the Arts…