The other day I heard a montage of sound bites on NPR of the recent uprisings in the Middle East. The momentary inundation of frantic sounds from Libya, Syria, Egypt and all those…
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Dallas News music critic Scott Cantrell reports that audiences at the Fort Worth Opera’s opening-night performance of Allan Ginzberg’s Hydrogen Jukebox had to hide in the basement of the Fort…
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Many art orgs are on the list of Blue Star Museums, participants in the popular program that opens the doors of 125 institutions to active duty military and their families…
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Melba Toast
Similar but Different #17: Shoot Your Mouth Off, the Aftermath
by Margaret Meehan 0 commentIn America, especially Texas, guns and gun imagery are prevalent within our culture. The violence of guns & knives goes hand in hand with sex as an example of our…
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AAMD ethics emanations from Houston: theft & insider trading are out!
by Bill Davenport 0 commentLee Rosenbaum’s Culture Grrl blog pre-empted its regularly-scheduled programming to highlight a new set of professional practice guidelines emanating from the Association of Art Museum Directors, currently meeting in Houston.…
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The DMA and the Menil learn to share: jointly acquiring Maurizio Cattelan’s Untitled (2009)
by Bill Davenport 0 commentUntitled, (2009), a broomstick propping up a blank canvas against the wall (or a clever simulacrum of same- with Cattelan you never know!) was on display at the Menil’s big…
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Boozefox Battleberg project to bring floating fighting monstrosity to Austin’s Ladybird Lake
by Bill Davenport 0 comment2011 Idea fund grantees Boozefox (an Austin collective consisting of Drew Liverman, Jules Buck Jones, Michael Phalan and Scott Eastwood) are planning a floating crystalline, tank-like object straight out of…
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Bonnie Pitman interview: outgoing DMA director spews fluff, may return to making art
by Bill Davenport 0 commentDallas Art News’ Michael Roman snatched 15-20 minutes to interview outgoing DMA director Bonnie Pitman on her successes, failures and the future of the museum in the 21st century. Relentlessly …
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Titian’s Diana and Actaeon and Diana and Callisto now at the MFAH: Titian and the Golden Age of Venetian Painting
by Bill Davenport 0 comment“The most beautiful pictures in the world”, according to British artist Lucian Freud, Titian’s Diana and Actaeon and Diana and Callisto (1556–1559), made their debut at the Museum of Fine…
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Borbetomagus meets Zhameela: early evidence of the connections between experimental music and bellydance unearthed
by Bill Davenport 0 commentYou thought that Ms. YET (Yet Torres) was the pioneer of improv/experimental/noise bellydance? Wait! There is a trailblazing precedent! A never-before-screened DVD arrived in sound artist David Dove’s mailbox; it’s…
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Knitted public art, sanctioned or unsanctioned, got a shout out in the NY Times Thursday. The piece credits Magda Sayeg, owner of Raye boutique in Houston with the knit-graffiti idea,…
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In terms of size, concrete and consumer culture, Houston is a hyperbole of a city. Every time I return to it from another place I am shocked at the exorbitant…
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Sequels are never as good as the original, but since when has that ever stopped anyone? (To read Part I, click here.) Lack of respect, a turgid definition of productivity,…
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Houston welcomes welcomes the American Association of Museums this weekend
by Bill Davenport 0 commentTemporary posters at Bush and Hobby airports, Portable art pods at Discovery Green: the 105th American Association of Museums Annual Meeting and Expo is coming to Houston May 22-25. While…
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One of Houston’s few legitimate claims to fame, the Art Car Parade, rolls down Allen Parkway from Waugh Drive to Bagby St. this Sunday, May 22, from 1-3pm, although the…
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I’m a huge fan of obsessive-compulsive art making especially when it is subtle and pulls you in for a rewarding surprise of a gem. Such work gives a personal thank…
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Zine Fest Houston brings a “bastion of obscure, arcane coolness” to Khon’s- and Give Up, too!
by Bill Davenport 0 commentZine Fest Houston foments independence on Saturday, May 21 at Khon’s Rooftop, 2808 Milam St, Houston from 4-10pm. Alternative music, alternative lifestyles, alternative thinking, and alternative press consolidate into what…
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The University of Houston’s Mitchell Center must have sailors on its board-first Shrimp Boat Projects, now Tex Hex Cinema, a self-contained movie theater on board an artist-made pontoon boat in…
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The Hamptons Expo Group announced a partial list of galleries participating in September’s Houston Fine Art Fair at a posh reception at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston on Monday…
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Eileen Maxson talks to Jeremy DePrez about his work.