The Art Museum of South Texas, plagued by desperate budget cuts and with the city of Corpus Christi paying it’s electric bills, has found an angel: Green Mountain Energy is…
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The Brow: The Life and Times of Frida, a poetic multimedia performance, takes place at Talento Bilingue de Houston on April 28, 29, 30 and May 1. The 75-minute production,…
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Devin Borden, formerly partner in the Devin Borden Hiram Butler Gallery, has announced that he is opening his own space, Devin Borden Gallery, in Houston’s Isabella Court building in September…
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You know it’s the first day of Summer when Houston’s Orange Show holds it annual Easter Orange Hunt and Season opening party. That’s this Saturday, April 23, from 10-1. Kids…
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Word spreads fast here in Marfa. Whether it’s a concert, play, or art opening, it’s not uncommon to see almost all of Marfa’s artistic community gathering at whatever event…
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The 2011 MFA Thesis show opens at the University of Houston’s Blaffer Museum tomorrow night, Friday April 23, from 6-9pm. Next week the artists will give noon talks about their…
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Anna Walker has been promoted from Curatorial Fellow to Curator at the Houston Center for Contemporary Craft. Walker moved to Houston in 2009 to be HCCC’s first Curatorial Fellow, assisting…
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Arthouse: The Dilemma of Authenticity and Visibility
by Rachel Cook and Claire Ruud 5 commentsRecent events (scandal?) at Austin’s Arthouse have provoked plenty of public and private conversations amongst artists and curators in Texas and beyond. The duo Cook & Ruud, recently separated…
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The so-called “Rock House Fire” that began on April 9 and burned over 180,000 acres of West Texas including Fort Davis, is now 70% contained. The Chinati Foundation has sent…
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Marfa artists Nick Terry and Maryam Amiryani have organized the Dersu Collective to use art money to improve Marfa’s neighborhood amenities. Named for the couple’s malamute, the non-exclusive group includes…
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Funny thing happened on the way to the Texas Biennial opening party at Arthouse. ...No, wait, I meant *at* the party.
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Even the Wall Street Journal had fun at Ballroom Marfa’s New York fundraiser at the old Dia gallery on 22nd st. Fairfax Dorn and Virginia Lebermann reportedly raised $750,000 for…
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The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, has formed a search committee to look for a replacement for the irreplaceable Peter Marzio. The committee is chaired by MFAH life trustee Richard…
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The Menil Collection’s Deputy Director Emily Todd is leaving the Houston institution after three years. Appointed by Menil Director Josef Helfenstein in 2008, Todd was the first to hold the…
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Houston artworld fixture Bill Lassiter has won the Henry K. Roos Award for being the Museum of Fine Arts Houston’s “volunteer of the year” in 2011. Active as a collector…
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Future Plan and Program is a publishing project by current CORE Fellow Steffani Jemison featuring book-length literary works by visual artists. The first set of six works will be available…
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Our 10th Anniversary DFW Panel: Galbreth/Kamps/Pagel/Rees/Storr: May 7
by Rainey Knudson 0 commentThis year we are celebrating our 10th anniversary with a series of statewide events. First on the docket is DFW: on May 7, the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth…
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Just in time for the “Masterpieces of Impressionism” show, The MFAH shop has a new 1000Museums kiosk where “art lovers can search for their desired reproduction, choose the size and…
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Artists’responses to the recent elimination of curatorial staff at Arthouse continue to coalesce. A facebook group, Artists FOR Arthouse, is cobbling together a supportive-yet-critical framework for protest, linked with the…
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Sixth Annual Latin Wave: New Films From Latin America
by Laura Larkby Laura Lark 1 commentLatin Wave 6, the sixth (obviously) in a series showcasing a number of the most acclaimed films recently released by Latin American filmmakers, returns to the Museum of Fine Arts,…