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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ArticleReview
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,…
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Japanese-Mexican painter Maestro Shinzaburo Takeda was on hand for the unveiling of a his mural, at Texas City’s College of the Mainland on Friday. Depicting immigrants crossing the Rio Grande…
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Among the many many events orbiting this year’s distributed Texas Biennial is a gathering of artists, critics and curators for Like a Whole Other Country? The State of Contemporary Art…
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More art in Dallas Saturday! April 16 is also the annual Dallas Art Dealers Association’s annual Spring Gallery Walk. 35 of DADA’s member galleries, museums, and nonprofit art spaces open…
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Dallas’ MAC is adding a series of outdoor parking-lot market days to its array of lectures, events and exhibitions. The new “Uptown Trolley Stop Market” will juxtapose farmers, artists, organizations…
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After 5 years in business, Houston’s CTRL gallery is now assuming the name of its principal, Bryan Miller, with a URL to match: www.bryanmillergallery.com. The location on Main St. and…
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Artfagcity has reported that noted Texan artist Dario Robleto has resigned from the board of Arthouse in protest over the org’s ouster of their only curator, Elizabeth Dunbar. Robleto joins…
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This month’s (April 2011) Artforum features a book review by Joachim Pissaro and David Carrier on a new collection of essays edited by Alexis L. Boylan entitled Thomas Kinkade: The…
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Excuse my French. Yesterday while thumbing through my book shelves I came across a number of great little exhibition catalogs. One from back in1997. After some browsing, in an…
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Final Four visitors, your hotel occupantcy tax money is hard at work: among its grants to literary, musical and performing artists, a passel of visual artists and filmmakers scored grants…
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Hidden away in plain sight, The East Montrose Civic Association will be holding its bi-annual home tour and art walk on Saturday, April 16 from 10-4. Along with a pack…
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BlogShelf Life
Martin Creed at the Nasher: A (non)fictional reaction
by Lucia Simekby Lucia Simek 8 commentsWife: So? How was it? Terrifying? Husband: No, it was amazing! Totally different than I expected. I got completely lost in there and had to feel my way out . Wife: Holy crap,…
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Jeanne-Claire Van Ryzin reports on the series of mis-steps at Arthouse, Austin’s latest imploding art venue. Censoring Michelle Handelman, pimping Graham Hudson’s Rehearsal at the Astoria to Warner Music, now…
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Dallas’ newest cultural space, the Oak Cliff Cultural Center is hosting XXI: Conflicts in a New Century, co-curated by Charles Dee Mitchell and Cynthia Mulcahy. The opening’s Friday, April 15.…
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Arthouse’s sudden elimination of their only curator, Elizabeth Dunbar, has sparked sudden protest among artists who fear that “without a clear creative voice, contemporary art institutions run the risk of…
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Arthouse, Austin, has approved a new operating budget for next year, balanced through staff reductions, specifically the sudden elimination of Elizabeth Dunbar as Associate director/Curator. It just happens that Dunbar…
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SATX-ATX Manifesto with the strength of a thousand demons!
by Sarah Fischby Sarah Fisch 16 commentsWhy does San Antonio have such an inferiority complex?
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A haunted swamp, an ersatz jazz hall of fame and battling saber-tooth cats make up Artpace’s “”11.1 International Artists-in-Residence” projects, curated by Heather Pesanti of the Albright-Knox Art Gallery.…