Why 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.…
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Artists Sarrita Hunn and Ryan Thayer in coordination with Skydive Art Space are putting together a one-week residency program this summer, and are looking for residents in all disciplines. Between…
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John McCracken, creator of mysteriously commonplace polished resin blocks and boards has died at age 76. Eulogies n the NY Times and Art Daily reveal that McCracken’s works epitomized West…
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Marfa is a town overflowing with renovated spaces. Gas stations have become restaurants, textile buildings are now theaters, and even the Chinati Foundation’s campus was once an active military base.…
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Allison Peters Quinn, Director of Exhibitions at the Hyde Park Art Center in Chicago will be in Houston Wednesday, and will discuss the Arts Ecologies in Houston and Chicago at…
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Director Tim Skousen has just released his documentary “Zero Percent” at the Dallas Film Festival. It spotlights a higher education program within the maximum security prison Sing Sing called Hudson…
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The half-million dollar transplant of Peter Hurd’s fresco from the to-be demolished 1952 Prudential Tower in the Houston Medical center entered it’s active phase last week, when the steel-truss-encased wall…
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Yesterday Rebecca Cohen rounded up a half dozen Texas art mavens’ sound bites on who should succeed Peter Marzio as Director of Houston’s Museum of Fine Arts for the NY…
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The Second-ever Heights Craftacular is happening later this morning at the parking lot of Davis hardware near the corner of 11th ans Studewood St. in Houston. Scheduled to recur on…
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The Texas Biennial features recent work by artists living and working in Texas, but those who have been recognized elsewhere are in a special category: five “invited artists,” who have…
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The Dallas Museum of Art announced today that its director Bonnie Pitman is to step down next month due to health reasons. Olivier Meslay, the DMA’s Senior Curator of European…
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Still no sign of Chinese dissident artist Ai WeiWei, who was detained by Chinese authorities five days ago as he was boarding a plane in Beijing and has been charged…
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Better Block Houston, a nonprofit org that aims to fix urban blight with temporary events is holding “the first of many” all-day events to improve the corner of Holman St.…
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You’ve got about an hour to get over the Houston’s River Oaks Theater for the third screening of Stick’Em Up, Director Alex Luster’s documentary on wheat-pasted street art in H-town.…
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Similar but Different #15: Ladies aren’t Ladies without Pink
by Margaret Meehan 1 commentI like pink because it is bubble gum and blisters. It is the color of innocence. I also like pink because it’s a dirty white tinged with flesh or blood.…
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“Donald Judd” and “Chinati: the vision of Donald Judd”
by Janet Tysonby Janet Tyson 0 commentIt’s not the elusive Marfa Lights or the filming of Edna Ferber’s Giant or, for that matter, its stalwart ranching community, for which the town of Marfa, Texas, is best…
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Texas Tech’s School of Art will host performance artist Dennis McNett, professor at Pratt Institute in New York, to give a talk titled, “The coming of the Wolfbat” about his…
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Art Car: The Movie will premier will premiere on Nov. 13 at Miller Outdoor Theatre, with a sneak peek scheduled for Art Car weekend on May 21 at Discovery Green…
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Let’s just call this one an icebreaker. There’s a saying about putting your best foot forward, but I am waffling about just which one that is. A proper entry should…