The City of Houston’s General Services Department, with support from the Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs, has acquired 18 works by lens-based artists for the recently restored City Hall basement.
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Jessica Fuentes writes about Mona Hatoum's "Mobile Home II," which was recently acquired by Ruby City in San Antonio.
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Women & Their Work Announces Call for 2024/2025 Exhibition Proposals
by Jessica Fuentes 0 commentWomen & Their Work, a nonprofit visual and performing arts organization in Austin, has announced an open call for exhibition proposals for its 2024/2025 season.
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Displaying Play: The Oliver Museum of Museums in Photographs (OMOMIP), Part 2
by Bucky Millerby Bucky Miller 0 commentBucky Miller gives an imagined tour of a mysterious set of photographs taken at a mysterious museum location.
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Moody Center for the Arts Commissions Five Temporary Public Artworks
by Jessica Fuentes 0 commentThe Moody Center for the Arts has commissioned five large-scale works to be installed throughout Rice University’s campus.
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This week: a solo show featuring portraits of disappeared individuals from Central and South America in Houston, a Dallas-based artist's first solo museum exhibition in Fort Worth, an exhibition of objects and structures that draw on the visual language of plumbing and drainage in Austin, and more.
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A Lubbock-based organization seeks answers regarding a recently vandalized community mural.
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Manifestando la evanescencia: La fotografía de Ming Smith en Houston
by Valentin Diaconov 0 commentValentin Diaconov reseña tres exposiciones de la artista Ming Smith en exhibición en el Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, Art is Bond y la Barbara Davis Gallery.
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Five-Minute Tours: Ed Barr at Dougherty Arts Center, Austin
by Glasstireby Glasstire 0 commentA video tour of an exhibition by artist Ed Barr, on view at the Dougherty Arts Center in Austin.
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Five-Minute Tours: Joan Frederick at Blue Star Arts Complex, San Antonio
by Glasstireby Glasstire 0 commentA video tour of artist Joan Frederick's exhibition, on view at the Blue Star Arts Complex in San Antonio.
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10 Years After: Reconsidering Robert Smithson’s “Amarillo Ramp”
by Jon Revettby Jon Revett 2 commentsOn the occasion of the earthwork's 50th anniversary, Jon Revett writes about Robert Smithson's "Amarillo Ramp," Smithson's impact on land art, and his many unrealized projects in Texas.
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San Antonio Museum of Art Launches Ongoing Project Featuring Contemporary Artists
by Jessica Fuentes 0 commentThe San Antonio Museum of Art announced that it has launched the Gateway Series, an ongoing initiative that will invite contemporary artists to activate the museum’s Great Hall.
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The Idea Fund has announced its annual open call for Houston-area artists and collectives.
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The Idea of a Place: Alice Leese’s National Parks Residency Paintings at Lubbock Christian University
by Michelle Kraft 0 commentMichelle Kraft writes about Alice Leese, who over the past few years has participated in artist residency programs with the National Parks Arts Foundation.
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The Dallas Contemporary has released its forthcoming performance art programs as an expansion of its time-based media program, DC EMPTY.
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Donna Tennant reviews a group exhibition featuring works by Houston artists Saran Alderson, Sarah Fisher, Liz Gates, Ashita Sawhney, and Doug Welsh.
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FotoFest, a Houston-based nonprofit arts organization, has opened the registration for its 2024 Portfolio Review, known as the Meeting Place.
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Centro San Antonio, a nonprofit organization that manages the City’s downtown Public Improvement District, has announced a mural open call for Bexar County artists.
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William Sarradet writes about two current Dallas exhibitions: a show of works from the collection of Seth Davidow at SITE131, and a show of paintings by Masamitsu Shigeta at 12.26.
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Learn about exhibitions coming to the North Texas region this fall, including shows at the Dallas Museum of Art, The Kimbell Art Museum, and the Amon Carter Museum of American Art.