Elmgreen and Dragset, the artist duo behind Prada Marfa, have released a statement with their thoughts on the Texas Department of Transportation’s decision to declare the installation illegal. There are…
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More Marfa-Envy from NYC: Ballroom Marfa Takes it to the Big City
by Paula Newtonby Paula NewtonNew York can’t seem to get enough of Marfa. Last month, Manhattan opened the recently restored SoHo home of Donald Judd, referred to by NYTimes’ Roberta Smith as “the template…
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Big Bend Bunny: Playboy Adds Giant Neon Rabbit to the Marfa Landscape
by Paula Newtonby Paula NewtonPlayboy Enterprises has leased some 6,500 square feet of land just west of Marfa and installed a large sculpture of a Judd-like cement box with a car on top and…
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Do kids in West Texas act all bored and think they’re stuck out in the middle of nowhere, or do they realize they have access to the hippest summer camp…
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When Eleanor Friedberger drove from Austin to the Big Bend for a residency at Ballroom Marfa, she ended up sick on her first night, but then things took a turn…
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Steven Evans Leaving Linda Pace Foundation, Ballroom Marfa’s Fairfax Dorn to Step in as Interim Program Director
Steven Evans is leaving his post as managing director and curator of the Linda Pace Foundation to “pursue other opportunities” after just two years in the saddle. Fairfax Dorn, co-founder…
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Along with symphonies, dance companies, and theater groups, visual arts projects in Texas got a share of the 863 National Endowment for the Arts Grants in various categories announced last…
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Here they are, sorted by city, our picks for the best shows in Texas this fall! ALBANY Eric Zimmerman: Sixteen Tons The Old Jail Art Center September 24, 2011 –…
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The Art Museum of South Texas has sprouted a $140,000 solar array courtesy of Green Mountain Energy Co.The array was funded by customer donations to company’s Big Texas Sun Club…
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Last week the National Endowment for the Arts Our Town program announced $6.575 million in grants to 51 communities. Among them are four projects in Texas: the city of El…
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The Houston Fine Art Fair and The Texas Contemporary Fair: Twice the fairs equals twice the drama
So you may have heard, Houston is getting an art fair. Um, actually two art fairs. There has been a ridiculous amount of controversy surrounding these fairs, a classic tempest…
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As far as the art world is concerned, it’s difficult if not downright impossible to mention the town of Marfa without mentioning Donald Judd. Whether you love him, hate him…
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Spring 2010 prognostication. Austin New Works Series with Luke Savisky and Okay Mountain Austin Museum of Art Upcoming Spring Okay, the Austin Museum of Art gets a tough time from…