It was almost a year ago when Josef Helfenstein announced his resignation as director of Houston’s Menil Collection to accept a position in Switzerland. Now, the Menil’s board president Janet…
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Not only did Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH) Director Bill Arning give a bunch of shout outs to Houston artists (Nathaniel Donnett,Trenton Doyle Hancock, Autumn Knight, Jamal Cyrus and Phillip…
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Christina Rees and guest host Christopher Blay on dubious art prizes, the seduction of immersive installations, and how to fluff your art CV.
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The Art League Houston (ALH) established its Texas Artist of the Year award in 1983 and, to date, thirty-one artists have been honored. This year, Houston painter Terrell James will…
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For those who have not heard of one of Texas’ most eccentric painters or seen the 1999 award-winning documentary about him, Austin’s Big Medium at Bolm will screen Forrest Bess:…
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Over the past six months, Houston’s Menil Collection hosted three lectures by Los Angeles-based sculptor Charles Ray. You may have heard of Ray from a recent controversy where the Whitney rejected a sculpture commissioned from…
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Apparently, contributors to Wikipedia are mostly white guys, so edit-a-thons have been popping up all over the world as a way of bridging the gap in Wikipedia’s sexual and racial…
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“It’s all a little bit funny, and… " “Dark. It’s terribly violent and very, very bloody.”
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If you haven’t seen the eye-slicing scene at the beginning of Un chien andalou (1929), you haven’t been to art school. Almost 90 years after its release, the Surrealist film,…
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Rainey Knudson and Brandon Zech visit a fusty palace at Rice University.
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Frieze has announced that Menil Curator Toby Kamps will serve as its new curator of the fair’s Spotlight section, according to ARTnews. The Frieze Art Fair is an international contemporary…
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"It seems like it's a sexual fetish. It's absolutely not."
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Not only are Texas galleries and museums in the midst of a plethora of post-holiday exhibition openings, there are also some fantastic upcoming art talks. Here are a few that…
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“Note: these are for museums and non-profits who have released their schedules, or who have updated websites. Hint, Hint.” Rainey Knudson’s picks: 1. Mark Flood: Gratest Hits Contemporary Arts Museum…
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UH Brain Study Finds Reactions to Dario Robleto’s Art Vary by Age and Gender
by Paula Newtonby Paula NewtonResearchers from the University of Houston (UH) have analyzed brain activity data collected from more than 400 people who viewed an exhibition at the Menil Collection, offering evidence that useable…
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Artist Sam Gilliam Comes to Houston to Talk Some Serious City History
by Paula Newtonby Paula NewtonMenil Curator of Collections Paul R. Davis will talk with D.C.–based artist Sam Gilliam tomorrow evening at 7pm about his work in the Menil’s current exhibition, Affecting Presence and the…
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Rainey Knudson and Michael Bise tackle deliciousness, comics, and the problem with chirality. 1. Ed Blackburn: All the News That’s Fit to Draw Rudolph Blume Fine Art | ArtScan Gallery (Houston) October…
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So what really does go on in your brain when you make art and view art? University of Houston (UH) engineering professor Jose Luis Contreras-Vidal wants to find out. He,…
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When the Menil Collection snagged independent curator Franklin Sirmans in 2006 to give him a real job as its curator of modern and contemporary art, he had already co-curated such…
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Josef Helfenstein is leaving the Menil! The Menil Foundation’s President Janet Hobby sent out an email early this morning stating, “At the same moment as I am sending you this…