“This and That” is an occasional series of paired observations. -Ed. Today: Magnified, molecular-looking things hanging from the ceiling Above: Josiah McElheny’s Island Universe installation which is now on view at the…
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Christina Rees and Rainey Knudson on artists bringing their A-game, the pleasures of the flesh, and the tale behind Trenton Doyle Hancock's retrospective in Houston.
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Trenton Doyle Hancock’s Texas Artist of the Year Exhibition Relocated to Former Rice Gallery
by Glasstireby GlasstireThis fall, the Art League Houston (ALH) was planning an ambitious retrospective of their 2017 Texas Artist of the Year, Trenton Doyle Hancock. The show was originally set to open on September…
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Today, June 3, 2017, from 11AM to 3PM, the Houston Center for Contemporary Craft is hosting the 13th annual Empty Bowls Houston event. The concept is simple: ceramics artists from across…
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Christina Rees and Brandon Zech on a rattlesnake roundup, a surprise rural art collection, and the trickiness of performance art.
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The Moody Center for the Arts, described by Houston’s Rice University as an “interdisciplinary center [that] will provide space for arts education, performances and gallery exhibitions on campus and promote…
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Section of Berlin Wall at Rice University Defaced with Pro-Trump Graffiti
by Glasstireby GlasstireTwo days ago (on Friday the 13th), Rice University students and staff discovered that both a mural and a memorial on campus had been vandalized. The mural, which had been fastened…
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Spring Preview! Rainey Knudson, Brandon Zech, and Christina Rees run down our top picks in Texas for the coming months.
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Artforum reports that Evan Garza has been named the new director of Rice Public Art at Houston’s Rice University. A Houston native, Garza has been serving as assistant curator at…
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Off to a Good Start! Moody Center Announces Inaugural Schedule of Artists
by Paula Newtonby Paula NewtonThe Moody Center for the Arts at Houston’s Rice University announced its upcoming schedule of artists and it’s pretty impressive. The Center, which is dedicated to cross-disciplinary collaboration between the…
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As recently reported by the Houston Chronicle and Artforum, Rice University’s new Moody Center for the Arts (MCA) will open to the public in February 2017. Although last year’s press…
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Former Houstonian Returns to Lead Rice’s New Center for the Arts
by Paula Newtonby Paula NewtonAlison Weaver, an art historian and former director of affiliates for the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York, has been named the first executive director of Rice University’s new…
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Alison Weaver has been named the first Executive Director of the new Moody Center for the Arts at Rice University. She will begin on September 1, 2015. A native Houstonian,…
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Rice University is set to open up its new multi-use art space, the Moody Center for the Arts, in early 2016 and has put out a call for applications for its…