What remains to be seen: Houston’s Aurora Picture Show at 20
May 21, 2018
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What remains to be seen: Houston’s Aurora Picture Show at 20

Once identified as the oldest microcinema in the Southwest, founded by then-MFAH Core Fellow Andrea…

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What’s happening?: Right Here, Right Now: San Antonio at the Contemporary Art Museum Houston
April 23, 2018
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What’s happening?: Right Here, Right Now: San Antonio at the Contemporary Art Museum Houston

Thank goodness, because one thing our arts communities do not need is another wannabe dictator…

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Taking it personally: Artists lead the way with poignant, political works at CounterCurrent
March 17, 2018
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Taking it personally: Artists lead the way with poignant, political works at CounterCurrent

Let’s be honest, things are a bit crazy right now, no matter which side of…

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Persona Euphonia: A Messaging Makeover for Public Art of UHS
January 23, 2018
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Persona Euphonia: A Messaging Makeover for Public Art of UHS

So what’s a fitting shape for public art to take, especially in Texas, on the…

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<em>Between Love and Madness: Mexican Comic Art from the 1970s</em> Lawndale Art Center
December 8, 2017
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Between Love and Madness: Mexican Comic Art from the 1970s Lawndale Art Center

Lawndale Art Center’s exhibition Between Love and Madness: Mexican Comic Art from the 1970s, on…

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<em>Tierra. Sangre. Oro.:</em> Rafa Esparza at Ballroom Marfa
December 6, 2017
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Tierra. Sangre. Oro.: Rafa Esparza at Ballroom Marfa

An adobe brick archway made by artists Rafa Esparza and Beatriz Cortez reorients and frames…

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Texas Studio: Joey Fauerso
September 22, 2017
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San Antonio

Texas Studio: Joey Fauerso

“There’s a war today?” It’s a question that begs an answer. But it also suggests…

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Designing Women: Dallas Gallerists Shape the Design District’s Contemporary Art Scene
September 15, 2017
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Designing Women: Dallas Gallerists Shape the Design District’s Contemporary Art Scene

The art scene in Dallas has long been influenced by avant-garde women: From the The…

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Texas Studio: Jennifer Ling Datchuk
June 22, 2017
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Art

Texas Studio: Jennifer Ling Datchuk

Eyebrow-plucking as critique of conventional gender roles; wigs that mimic authenticity but question identity; porcelain…

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Over the Borderline: Exhibitions at Artpace Address Contemporary Divisions
June 20, 2017
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Over the Borderline: Exhibitions at Artpace Address Contemporary Divisions

It could be argued that art is limitless. But is it borderless? This summer, Artpace…

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Live Data: Clay Odom Represents Austin in UNESCO Media Arts Exhibition
May 25, 2017
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Live Data: Clay Odom Represents Austin in UNESCO Media Arts Exhibition

City as the “common denominator” is the main consideration of DATA CITY, an international UNESCO…

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Funny (But Not Too Funny): Katherine Bernhardt at The Modern
April 21, 2017
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Funny (But Not Too Funny): Katherine Bernhardt at The Modern

Contemporary art lovers have until July 9 to see more than two dozen of Katherine…

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Hiding in Plain Sites: CounterCurrent Artists Reveal Stories throughout Houston
March 20, 2017
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Hiding in Plain Sites: CounterCurrent Artists Reveal Stories throughout Houston

In 2014, the University of Houston Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for the Arts blazed a…

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Called to Archive: Studio One in Houston
January 18, 2017
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Called to Archive: Studio One in Houston

Share an article, pin an image, save a post, link a story. The immediacy of…

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Four Corners Focus: PhotoSummer Captures Attention in the Southwest
June 2, 2016
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Four Corners Focus: PhotoSummer Captures Attention in the Southwest

On the heels of Houston’s lauded FotoFest, another photography showcase is gaining momentum in the…

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Front and Center
March 31, 2016
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Art

Front and Center

Transformation & Surprise: CounterCurrent Stretches Houston’s Art Expectations
March 17, 2016
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Art

Transformation & Surprise: CounterCurrent Stretches Houston’s Art Expectations

From April 12-17, eleven cutting-edge artists present new works, projects, and performances at unexpected sites…

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Hands-On Art
March 6, 2016
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Art

Hands-On Art

Mirrors for Princes
January 26, 2016
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Art

Mirrors for Princes

We Are All Folk: The Art of Everyday (Folk) Life
November 29, 2015
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Houston

We Are All Folk: The Art of Everyday (Folk) Life

This winter season at MATCH, the Houston Art Alliance’s Folklife + Traditional Arts Program presents…

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Arts under Fire
November 5, 2015
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Art

Arts under Fire

Where the Parts become the Whole
November 4, 2015
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Art

Where the Parts become the Whole

Show Up: Allison Hunter
June 29, 2015
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Art

Show Up: Allison Hunter

Houston-based artist Allison Hunter is a self-described “signmaker” who uses her art to draw attention…

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Trouble Maker
March 30, 2015
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Art

Trouble Maker

Paying Attention: Houston’s CounterCurrent Festival Gives Experimental Art Its Due
March 10, 2015
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Houston

Paying Attention: Houston’s CounterCurrent Festival Gives Experimental Art Its Due

The University of Houston Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for the Arts presents the second iteration…

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Shop Local
February 26, 2015
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Art

Shop Local

Food for More Than Thought
February 9, 2015
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Art

Food for More Than Thought

Tony Feher: Super Special Happy Group
December 5, 2014
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Art

Tony Feher: Super Special Happy Group

Show Up
November 4, 2014
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Dallas/Ft Worth

Show Up

Art Schools of Texas Unite
October 15, 2014
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Art

Art Schools of Texas Unite

Smashing Taboos
October 7, 2014
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Art

Smashing Taboos

Show Up: Tommy Gregory at Blue Star Contemporary Art Museum
October 7, 2014
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Art

Show Up: Tommy Gregory at Blue Star Contemporary Art Museum

Making Place
August 30, 2014
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Art

Making Place

For three months this fall, Houston Arts Alliance, local artists and community partners call attention…

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Vanishing Ice: Alpine and Polar Landscapes in Art, 1775-2012
June 28, 2014
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Art

Vanishing Ice: Alpine and Polar Landscapes in Art, 1775-2012

Summer Music
May 22, 2014
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Music

Summer Music

The celebratory spirit of The Texas Music Festival, May 30-June 28, is infectious.

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Currents: Santa Fe International New Media Festival
May 16, 2014
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Art

Currents: Santa Fe International New Media Festival

New Mexico’s annual Currents International New Media Festival, June 13-29, now in its fifth year,…

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Laura Lark: Night Gallery
May 3, 2014
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Laura Lark: Night Gallery

Laura Lark is a subversive painter in both form and content. She discards the rigid…

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Houston Palestine Film Festival Going Strong in its Eighth Season
April 25, 2014
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Film

Houston Palestine Film Festival Going Strong in its Eighth Season

A grassroots, art-based film festival celebrating Palestinian cinema sounds intriguing, doesn’t it?

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Clear Eyes, Full Arts, Can’t Lose
March 30, 2014
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West Texas

Clear Eyes, Full Arts, Can’t Lose

Picturing Change
February 28, 2014
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Art

Picturing Change

Houston’s origins as an international photography mecca date back to the early 1980s, when Frederick…

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