The Many Lives of Artworks
Hotel Texas Marks an Awkward Anniversary, recipe Reveals Art’s Shifting Signifiers IMAGE: Andy Warhol, Double Mona Lisa, 1963. ...
Artifacts
Artifacts: October 2013
IMAGE: Simon Starling, Black Drop, 2012, 35mm film transferred to HD (27 minutes, 42 seconds), joint acquisition of...
Populist Dallas
DMA’s Move to Free Admission Belies The Big D’s Elitist Image I’m excited about Arts+Culture going statewide for...
Artifacts: September 2013
Houston artist Robert Pruitt and FotoFest International founders Wendy Watriss and Frederick Baldwin will be honored with an Artist of the Year award and a lifetime achievement award, respectively, at the third annual Houston Fine Art Fair, which will be held Sept. 18-22 at the George R. Brown Convention Center.
artiFACTS: Summer 2013
Josef Helfenstein, director of the Menil Collection, announced the appointment of Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates (MVVA) to enhance and expand the landscape design of the institution’s 30-acre campus in the heart of Houston. The appointment signals the beginning of implementation of the Menil’s master plan for its urban [...]
European Reunification at MFAH
July Loose Ends: What’s Back, And Making It Available to All Houstonians In a comment below the online...
artiFACTS: June 2013
Robert Simpson, artistic director of the Houston Chamber Choir announced the Choir’s 18th season, Where Class Meets Cool. The 2013-2014 season includes masterpieces by Brahms, Handel, Palestrina, and Duruflé, along with works by today’s leading composers including a newly commissioned piece by Jocelyn Hagan, recent winner of the [...]
MFAH Inflated Attendance Figures for Years
General Admission Visits Are Less Than 19% of Beck, Law Building Tallies Having spent two weeks poring over annual reports and attendance data, I’ve got good news and bad news about the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston [...]
artiFACTS: May 2013
Join moderator, Jeffrey Grove, the Dallas Museum’s Hoffman Family Senior Curator of Contemporary Art for “Take the Lens Cap Off: Trends in Photography”, a panel discussion with perspectives from a group of internationally known experts. The panel discussion will be held in the [...]
artiFACTS: May 2013
After a successful run in Houston, Henry V, a joint production of Main Street Theater and Prague Shakespeare Company, heads to Prague for an October run. Main Street also launched the public phase of its capital [...]
Loose Ends: May 2013
Stray Tidbits, Blind Items and Unsolicited Advice Last year’s salutary exhibition American Made: 250 Years of American Art at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston played to the MFAH’s strengths, telling a convincing story [...]
artiFACTS: April 2013
Dance Source Houston has assumed management of the Barnevelder Movement/Arts Complex. Formerly managed by Suchu Inc, Barnevelder provides space for rehearsals and dance classes for dance companies [...]