artiFACTS: September 2012
DiverseWorks ArtSpace will relocate to Midtown at 4102 Fannin Street on September 7, 2012. Rachel Cook has been appointed to the newly created post of Assistant Curator. DW also announces two new programs: DWoW [...]
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Editor’s Remarks: September 2012
Over a year ago, A + C publisher Ken Villalovos bombed south down I-45 with the idea of...
SaintCecelia
A few weeks ago I got a message from a friend about Cecelia Johnson asking if there was...
Blaffer’s $2 Million Makeover
WORKac’s renovations aim to boost UH museum’s public presence The University of Houston’s Blaffer Art Museum has long...
Beyond the (Arts) Writer: Geoff Smith
I first met A+C writer Geoff Smith at Caroline Collective a few years ago. He was fresh out of...
The New Season of Houston Arts Emerges!
You’ve probably noticed by now that we’ve been noting some artiFACTS in our Weekly Dose of Vitamin A+C....
Review: The Art of Exaggeration
Walking through The Art of Exaggeration at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston feels like being privy to an...
Review: Alvin Baltrop
The Contemporary Arts Museum Houston prides itself on “exhibitions that exemplify the art of today.” What, then, to make of a CAMH show dominated by black-and-white pre-digital-era photographs taken by a deceased, virtually unknown artist to document a demi-monde that no longer exists? Organized by the museum’s senior [...]
Beyond the (Arts) Writer: Abby Koenig, Joe Wozny and Ned Dodington
Don’t think for a second that these three A+C writers couldn’t stand to have a blog all to...
Review: Museum of Dysfunction V
Mildred’s Umbrella’s Museum of Dysfunction V August 9-18, 2012 Mildred Umbrella opened their celebrated annual showcase of short plays, Museum of Dysfunction V, on Thursday, August 9. The selection, which is split into two sections, runs through August 18, with alternating performances. Mildred’s Umbrella received [,,,]
Review: Silence
The Menil Collection Robert Rauschenberg’s 1951 work White Painting (Two Panel) — two side-by-side canvases coated in white...
A week at Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival
There’s a happily revolving door at Jacob’s Pillow every summer, as dancers and dance companies come and go and audiences have the chance to sample from hundreds of performances. The dance festival in Western [...]