Majority Rules: A Decade of Contemporary Art Acquisitions
At first glance, order the McNay Art Museum’s Majority Rules: A Decade of Contemporary Art Acquisitions reads merely...
Visual Art
FotoFest Discoveries
There was only one other person in the exhibition space with me, but she was otherwise occupied. Talking in hushed tones on her phone, she scribbled away in her date book. Technically, we were in the lobby of an office building, so her behavior wasn’t out of order. Have public lobbies become the only private spaces skyscrapers have to offer? Judging by the amount of people I saw pacing behind the temporary gallery walls, I would have to say yes.
LaToya Ruby Frazier: WITNESS
“Welcome to Historic Braddock,” a black-and-white photograph greets visitors near the title wall to the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston exhibition, LaToya Ruby Frazier: WITNESS. The gelatin silver print presents a straightforward, close-up view of the friendly advertisement printed on what appears to be the temporary wooden fencing one might see surrounding a construction site or abandoned property. The bold lettering stands out against a black background, and hovers over the white silhouette of a skyline – Braddock’s, one would assume.
Lifelike
There is a blue sleeping bag situated on the floor of the main gallery at the Blanton Museum...
New Name, Big Plans for The Contemporary Austin
Another day, another identity for The Contemporary Austin. That’s the new moniker for the recently reunited AMOA-Arthouse, whose parent organizations, before splitting and undergoing various name changes throughout their complicated histories, once constituted the Texas Fine Arts Association.
Process, Paint and Power Structures
Anthony Keith Giannini Sifts Through Images to Accumulate Meanings Providence, R.I.-based artist Anthony Keith Giannini earned a...
Shaping a State’s Art History
Expanded Texas Biennial Launches Its Fifth Iteration IMAGE ABOVE: TX?13 Danielle Georgiou, cialis Pizzicato Porno (2013), site videos...
Execution: Crucifixion
Symbols and Implements of Violent Death Abound in Lone Star Museums IMAGE ABOVE: Francisco Gallego (Spanish, order active...
Eyes on Texas: Visual Arts
AUSTIN Radical Transformation: Magnum Photos into the Digital Age In 2009, view the New York bureau 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...
Arturo Herrera
Venezuelan-born artist Arturo Herrera’s riffs on magic mushrooms and Walt Disney imagery play off each other – and...
DallasSITES: Available Space
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