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Houston Ballet Celebrates Women Choreographers “Ballet is woman,” Balanchine famously proclaimed. Oh really? Some, women in particular, might think differently. Balanchine refers to the supreme role of the ballerina, which is indeed an exalted position in the field. Things did not work out so well when it came to positions of leadership, though [...]
Back to the Booths
Houston Fine Art Fair Returns, Emphasizes Local Scene Once upon a not-so-distant time – less than two years...
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 [...]
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...