Review: Brendan Cass “Texas”

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Brendan Cass’ bright landscapes may seem crude, garish and generally unsettling at first, but the irresolvable images have a haunting quality that rewards extended viewing. His painting superficially resembles a style of figurative painting [...]
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Music & Medals

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Here in Houston, with the recent completion of Houston Grand Opera’s (HGO) annual Eleanor McCollum Competition for Young Singers, this month’s Young Texas Artist Competition (YTA) [...]
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Ruffling the Fringe

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WOULD YOU ATTEND YOUR OWN funeral? Would you let a stranger wash your hair? Would you put your art in the fridge? Consider also four-hour artist mini-residencies that run ’round the clock [...]
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The Sweet Sounds of March

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Two choral events happening March 24 at 7:30 pm: “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell: Coming Out Under Fire” at the Lillie and Roy Cullen Theater and “A Dome of Many-Coloured Glass” at The Church of St. John the Divine [...]
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Wild Children of the Arts

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I have a special place in my heart for independent artists, and I’m proud to count myself as one of them. Individual artists enjoy an expansive creative freedom. We’re the wild flowers [...]
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Cut and Paste

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IN A 1929 PHOTOGRAPH BY RUSSIAN avant-garde artist El Lissitzky, an extreme close-up of an eye stares out at the viewer, one dark, bristling eyebrow hovering over the oculus. The subject’s pupil has [...]
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Strait To Houston

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IRINA CHMYREVA AND EVGENY Berezner do not rush to answers. After each question, there is a moment when they allow themselves a glance, and perhaps a few words in Russian. They then launch into long, [...]
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