Tag Archives: Texas

Saying Yes

by Ann Marie Nafziger | Feb 23, 2017

Painter Ann Marie Nafziger recounts her experience at Standing Rock, just days after the 2016 presidential election.

Shifting Perceptions of Houston’s Third Ward

by Sally Frater | Dec 9, 2013

Shifting Perceptions of Houston’s Third Ward

by Sally Frater | Dec 9, 2013

Writer-in-Residence Sally Frater explores Unity Foto Bank, an online project and site-specific installation in Houston, Texas.

Art21 Extended Play

Rackstraw Downes Paints West Texas

by Ian Forster | Aug 23, 2013

Rackstraw Downes Paints West Texas

by Ian Forster | Aug 23, 2013

In today’s “Exclusive,” artist Rackstraw Downes discusses his interest in altered landscapes.

Open Enrollment

East to West: Notes from the Road and the Slippage between Art and Life

by Lindsay Preston Zappas | Jun 13, 2012

East to West: Notes from the Road and the Slippage between Art and Life

by Lindsay Preston Zappas | Jun 13, 2012

When Jenn Pascoe road trips from Michigan to New York to San Diego, art and life spill together into memorable sites, sounds, galleries and landscapes.

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Fruits of Summer

by Joe Fusaro | Aug 3, 2011

Summer offers fantastic opportunities for educators of all kinds to catch interesting group shows and special exhibitions that are happening before we start up the engines again in the fall. …

Gastro-Vision

Gastro-Vision | Gone Shrimping!

by Nicole J. Caruth | Jul 15, 2011

Gastro-Vision | Gone Shrimping!

by Nicole J. Caruth | Jul 15, 2011

Forrest Gump was one of those rare films that changed the way people think about random everyday stuff, from a box of chocolates to a new pair of sneakers to …

Art21 Educators 2011-2012: Samantha Melvin and Kim Timmons

by Marc Mayer | Jun 14, 2011

Art21 Educators 2011-2012: Samantha Melvin and Kim Timmons

by Marc Mayer | Jun 14, 2011

This week is the sixth installment of Art21 Educators introductions, featuring each of the eight pairs of educators who were chosen to participate in the third year of the program. …

Open Enrollment

Open Enrollment | I Do Art, Here’s My Card: A Trip to SXSW

by Antonius Wiriadjaja | Mar 23, 2011

Open Enrollment | I Do Art, Here’s My Card: A Trip to SXSW

by Antonius Wiriadjaja | Mar 23, 2011

I have a pretty set routine that very delicately balances work and school, sandwiching meals and sleep somewhere in the nooks and crannies of my schedule. So my friends and …

Lives and Works in Berlin

Lives and Works in Berlin: Spring Thaw

by Ali Fitzgerald | Mar 3, 2011

Lives and Works in Berlin: Spring Thaw

by Ali Fitzgerald | Mar 3, 2011

I fly back to Berlin tomorrow, finally ending a prolonged Kerouac walk-through of mid-sized southern cities; a spring break for the “mild girl.” During my Texas stay, a sun constitutional …

No Preservatives: Conversations about Conservation

Caring for Outdoor Sculptures: A Conversation with John Campbell

by Richard McCoy | Sep 21, 2010

No Preservatives: Conversations about Conservation

Caring for Outdoor Sculptures: A Conversation with John Campbell

by Richard McCoy | Sep 21, 2010

IMA Conservator Richard McCoy finds out what John Campbell has been up to at the Nasher Sculpture Center.

Weekly Roundup

by Nettrice Gaskins | Aug 16, 2010

This week in the roundup … Barbara Kruger gets a celebration started, Cao Fei has her eyes on a prize, Cai Guo-Qiang goes in with a bang, Raymond Pettibon is into …

Weekly Roundup

by Nicole J. Caruth | Jun 8, 2010

A tribute to a great artist, a series of German faces, a big film of tiny things, some drawing restraint, and a bunch more in this week’s roundup: The Emilio …

John Gerrard’s “Dust Storm (Dalhart, Texas)”

by Ivan Lozano | Mar 21, 2010

John Gerrard’s “Dust Storm (Dalhart, Texas)”

by Ivan Lozano | Mar 21, 2010

This weekend I travelled to Washington D.C. (Arlington VA to be exact) to participate in a panel called WE HAVE DECIDED NOT TO DIE for the Arlington Arts Center‘s amazing …

Dan Phillips: Not Merely Vernacular, Pt. 2

by Leanne Gilbertson | Feb 8, 2010

Dan Phillips: Not Merely Vernacular, Pt. 2

by Leanne Gilbertson | Feb 8, 2010

In my estimation, Phoenix Commotion’s ongoing project (founded around 1998 by Dan Phillips) does much more than simply supply a university town with a rich dose of local color. While …

Flash Points

Deference to the Vernacular

by Anna Kryczka | Dec 9, 2009

In a short essay dealing with the peculiarities of the West Texas that Donald Judd called home, he writes, Here, everywhere, the destruction of new land is a brutality…Within a …

Weekly Roundup

by Nicole J. Caruth | Jul 20, 2009

Works by Art21 artists Pepón Osario (Season 1) and Eleanor Antin (Season 2) are currently on view in the exhibition Black&WhiteWorks at Ronald Feldman Fine Arts. The show includes painting, …

Calling all photographers: Museums (and Wikipedia) want to recruit you!

by Jonathan Munar | Feb 6, 2009

Calling all photographers: Museums (and Wikipedia) want to recruit you!

by Jonathan Munar | Feb 6, 2009

“Henry VIII,” Hiroshi Sugimoto (Season 3) February may very well be the unofficial month of the photography contest. Earlier this week, Joe Fusaro wrote about art contests in the classroom, …

Color into Light

by Nicole J. Caruth | Dec 13, 2008

Color into Light opened today at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (MFAH). The exhibition of approximately 90 works explores the ways that artists have used color as a “liberating force,” from the …

Art of the 1960s at the Blanton Museum of Art

by Erin Riley-Lopez | Sep 19, 2008

Art of the 1960s at the Blanton Museum of Art

by Erin Riley-Lopez | Sep 19, 2008

Two new exhibitions opening September 28, 2008 and running through January 18, 2009 at the Blanton Museum of Art in Austin, Texas explore an overlooked chapter in regional art history. …

Hubbard/Birchler: No Room to Answer

by Nicole J. Caruth | Sep 13, 2008

Hubbard/Birchler: No Room to Answer

by Nicole J. Caruth | Sep 13, 2008

Hubbard/Birchler: No Room to Answer is the first major survey in an American museum of works by Teresa Hubbard and Alexander Birchler (Season 3). The exhibition is on view from September 14, …

A Cult, Some Vegans, A Ballet, Oh My!

by Mary Cook | Sep 2, 2008

A Cult, Some Vegans, A Ballet, Oh My!

by Mary Cook | Sep 2, 2008

What do you get when you mix religious overtones, memories of a few former vegan college roommates, comic book-inspired heroes and elegant ballerinas prancing around the stage in funny costumes? …

Socially Acceptable

by Amy Mackie | Jul 15, 2008

My biggest pet peeve in New York City is watching men (and women) of all walks of life, hack and cough, then swiftly discharge a slimy wad of saliva on …

Last Chance: The Old, Weird America

by Nicole J. Caruth | Jul 15, 2008

Last Chance: The Old, Weird America

by Nicole J. Caruth | Jul 15, 2008

Closing at the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston on July 20, The Old, Weird America is the first museum exhibition to explore the widespread resurgence of folk imagery and history in …

Artpace annually invites nine artists to conceive and create new art projects as part of their International Artist-in-Residence program in San Antonio, TX. Each residency is for a period of two months …

Sound & Language

by Arezoo Moseni | Jun 26, 2008

Sound & Language

by Arezoo Moseni | Jun 26, 2008

The human voice is the most specific expression of an individual. With its infinite potential for sound effects and imitation along with its prime role in communication, it is clearly …

Picks from the Blanton Museum

by Maria Nicanor | Apr 16, 2008

Picks from the Blanton Museum

by Maria Nicanor | Apr 16, 2008

Check out The Blanton Museum of Art’s two exciting exhibitions featuring works by Art21 artists Richard Tuttle (Season 3), Michael Ray Charles (Season 1) and Hubbard + Birchler (Season 3). …

Martin Puryear retrospective at Modern Art Museum of Ft. Worth

by Nicole J. Caruth | Mar 26, 2008

Martin Puryear retrospective at Modern Art Museum of Ft. Worth

by Nicole J. Caruth | Mar 26, 2008

Through May 18, 2008, the traveling retrospective of work by Art21 artist Martin Puryear (Season 2), is on view at the Modern Art Museum of Forth Worth and features nearly …

This weekend: Trenton Doyle Hancock at Arthouse

by Nicole J. Caruth | Mar 21, 2008

This weekend: Trenton Doyle Hancock at Arthouse

by Nicole J. Caruth | Mar 21, 2008

From March 22 ‚Äì April 27, 2008, Arthouse in Austin, Texas will present the exhibition Cult of Color: Call to Color in conjunction with a new ballet by the same …

Beautiful Losers at SXSW

by Kristin Farr | Mar 6, 2008

Beautiful Losers at SXSW

by Kristin Farr | Mar 6, 2008

Headed to Austin, Texas this weekend for the South by Southwest Music and Media Conference? Don’t miss the world premier of Beautiful Losers, a film showcasing the work of artists …

Antoni, Charles, and Hamilton in Points of Convergence in TX

by Kelly Shindler | Feb 26, 2008

Antoni, Charles, and Hamilton in Points of Convergence in TX

by Kelly Shindler | Feb 26, 2008

Currently on view at the Gallery at the University of Texas at Arlington is Points of Convergence. Seven nationally-recognized contemporary artists, who received MFA degrees from seven different American university …

Gabriel Orozco at Dallas Museum of Art

by Kelly Shindler | Dec 20, 2007

Gabriel Orozco at Dallas Museum of Art

by Kelly Shindler | Dec 20, 2007

The Dallas Museum of Art presently hosts an installation by Season 2 artist Gabriel Orozco. Gabriel Orozco: Inner Circles of the Wall premieres one of his sculptural installations from 1999. …

Contemporary Conversations: Robert Ryman, 1976

by Ana Otero | Nov 9, 2007

Contemporary Conversations: Robert Ryman, 1976

by Ana Otero | Nov 9, 2007

The Menil Collection will open a collection of work from 1976 by Robert Ryman, featured artist in Season Four of Art:21‚ÄîArt in the Twenty-First Century. Recognized for his remarkable ability …

A Rose Has No Teeth: Bruce Nauman‚Äôs Formative Years

by Ana Otero | Nov 6, 2007

A Rose Has No Teeth: Bruce Nauman‚Äôs Formative Years

by Ana Otero | Nov 6, 2007

A Rose Has No Teeth: Bruce Nauman‚Äôs Formative Years is currently on view at the Menil Collection in Houston, Texas. The exhibition, which provides new research and insight into …

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