Noah Simblist

Noah Simblist in conversation with Jeff Williams, Kysa Johnson, Cruz Ortiz, Ry Rocklen, Giovanni Valderas, Anoka Faruqee, Angela Dufresne, Lauren Cross, and Keliy Anderson-Staley.

A couple weeks ago, Austin’s Arthouse presented its second round of exhibitions in its newly renovated and expanded building. Opening night was packed with people moving back and forth through…

The past few years have been a busy time for new (or renewed) contemporary art institutions in Austin. The Blanton Museum of Art opened a new and expanded building in…

Retrospectives are more often than not reserved for famous artists. Like the recent Luc Tuymans exhibition at the Dallas Museum of Art, these exhibitions are usually organized for large institutions…

“The earth will be a heaven in the 21st century in comparison with what it is now.” – Madame Blavatsky

At a recent lecture about his work at Southern Methodist University, the artist Tony Matelli made a crack declaring all public art to be corporate jewelry. He was arguing that…

In 1971, Linda Nochlin famously asked "Why Have There Been No Great Women Artists?" We know that her assumption is no longer true even though at the time her argument…

At the age of 37, Scott Barber was diagnosed with N.H. lymphoma. In April, 2005, he passed away due to complications from a bone-marrow transplant. As both memorial and celebration…

The madman prophet storyteller Trenton Doyle Hancock has arrived once again in Dallas.

A map of a museum is often set up like an atlas of humanity, bound together by the latitudes and longitudes of truth and beauty.

These days the idea of shelter lies on the ephemeral end of architecture. It evokes the primal need for protection, from the elements or invaders.

In March of 1955 the Public Affairs Luncheon Club, a local women’s group, charged the Dallas Museum of Art with exhibiting the work of artists with Communist affiliations and neglecting…

To some degree, all artists’ work is about perception; but some art is more self-conscious of that fact than others. The work of Demian LaPlante at Gallery 414 sits squarely…