Roy Neinast

Austin native Daniel Dove’s latest solo show at Los Angeles’ Cherry and Martin features eight oil paintings that hint at apocalyptic aftermath, their subjects fractured, stripped down and reconstructed, giving…

This place used to be off limits, man, ‘cause some drunk freshman fell off. He went right down the middle, smacking his head on every beam, man. I hear it…

  Will I make it through this quick review of Shawn Smith’s "Vicious Venue" at Lawndale without referencing Jean Baudrillard more than once? I think so, but it might be…

It’s time for Halloween, and do we even have to finish this introductory paragraph? You know what’s coming. Let’s get to it.       Sharon Kopriva  In the pictured…

  So I’ve been playing Hi, How Are You, the iPhone game based on the drawings and music of Daniel Johnston, for a couple weeks now. The game debuted near…

    In honor of Clint Willour’s look at what Lawndale’s been doing in the past five years, a.k.a. “Lawndale Art Center 30th Anniversary Exhibition,” I thought it’d be fun…

In honor of the opening on Thursday, August 13, of Perspectives 167: Jason Villegas at the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, I thought it’d be fun to post a few of…

By now you’ve probably seen Dan Lacey’s paintings of President Barack Obama, naked, with a unicorn, among other things.               But I just wanted…

  Curated by Austin artist Sloke, "Texas Heat" offers a primary- and secondary-colored look at the possibilities and limitations of gallery work that’s strictly inspired by street graffiti. The key…

The iPhone app store’s first birthday is July 11, and what better way to celebrate than by downloading apps created by Texas animators? (Okay, there are probably plenty of better…

  Councilmember Sue Lovell recently announced the City of Houston’s new graffiti website, complete with surprisingly detailed fast facts.   For example, did you know the average age of the…

  …except for when he wasn’t.   An oversimplication? Yeah, sure. I assume there’s more of the picture at "Dr. Seuss Wants You!" the exhibition at the Holocaust Museum Houston…

  In honor of Andrea Grover’s upcoming screening of Astrodome movies at the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, I’ve composed a brief ode to the Eighth Wonder’s scoreboard.   The Astrodome…

All cultural products mirror their society, but perhaps none more so than television. After all, when’s the last time you went to Mexico and didn’t see big-breasted women hanging out…

 A couple of Houston public-art deadlines loom: The Houston Arts Alliance and the convention folks are looking for short videos to be displayed on flat-screens around the George R. Brown.…

So there’s this swine flu thing, maybe you’ve heard about it…   I was feeling topical yesterday evening, and I started doing my thing on the Internet (it’s a gift),…

If you don’t know what Twitter is, you’ve probably never been on the Internet, but you’re somehow reading this sentence, and, well, that’s what you’d call a paradox. Anyway, I’ve…

  Some thoughts on street artists who also sell T-shirts, listed with numbers in front to feign intellectual rigor:   1.) I don’t think there’s anything wrong with making money…

Where’s our bailout? Oh, wait, here it is.   The Texas Commission on the Arts, in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts, has set aside some cash for…