Caleb Bell previews the tenth anniversary of "True North," an annual sculpture show featuring artworks installed along Heights Boulevard in Houston.
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Caleb Bell on artist Jeffie Brewer's return to his hometown of Palestine, Texas.
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What’s clear is that the artist is deeply attuned to the nuance of profiles, surfaces, and material transitions, as any good sculptor should be.
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Caroline Frost reviews the exhibition "Connective Tissues: Printed and Published," on view at the Visual Arts Center at UT Austin.
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A Philosophy of Food and Culture: Adán Medrano’s “Truly Texas Mexican”
by Neil Fauersoby Neil FauersoThe documentary is unapologetic about its mission of decolonization, and presents one of the most clear-eyed articulations of the concept I've encountered.
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“It’s this weird duality. Art spaces are falling away, but at the same time, we’re creating more access points.”
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[Sponsored] Gaye Lynn and Michael Hodgson at Rockport Center for the Arts
by Betsy Hueteby Betsy HueteThe crux of the collaborative practice of Gaye Lynn and Michael Hodgson, over thirty years in the making, is that eating and drinking is a performative act that should be honored.
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The Magic of Sátántangó (And It Screens This Saturday at Rice Cinema)
by Neil Fauersoby Neil FauersoI made sure prior to the Austin screening to post on social media jokes about no one wanting to go with me, to secure that I couldn’t bail the day of, like a poser. What is the purpose of depicting such misery, especially in almost real time (sometimes in a surreal, slower than real time)?
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The documentary acknowledges one woman’s noble act of refusal to let the flow of ephemeral media go unquestioned.
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Magee has been discriminatingly ubiquitous for decades
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[Sponsored] Greg Reuter’s Fundamental Facets at Rockport Center for the Arts
by Betsy Hueteby Betsy HueteFor both Reuter and Rockport, the show is a kind of homecoming — a way to honor and engage with an already tight-knit community that endured a painful and life-altering event.
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A City’s New Temple: The Realization of Linda Pace’s Ruby City in San Antonio
by Neil Fauersoby Neil FauersoThe finished structure indeed has the gravitas of a temple, and is as much a work of art as the collection it houses.
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This broken landscape of self-involved cluster-narratives reflects our contemporary culture scarily well.
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Cocksucker Blues: Robert Frank’s Infamous Rolling Stones Film At The MFAH
by Peter Lucasby Peter LucasThe infamous film documents the 1972 U.S. tour of rock group the Rolling Stones; it has never been officially distributed theatrically or released on any home-video format.
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There’s something at the core of Blake's creative process that has allowed him to simultaneously construct and live within varied imagined musical worlds: cinema.
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Webb has come to 100W to conjure and divine the history and lingering presence of Navarro County African-American psychic Annie Buchanan.
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Houston hosts a rare performance by Basquiat’s un-band, and a journey through the creative life of Michael Holman.
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This month marks the launch of a new art journal with UT Dallas' 'The Athenaeum Review,' a quarterly print and online publication.
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For the next year, the Menil will rotate out pieces from its permanent collection throughout the building.
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"The research was really addictive... I worked on this book slowly and patiently for about five years. In some ways I feel like I have only scratched the surface of what was happening here."