By Bill Davenport on November 2, 2012
Culturemap attended the opening of alleged Menil vandal Uriel Landeros’ solo show Houston We Have a Problem and reported “as far as art openings go, the party was memorable . . . right down to the free forties (liquor bottles), the particularly good DJ, the off-duty police officers and the man wearing a gigantic basket [...]
Posted in Newswire | Tagged culturemap, james gallery, Mel Chin, menil picasso vandal, uriel landeros |
By Sebastien Boncy on September 14, 2012
Two months ago, The Station Museum’s Artifactual Realities closed. Unfortunately, I first visited the exhibition a couple weeks before the end and only had a short time to really absorb and enjoy the show’s strongest piece: Mel Chin’s The Funk and Wag From A to Z. If you missed it, Chin’s website gives you a [...]
Posted in Monocular | Tagged Celestial Emporium of Benevolent Knowledge, Cloud City, dada, Danny DeVito, Darth Vader, David Mamet, George Lucas, Han Solo, Jorge Luis Borges, Mel Chin, Palpatine, Punk Rock, Richard Serra, Star Wars, The Blisterpack Effect, The Station Museum, Universal Standard Encyclopedia, White Machine |
By Bill Davenport on September 12, 2012
The Houston Fine Art Fair’s Artweek kicked off yesterday with a Blaffer Blow Out with Houston Young People for the Arts (HYPA). It’s just the first of a “a non-stop, bodacious, and action-packed week of glamorous events.” Tonight at the new Asia Society Texas Center, international artist Mel Chin talks with local collector Jereann Cheney [...]
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By Bill Davenport on February 1, 2012
Citing an more interconnected world, and the growing role of Asia in international affairs and commerce, the Asia Society, founded in 1956 by John D. Rockefeller to explain Asia to Americans, has recast itself as a global pan-asian business and culture facilitator, and is building new $50 million offices in Houston and Hong Kong. The [...]
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By Harbeer Sandhu on January 8, 2012
Gold is on people’s minds a lot lately—more than usual, what with inflation worries, “End the Fed” protests and calls to return to a gold standard. People fear their dollar bills may soon be worth less than the paper they are printed on. As overhyped as these concerns may or may not be, food prices [...]
Posted in Article, Review | Tagged Culture Lab Collective, Damien Hirst, Dryden Wells, Harbeer Sandhu, Ian F. Thomas, Jonathan Whitfill, Mel Chin, Ryder Richards, Shreepad Joglekar, Sue Ann Rische, The Nave Museum, Walter Benjamin |
By GT contributors on September 6, 2011
Here they are, sorted by city, our picks for the best shows in Texas this fall! ALBANY Eric Zimmerman: Sixteen Tons The Old Jail Art Center September 24, 2011 – January 22, 2012 Hey North Texas: if you missed Eric Zimmerman’s recent shows at the Austin Museum of Art, Art Palace Gallery, or the Southwest [...]
Posted in Article, Feature | Tagged AIDS, ALBANY, Ann Stautberg, Anne Wallace, annette lawrence, Art Museum of Southeast Texas, ashley hunt, austin, Austin contemporary art, AutoBody (Featuring North of South, Ballroom Marfa, BEAUMONT, Beili Liu, Beto Gonzales, Bill Davenport, Calatrava, Charlotte Smith, CHRISTEENE, Christina Rees, Chuck Ramirez, Chuck Ramirez: Minimally Baroque, climate change, Communograph: Mapping Through Creative Action, Connections: Haley-Henman, Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for the Arts, dallas, dallas contemporary, Dan Havel, David Schalliol, David Schalliol: Isolated Building Series, David Shelton Gallery, David Taylor, Dean Ruck, Devon Dikeou, EL PASO, el paso museum of art, Elisa d’Arrigo, Ellen Frances Tuchman, eric zimmerman, ethel shipton, Fall Preview, Fifth Ward Jam, fort worth, Fort Worth Contemporary Arts, Frances Bagley, fucked up shit, Gabriel de la Mora, Gaffes and Informations: Kevin Tedora and Jeff Zilm, George R. Brown Convention Center, Haley-Henman Gallery, Hana Hillerova, HCC Central Fine Arts Gallery, HJ Bott, Houston, Houston Art Fairs.Houston Fine Art Fair, Houston Art League, Houston's Third Ward, Hung Liu, jason villegas, Jayne Lawrence: New Drawings and Sculpture, Jayne Lawrences, Jeff Zilm, Jennifer Rubell, Jesse Lott, John Adelman, John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship, Jonathan Whitfill, josef helfenstein, Joshua Bienko, Kevin Tedora, Landmark Arts at Texas Tech University, laura mcphee, Laura McPhee: River of No Return, Lauren Levy, Leigh Anne Lester, libby black, Linda Ridgway, Linnea Glatt, Louise Bourgeois, LUBBOCK, lucia simek, MacDowell Artists Colony, Madeline O’Connor, Marco Maggi, Marfa, Marfa local punk band Solid Waste, margaret meehan, Mary McCleary, Mary mikel Stump, Mel Chin, Mel Chin: The Funk and Wag from A to Z, menil collection, Meredith Danluck, Mierle Laderman Ukeles, Modern Ruin, Nasher Sculpture Center, New York musician John Carpenter, Object of Devotion: Medieval English Alabaster Sculpture from The Victoria and Albert Museum Tyler Museum of Art, Obsessive Worlds, patty ortiz, Paul Booker, Perry House, Perry House: Movin On, peter doroshenko, Project Row Houses, queer states, rainey knudson, Ray Carrington, Rick Lowe, San Antonio, San Antonio contemporary art, San Marcos, Sarah Fisch, Sawzall-equipped beavers, shawn smith, Silver: 25th Anniversary Exhibition, SRO (Standing Room Only) Photography Gallery, Stephen Fox, Susie Rosmarin, texas contemporary art fair, Texas State, The Blue Star Contemporary Art Center, The Gallery at University of Texas at Arlington, the guadalupe gallery, The Nave Museum, The Old Jail Art Center, The River of No Return, The Southwest School of Art, Tom Orr, Tony Cragg, Tony Cragg: Seeing Things, TYLER, Vernon Fisher, Victor Zamudio-Taylor, VICTORIA, Victoria and Albert Museum in London, Vincent Falsetta, Walter De Maria, Walter De Maria: Trilogies, West of East), Women and THeir WOrk, Working the Line: Photographs by David Taylor |