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Building a Better Texas Biennial
The fantasy goes something like this: Most everyone was pleased with the clear, focused vision for the 2011 Texas Biennial. It was a brilliant success, with a tightly curated, single exhibition put together by a well-known curator from out of state. The show itself was held in a great institution in a city other than Austin, [...]
Hello, goodbye: ArtLies last launch and farewell party in Houston
Lame-duck art mag Artlies will launch it’s final issue, #68, themed “Architecture is not Art” edited by Mary Ellen Carroll, on Friday, May 20 from 6-8pm at Domy Books on Westheimer in Houston. Get a free (once again!) copy of the dying publication’s last gasp, share your memories, and buy up those soon-to-be-collectible back issues!
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Prototype 90
Without the fanfare and pared down in budget, projects like Mary Ellen Carroll’s much-hyped house moving art piece Prototype 180 are gaining traction as a popular pastime! Houston neighborhood blog The Heights Life reports a the recent 90-degree rotation of a vintage bungalow at 19th and Herkimer Streets, speculating that the rotation-in-place had “something to [...]