By Rachel Hooper on December 9, 2012
We arrived at Blue Star Thursday night to a performance of Justin Randolph Thompson’s Tossin’ the Rag as part of his exhibition Meet Me in the Bottoms. A rag doll was being thrown in the air from a blanket while the artist performed with a group of collaborators. They were accompanied by a small band facing [...]
Posted in Blog, Wax by the Fire | Tagged ann wood, Artpace, benjamin h mcvey, Blue Star Contemporary Art Center, brian fridge, catherine anspon, claudia schmuckli, claudio dicochea, dikeou collection, Esteban Delgado, ethan moore, gabriel diego delgado, gary schafter, Goya, ivan salacido, jon pylypchuk, Jonathan Leach, justin randolph thompson, liza littlefield, McNay Art Museum, Michele Monseau, nancy douthey, painting, photography, royal art lodge, sculpture, susan plum, University of houston, utsa, video, vincent valdez |
By Bill Davenport on July 20, 2012
MFAH director Gary Tinterow’s old Metropolitan Museum of Art connections, and the deep pockets of his new institution are paying off for the Prado: yesterday the NY Times announced that the MFAH it would be the only US venue for the upcoming “Portrait of Spain: Masterpieces From the Prado,” show, a travelling showcase for 100 [...]
Posted in Newswire | Tagged andrea del bagno, david bomford, gary tinterow, Goya, metropolitan museum of art, prado, velazquez, wynne phelan, zahira véliz |
By Sarah Fisch on May 14, 2011
You still have time to see the Texas Biennial 2011! It’s up until May 21, extended by a week. At least the main exhibition — curated by Virgina Rutledge, copyright attorney/art historian/former special counsel to Creative Commons — is still up in this large office building at 816 Congress. I think this is sort of [...]
Posted in Review | Tagged 816 Congress, austin art, Being John Malkovich, border issues, Caravaggio, Catherine Colangelo, cumbia, drug cartels, drug wars, Goya, Hieronymous Bosch, Jessica Mallios, Kathryn Kelley, Katy Horan, Marcelyn McNeil, Michael Anthony García, nautical art, Rembrandt, Ricardo Paniagua, Richard Martinez, Rigoberto A. Gonzales, San Antonio art, Sarah Fisch, soft sculpture, Tejano culture, texas painting, texas video art, TX Biennial 2011, Virginia Rutledge |