By Rachel Hooper on September 15, 2012
I have to admit that art fairs, in general, are not my thing. They seem exhausting for everyone involved from visitors to the gallery girls working the booths. With 80 participating galleries in this year’s Houston Fine Art Fair, my eyes were glazed over after about an hour at Reliant Center, and I had a [...]
Posted in Blog, Wax by the Fire | Tagged Barbara Davis Gallery, brad bucher, carlos cruz diaz, daniel mcfarlane, Gallery Sonja Roesch, Geoff Hippenstiel, Hollis Taggart Galleries, houston fine art fair, joe havel, Julie Mehretu, kara walker, leslie hewitt, Man Ray, mfah, Robyn O’Neil, schroeder romero & shredder, shazia sikander, talley dunn gallery, The Art Guys, Trenton Doyle Hancock, Victoria Lightman, Willem De Kooning |
By Colette Copeland on December 6, 2011
Last night I attended the 360 Speaker Series at the Nasher Sculpture Center featuring SMU Art Chair Michael Corris in conversation with famed art critic and author Dore Ashton. I left feeling so energized. Ashton is a gifted storyteller. In relating her experiences with the Abstract Expressionist painters of the 50’s, she made art history [...]
Posted in Blog, The Open Blog, Uncategorized | Tagged Dore Ashton, Joseph Beuys, micahel corris, Willem De Kooning |