Michael Findlay Speaks Sanity: Connoisseurship in our Commodity Culture
Culturemap interviewed art dealer Michael Findlay about his new book, The Value of Art, which de-myhologizes some of the current hype surrounding contemporary art prices by putting it in historical context. Findlay spoke at the Menil Collection at a members-only event on Monday, November 19.
Landeros Opening “A Circus,” Menil to Feature Chin-Defaced Painting in Anniversary Celebration
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 [...]
MFAH Grand Gala 2012, Re-Chaired by Cornelia Long, Raises Either $1.4 or $1.5 Million,
Philanthropists in beaded gowns filled the Museum of Fine Arts Houston’s art deco themed halls for the 2012 Grand Gala Ball, chaired once again by Cornelia Long, chairman of the MFAH’s Board of Trustees, who last chaired the event fifty years ago in 1962. The Houston Chronicle’s Molly Glentzer reports on the gowns, the scenery, [...]
Suspected Menil Picasso Vandal on the Run: $5000 Reward for Houston Artist Uriel Landeros
Culturemap reports that Crime Stoppers has offered a $5000 reward for Houston artist Uriel Landeros, suspected of vandalizing Picasso’s Woman in a Red Armchair at the Menil Collection last week. Although Landeros’ name accompanied the original YouTube video documenting the art attack, police have apparently (hopefully?) uncovered more substantial evidence: Landeros was charged by the [...]
Art Guys Respond to Tree Vandalism: “That’s Just Wrong”
In an interview with Houston’s Culturemap, The Art Guys respond to the string of protests and vandalism that have marred the installation of their piece Art Guys Marry a Plant at the Menil Collection. Along with a recap of the piece’s stormy history, Culturemap reports that Houston art dealer Hiram Butler phoned the police on Saturday, [...]
TX Contemporary: A Blogthology
In addition to Glasstire’s erratic artfair coverage, varying with the signal strength of the GRB’s wi-fi jamming, a number of other people had something to say about the first contemporary art fair in Houston. Here’s a roundup: Blogger Robert Boyd of The Great God Pan is Dead took time off from the opening festivities of [...]
Van Dyke move discussed, Helfenstein takes revolving door philosophically
Steven Thomson discusses Kristina Van Dyke’s move to the Pulitzer Foundation, the Menil’s role as a training ground for hot young curators, and the future of African art at the Menil with Director Josef Helfenstein on Culturemap, pointing out that Van Dyke follows Franklin Sirmans and Susan Davidson to bigger and better things following a [...]