Marfa Magic Propagates in Pittsburgh
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette ran a short feature about Marfa in today’s paper, and though Judd, Chinati, and modern art art all prominent themes, it’s nice that the Mystery Lights, Marfa’s other mystic, transcendent tourist experience get a paragraph as well.
Cy Twombly dead at 83
America’s first graffiti painter Cy Twombly died in Rome Tuesday at the age of 83. Known for his groundbreaking (or wall breaking) conflation of drawing, painting and writing, he is memorialized in an eponymous pavilion at Houston’s Menil Collection, which has an extensive collection of his works. Oddly enough, his contemporary Donald Judd, also beloved [...]
Kellein heralded in Marfa
The Chinati foundation is celebrating its new director, Thomas Kellein on Tuesday, March 29. Refreshments will be served amid the John Chamberlain sculptures from 5:30-7pm. Kellein, a Judd scholar, begn work in January, succeeding Dr. Marianne Stockebrand, who retired last year. He will be featured on KRTS Marfa Public Radio’s “Talk at Ten” on Tuesday, [...]