Art
Bringing Latin American Masters of Kinetic and Light Art Out of Obscurity
HOUSTON — Twentieth-century kinetic and light art has long been the redheaded stepchild of the art world.
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Will Ellsworth Kelly's Austin Sanctuary Out-Transcend Houston's Rothko Chapel?
Move out of the way, Houston, with your fancy Rothko Chapel. Austin’s fix’n to get one of its own, this time designed by Color Field artist Ellsworth Kelly.
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Neighborhood Founded by Freed Slaves Rallies to Save Its Brick Roads
Century-old brick streets in a historically black neighborhood in Houston, Texas, are under threat of demolition, the culmination of a years-long debate over the preservation of Freedmen's Town.
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Houston Museum Expansion Wipes Out Local Architect's Legacy
The Steven Holl-designed redevelopment of the campus of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston means destruction for a building designed by an important local architect.
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MacArthur Grantee Rick Lowe on Art as Community
DALLAS — Vickery Meadow is the kind of place that makes the news for all the wrong reasons. An impoverished enclave for immigrants and refugees in Dallas, it has long been one of the city’s most violent neighborhoods.
Art
The Frontier of the Art World
GALVESTON, Texas — The idea of a boomtown is part of the myth of the United States of America. Like dreamers huddled around storytellers in an ethereal oasis, Americans like tales of prosperity that lead to legends of streets paved with gold.
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Will Houston Demolish Its Iconic 'Art Barn'? [UPDATED]
The city of Houston might lose a 45-year-old artistic landmark. Dubbed “The Art Barn,” the corrugated metal building at Rice University was constructed by arts patrons John and Dominique de Menil over 10 short weeks in 1969 to house the MoMA exhibition Machine: As Seen at the End of the Mechanical A
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The Evolving and Bizarre Story of Houston's Vandalized Picasso
Poor Picasso. His "Femme au fauteuil rouge (Woman in a Red Armchair)" (1929) was vandalized last week at Houston's Menil Collection and the artist claiming responsibility for the action, Uriel Llanderos, has essentially been bragging about his bravado on his rather sparse Facebook page. But the stor
Opinion
Cardboard Los Angeles
MANILA, Philippines — One of the lovely things about living abroad is seeing the American art world through the internet. When in the US, I'm tugged in so many directions from brick-and-mortar spaces, but there are a ton of American gems online, and not all of them are in New York and Los Angeles. L