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Pan Recommends for the week of October 25 to October 31
Robert BoydTHURSDAYRoberta Harris, Golden Steps, 2012, oil and mixed media on canvas, 70" x 60"Roberta Harris: Recent Paintings and Works on Paper at the Contemporary Art Gallery at Houston Baptist...
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The Uriel Landeros Exhibit Was a Crashing Bore (NSFW)
Robert BoydThese guys must have been expecting so much more. But the "Houston, we have a problem..." exhibit at James Perez Art Gallery, by alleged Picasso vandal Uriel Landeros, was a damp squib,...
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Hiding Out with Skeez187 and TKNY
Robert BoydIf you went to Uriel Landeros's dreadful exhibit Friday night, you at least had the opportunity to look in on Escondido, an exhibit by Skeez187 (aka Skeezer Stinkfist) and TKNY at Chuntaro...
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New Orleans Coda
Robert BoydWhen I wrote about the art I saw in New Orleans, I left out one striking piece because I couldn't identify it. It was in a doorway on Royal Street in the French Quarter. It was right next to...
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Beauty Just Doesn't Cut It
Robert BoydForrest Prince, Attention Artist, 2012, wood, glass, vinyl letteringAttention Artist by Forrest Prince is on view at the Station Museum exhibit [Hx8], which opened last night. I think this...
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Texas Contemporary Art Fair is a Texas Fair
Dean LiscumWhether it's a state fair or a county fair or a contemporary arts fair, in Texas, a fair is a fair. So when I went to that big pole barn on the east side of downtown, I wasn't looking for...
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RIP Daniel-Kayne
Robert Boyd Daniel-Kayne in Three Day Fast It has been reported on his Facebook page that Houston artist Daniel-Kayne is dead. I don't know any details and it has not been confirmed. As I hear more, I...
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It's Time to Short These Links
Robert BoydSarah Thornton will stop writing about art auctions and other rich-people hobbiesI quit! Sarah Thornton, author of the highly entertaining and insightful Seven Days in the Art World has...
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It's Hard to Know Who to Cheer For Sometimes
Robert BoydIf I am reading these comments on James Perez's Facebook page correctly, Perez didn't have permission to vandalize the work by Uriel Landeros which he displayed. (You can see examples of the...
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Pan Recommends for the week of November 1 to November 7
All kinds of events this week--it's difficult to spotlight just a few. But here are some we like.THURSDAYa window with art in it, presumably on Main St., and I'm guessing that is Rosine Kouamen...
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It's an Ill Wind
Robert BoydSure it's killed 157 people so far, caused billions of dollar in damages, and flooded galleries throughout Chelsea, but at least one art collector came out ahead because of Sandy. At the...
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At the City Council Meeting
Robert BoydFriday night, I attended a city council meeting for the cities of Bismark, Oakland, Tempe, San Antonio, Houston, and Portland, Oregan. Except what I actually attended was a night of amateur...
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Little Wooden Boxes by Clark Derbes
Robert Boyd When I walked into the Clark Derbes exhibit at Redbud Gallery, I liked what I saw--crude wooden boxes with geometric designs painted on them. They charmed me right away. I liked how the...
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Pan Recommends for the week of November 8 to November 14
Robert BoydI will be out of town this weekend, so I will be missing a lot of really great stuff that's going on here--particularly the Cinema Arts Festival. This fourthiteration of the festival has so...
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Two Great Brand Names Together at Last
Robert BoydI was in the Galleria the other day when I saw this. Rob Pruitt is no longer a mere artist--he's a brandIt's a little hard to see, but that's Rob Pruitt's name on the window on the left side...
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The Brooklyn Comics and Graphics Festival Was Less Fun Than I Would Have Liked
Robert BoydThis weekend I flew into New York to visit the Brooklyn Comics and Graphics Festival (aka the BCGF) for the second time. I loved it the first time, so I had high hopes. Things went wrong...
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Splat That! Ushio-style
Dean LiscumOn November 4, 2012, PG Contemporary gallery hosted a performance by a founding member of the Japanese Neo-Dadaist movement, Ushio Shinohara. Shinohara is Japanese by birth. He studied at...
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Pan Recommends for the week of November 15 to November 21
Robert BoydLots of interesting shows, including some at highly unusual venues. But why did everybody schedule their openings for Friday? Planning for gallery hopping this Friday will require some...
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In the Desert with Gilad Efrat
Robert BoydGilad Efrat's paintings of the Israeli Negev desert (currently on view at Inman Gallery) are monochromatic, much as one assumes the desert itself is. This help accentuate the sense of...
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Chelsea Morning Ruin Porn
Robert BoydI was in New York last weekend for a comics festival and spent part of of my trip wandering around Chelsea and looking at art and destruction. Lots has been writtenabout the effects of Sandy...
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