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The Endless Gallery Two-Step
Robert BoydAn art gallery is a hard business to make a success of. I suspect starting an art gallery is no less risky than a restaurant. In Houston, there are galleries that have been around for a...
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Screen Kiss
Robert BoydBritt Ragsdale, Still from DuetIf you have been following Britt Ragsdale's work over the past few years, the video work in Playback, curated by Paul Middendorf, won't be a big surprise....
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Elaine Bradford's Wedding Party
Robert BoydElaine Bradford, The Wedding Party, 2013, crocheted yarn, taxidermy, mixed media, dimensions variableSometimes art just wants to be fun. Sometimes having a laugh and not thinking too hard...
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Pan Recommends for the week of July 11 to July 16
Robert BoydThis is the biggest art weekend of the summer. The Big Show at Lawndale is always huge, and galleries take advantage of that hugeosity to host the annual ArtHouston event at many galleries...
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Violent Perpendiculars: A Few Thoughts about Pablo Siquier
Virginia Billeaud AndersonTo help viewers understand Argentine artist Pablo Siquier’s steel sculpture and related drawings, exhibited through July 27, Sicardi Gallery published curatorial notes in the...
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It was too crowded to look at art at the Big Show opening
Robert BoydSo I looked at people. Here are a few whose photos are more-or-less in focus.Daniel Anguilu and Rahul MitraJulon PinkstonKia NeillJohn Adelman explains stuff to Jason FullerDavid McClain and...
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LaToya Ruby Frazier: Double-Edged Didacticism
Betsy HueteCAMH curators Valerie Cassel Oliver and Dean Daderko for the past few years have organized programming that doesn’t simply showcase contemporary art. From Donald Moffat’s largely AIDS-era...
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Cretins and Classicism: A Talk with Patrick Palmer
Virginia Billeaud AndersonUnapologetically, I compare him to Degas. One can detect that level of skill in his handling of the human figure. Modeling of form comes by way of sharp-eyed observation,...
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Ad Reinhardt's Cartoons
Robert BoydExciting news!Zwirner is presenting a show by Ad Reinhardt this fall curated by Robert Storr, which will include a publication of the cartoon works.— Hrag (@hragv) July 17, 2013Ad...
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Pan Recommends for the week of July 18 to July 24
Robert BoydLast weeks was all about commercial galleries and big institutions. This week shifts the focus somewhat to alternative events and venues: performance, artist run spaces, unjuried shows, etc....
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Betsy Huete: Five Pieces from the Big Show
Betsy HueteThe Big Show, Lawndale Art Center’s annual juried exhibition, is a platform to showcase some of the year’s most exciting and innovative work coming from artists residing in or near the...
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Dean Liscum: Five Pieces from the Big Show
Dean LiscumMy five (ok six)In a very random order, here are my favorites.Saralene Tapley, Flourish, 2013, acrylic on watercolor paperThe flourish of this piece by Saralene Tapley is ambiguous...
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Robert Boyd: Five Pieces from the Big Show
Robert BoydDean Liscum, Betsy Huete and I all agreed to pick five pieces from the Big Show at Lawndale to write about. I found the choice hard to make. I liked a lot of the pieces this year. My first...
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More from the Big Show
Betsy Huete, Dean Liscum and Robert BoydI couldn't settle on just five pieces to write about from the Big Show, so I arbitrarily decided that I'd create an "honorable mention" post and forced my...
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5 x 5 x 5 (plus): Huete, Liscum and Boyd on the Big Show at Lawndale
Robert BoydSince 2009, I've been writing about the annual Big Show at Lawndale. This year's edition was juried by Duncan KacKenzie, the force behind the popular art podcast, Bad at Sports. He's a...
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Gabrielle Bell on Paul McCarthy (NSFW)
"We were in there for hours despite my revulsion and horror. Why? Because it was art. Because air-conditioning. Because we'd spent a lot on it. And because, beneath the repugnance, it was fascinating...
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Making art to make a difference at Brasil
Dean LiscumSunday's are generally art free days. Of course, the museums are open and the hoi polloi pour in. But the local galleries and the local artists generally give themselves the day off after a...
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Real Estate Art Quiz
Robert BoydOne of my favorite websites is Har.com, the website for the Houston Association of Realtors. It's great for browsing the insane variety of dwellings for sale in Houston and vicinity at any...
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Pan Recommends for the week of July 25 to July 31
Robert BoydIt's not quite the dog days of summer, but with triple digit temperatures, things are slowing down in Houston considerably. The events below are just about everything happening this weekend...
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