Clik here to view.
Uriel Landeros Turns Himself In
Robert BoydAfter running away and hiding in Mexico for several months, Uriel Landeros has turned himself in, according to click2houston.com.According to the Harris County District Attorney's Office,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Houston's Favorite Art From 2012
Robert BoydThe votes are in--the people have spoken. Below are the most popular exhibits, performances and art fairs as chosen by an internet poll. There were 329 responses (of which 72 had to be...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Pan Recommends for the week of January 10 to January 16
Robert BoydBusy weekend ahead for art. Here are some of the shows we're looking forward to.FRIDAYThe Bridge Club, The Voyage Out II, 2012, archival digital print, 24" x 36"The Bridge Club: Still at Art...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Some Questions for James Drake
Virginia Billeaud Anderson On January 12 Moody Gallery opens Group Exhibition of Gallery Artists, and it is unsurprising James Drake is part of the group. Surely, every time I visit Moody there are a...
View ArticleClik here to view.
I-10 Links
Robert BoydI know where I'm going the next time I visit New Orleans. I'm always suspicious when some boosterish persons decides that this or that neighborhood is an "arts district." That said, the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Uriel Landeros' Attorney
Robert BoydEmily DeToto, the lawyer representing Uriel Landeros (the Picasso grafitti guy, for those coming late to the party), was interviewed on ABC-Eyewitness News. They put up this nice long clip...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Menil's PTSD
Robert BoydThe Art Guys, The Art Guys Marry a Plant, 2009, live oak tree that the Art Guys married in a performanceAs many of you probably alread know, the Menil is getting rid of the Art Guys tree...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Shipwrecks and Other Moons
Robert BoydOne could, on seeing Ted Kincaid's photos at Devin Borden Gallery, be tempted into a conversation on the authenticity of photography. But that conversation would be old hat. What interests...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Pan Recommends for the week of January 17 to January 23
Robert BoydLot's of performance this weekend, and distant art outposts like Galveston and Kingwood are demanding our attention. Here are a few of the shows we'll be checking out this weekend. Let us...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Crackhouse Nazi
Robert BoydWe have all kinds of art in Houston. For example, this painting:This was found in a burnt-out house in the Third Ward by a local Reddit user who goes by the handle "OriginalRoman." He was...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Studio Visit: Keith Hollingsworth
Virginia Billeaud AndersonNo nudes, extreme violence, or racist imagery. Those are the guidelines for the exhibition Warm Up to Black and White: A Tribute to Picasso which opens at the Lyric Center on...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Dispatches from Little Sparta
Robert BoydThe first time I heard of Ian Hamilton Finlay (1925-2006) was in a book by Charles Jencks called Post-Modernism. Jencks' conception of Post-Modernism was shot through with classical allusion...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Birds and Grids: A Talk with Roberta Harris
Virginia Billeaud AndersonIn 2009 I wrote a catalogue essay for Roberta Harris’s Dallas museum retrospective, which is the reason I know she has been using some of the same pictorial signifiers since...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Pan Recommends for the week of January 24 to January 30
Robert BoydCuriously enough, Thursday seems to be the big day for openings this week. I guess no one wants to compete with openings at Lawndale and the Station Museum scheduled for Friday evening, and...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Questions for Mark Williams
Virginia Billeaud AndersonTwo days after Mark Williams notified me of his Houston exhibition, The Illusion of the Precise: Robert Ryman, Mark Williams, Todd Williamson at Wade Wilson Art through...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Pan Recommends for the week of January 31 to February 6
Robert Boyd with Dean LiscumAnother busy week in the world of Houston art. It would be pretty much impossible to hit every art-related event, but here are a few we like the looks of.THURSDAYGunilla...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Questions for Becky Soria
Virginia Billeaud AndersonWhen Becky Soria exhibited art based on Paleolithic cave paintings at Redbud Gallery in 2011 she made a few statements, the importance of which to understanding her art I...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Bert Long: 1940 - 2013
Robert BoydThe great Bert Long has died. He was 72. Long didn't become a full-time artist until 1979--prior to that he was a chef. But he more than made up for his late start, becoming one of Houston's...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Pan Recommends for the week of February 7 to February 13
Robert Boyd with Dean LiscumIt's Mardi Gras time and there will be partying. Or alternatively, you can discuss public art or go on a long walk or look at a few paintings. It's all cool.THURSDAYSlide...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Ricardo Ruiz’s Neighborhood
Virginia Billeaud AndersonWhen Ricardo Ruiz paints a javelina, he is pictorially describing a place. South Texas ranches along the Mexican border are overrun with javelinas. On Saturday afternoon I...
View Article