Amon Carter Museum of American Art
Feature Photography Exhibition: Work
Masterworks of American Photography: Landscape
54th Annual Delta Exhibition
Building the Collection: Lino Tagliapietra
Ending Sunday, Jan 29th
Goldilocks and Little Red Riding Hood
Horizons Interrupted
Masters of American Watercolor
Fabled Journeys in Asian Art: East Asia
Qiu Anxiong: Animated Narratives
Qualities of Jade
David Jablonowski: Many to Many (Stone Carving High Performance)
Failure
Rob Pruitt
Encountering Space in the Center for Creative Connections
Form/Unformed: Design from 1960 to the Present
Ending Sunday, Jan 29th
Mark Manders: Parallel Occurrences/Documented Assignments
The Fashion World of Jean Paul Gaultier: From the Sidewalk to the Catwalk
David Taylor: Working the Line
Margarita Cabrera
Our Lady of Refuge of Sinners
Working the Line: Photographs by David Taylor
Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth
Dutch and Flemish Masterworks from the Rose-Marie and Eijk van Otterloo Collection
English Taste: The Art of Dining in the Eighteenth Century
Ending Sunday, Jan 29th
Highlights of the Peter Blum Edition Archive
Matthew Buckingham “Where Will We Live?”
New Formations: Czech Avant-Garde Art and Modern Glass from the Roy and Mary Cullen Collection
The Spirit of Modernism: The John R. Eckel, Jr. Foundation Gift to the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Tutankhamun: The Golden King and the Great Pharaohs
Visions of Saints
Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum
Frocks & Togs: Childrens Clothing from 1900 through the 1950s
Littlefield Murals
Try!: Rodeo on the Southern Plains
5,000 Years of Chinese Jade
Animal Instinct: The Photographs of Daniel Lee
San Antonio Collects: African American Artists
The Chinese Art of Cricket Keeping: The Ernest K. H. Lee Collection
Black and Gold Exhibit
Reflections on Water in American Painting: The Arthur J. Phelan Collection
Heritage Auctions has announced that Kathleen Guzman has been appointed as Managing Director of the company’s recently opened Manhattan office, located at 445 Park Avenue (at 57th Street) , where she will oversee day-to-day operations.
Amarillo area children will have the opportunity to get into the Christmas spirit by creating holiday ornaments, cards, and gifts for family and friends at the Amarillo Museum of Art’s annual Children’s Christmas Workshop.
Conversations about shared memories of life in Mexico City — and the objects, colors and smells that can inspire those memories — became the inspiration for Recuerdos: Nostalgia on the Periphery, a mixed media art exhibition at the University of North Texas exploring contemporary Mexican art.
The Blanton Museum of Art at The University of Texas at Austin announces the departure of Cheryl Snay in early November. Snay, who joined The Blanton in 2004 as Assistant Curator of Prints and Drawings, and was then promoted to Associate Curator of European Art, is leaving to serve as Curator of European Art at the Snite Museum of Art at the University of Notre Dame.
The Dallas Art Dealers Association (DADA) 25th anniversary festivities began with a reception for the winner of DADA’s Edith Baker Art Scholarship and Artist Career Development Fund on Friday, September 24, 2010 at the Irving Arts Center, 3333 N. MacArthur Boulevard. The DADA Scholarship Committee juried the 14 finalists chosen by visual art faculty members of the Dallas County Community College District. The winner, Brian Hauser of Brookhaven College, received $4,000, and may obtain a mentorship and an internship with a DADA member if he so chooses. Call 214-914-1099 for more information.
This exhibition marks a return to celebrating the rich holdings that form the acclaimed collection of modern and contemporary art at the Dallas Museum of Art. Re-seeing the Contemporary, which also includes important loans from local collections, features surprising works, such as Steve Wolfe’s Untitled (Piano Music for Erik Satie), alongside more familiar icons such as Jackson Pollock’s Cathedral. Others on view include John Chamberlain’s Dancing Duke and Alan Saret’s Deep Forest Green Dispersion, two dramatic works of metal and paint installed side by side. This exhibition of sixty paintings, sculpture and works on paper is on view through April 3, 2011.
The Casa Mañana Gallery in association with Casa Mañana Theatre continues its season with the presentation of TRISTEZA – Artwork by Nathan Porterfield and Bert Herrington. Tristeza, spanish for sadness, also refers to a virus that affects citrus trees. The art of both Nathan Porterfield and Bert Herrington explores the nature of wood and the journey from tree to product. The exhibit presents sculptural paintings that have been recycled from different environments and transplanted into the art world.
After a month of festivities, Art in October: Celebrating the Dallas Arts District draws to a close on October 31 with the Art in October Closing Celebration, a free costume-themed family celebration. Admission will be free to the museums and families are encouraged to come in their favorite costume.
During Idea Week, I attended Pecha Kucha Vol. 4 at the Wyly Theatre. Pecha Kucha (pronounced puh-che ku-cha) Night began in Tokyo as an event for designers to share their work with each other. The event evolved into a format of 12 presenters, 20 slides each, and 20 seconds for each slide.
The original 1952 cover art for the best-selling children’s book, Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White, brought $155,350 on Friday, Oct. 15 as a feature of Heritage Auctions’ Signature Illustration Art auction. Part One of Garth Williams: The Art of Charlotte’s Web – consigned by the late great artist’s family – brought more than $780,000, with the cover art to the famous book establishing a world record price for any Williams art. The price for the cover was more than five times the pre-sale estimate. All prices include 19.5% Buyer’s Premium.
Laura Moore Fine Art Studio — A working artist's studio and gallery. Check this one out in McKinney, Texas.
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Mr. Holga — Mr. Holga is a die-hard film photographer specializing in Holga cameras.
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