Museum of Fine Arts, Houston to Celebrate Museum Day with Free Admission, May 18

The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, announced today that it will offer free admission as part of the Association of Art Museum Directors’ (AAMD) Art Museum Day, coinciding with International Museum Day on Friday, May 18, 2012.

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55 Local Artists Chosen to Contribute to the Décor of the NYLO Dallas South Side Hotel

Original artwork by Dallas-Fort Worth artists will be on display in the soon-to-open NYLO Dallas South Side. The hotel is currently under construction at 1325 South Lamar at Belleview and is set to open in July 2012.

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Dallas Museum of Art Presents Its 2012 Awards to Artists

The Dallas Museum of Art is pleased to announce the recipients of its 2012 Awards to Artists and travel grants. This year, ten artists received awards in one of three categories: the Clare Hart DeGolyer Memorial Fund, the Arch and Anne Giles Kimbrough Fund, and the Otis and Velma Davis Dozier Travel Grant.

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Picasso’s Iconic Guernica Tapestry on loan from Nelson A. Rockefeller Jr. at San Antonio Museum of Art

Nelson A. Rockefeller Jr. has loaned the San Antonio Museum of Art a tapestry of Picasso’s Guernica from his family’s private collection. The tapestry is now hanging in the Nelson A. Rockefeller Center for Latin American Art at the museum. Rockefeller traveled to San Antonio this week for the formal unveiling.

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Meadows Museum to Offer Free Admission on Art Museum Day, May 18

The Meadows Museum at Southern Methodist University announced today that it will offer free admission on May 18, as well as a guided tour at 11:00 a.m., as part of the Association of Art Museum Directors’ (AAMD) Art Museum Day, coinciding with International Museum Day on Friday, May 18, 2012. In 2011, the Meadows Museum—along with more than 100 other AAMD member museums across North America—participated in International Museum Day.

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Erica Falicella: Visible Shell Starts this Friday at 5 P.M.

The countdown is on for Oak Cliff artist, Erica Felicella. On Friday, May 11, 2012, at 5 p.m. she will enter an inhabitable Plexiglass shell. She’ll spend the next 48 hours inside the shell, experiencing her emotions as they surface.

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Two Exhibits Closing at The Old Jail Art Center in Albany, Texas

The Old Jail Art Center in Albany, Texas, has announced their two current exhibits, The Reclusive Image: Works from Texas Museums and Cell Series: Bill Davenport, will close Sunday, May 20, 2012.

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Free Film Screening of Gigi at the Kimbell Art Museum

The Kimbell Art Museum presents the film “Gigi” (1958) at 2 p.m. on Sunday, May 13, in the Museum auditorium.

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Art Conspiracy Extends Beneficiary Application Deadline

Art Conspiracy, a Dallas-based art collective that raises money for small nonprofit groups that provide art and music programming locally, is extending its beneficiary selection deadline to 11:59 p.m. on Friday, May 11, 2012.

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Tiny Park in Austin Moving to New Gallery Space

We are pleased to announce that at the close of our current exhibition (the 2012 Drawing Annual, closing May 20), Tiny Park will be moving to a new gallery space at 1101 Navasota Street, at the intersection of 11th Street and Navasota, just east of downtown Austin.

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Free Admission to The Modern on Art Museum Day, May 18

Visitors to the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth will receive free admission to the Museum’s permanent collection and special exhibitions, Glenn Ligon: AMERICA and FOCUS: Ged Quinn, on Friday, May 18 in honor of the Association of Art Museum Directors’ (AAMD) Art Museum Day.

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Betsy Williamson: Rewriting Art History at the Mercantile Coffee House

The McKinney Avenue Contemporary presents Betsy Williamson: Rewriting Art History at the Mercantile Coffer House opening May 17 from 6 to 7 p.m. Exhibit runs through June 23.

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