Sara Lovas moved back to Dallas from New York City because she missed you that much. Luckily, Texas has not totally removed the Manhattanness from her soul, or she could not have a page this excellent on her Web site (press link to understand). Sara graduated from SMU’s Communications program in the ’90s, then a decade later studied Arts Administration at NYU. [...]
A quick look at Shawn O’Connell’s stunning black-and-white photos might lead you to ask where his next exhibition will be held. The answer to that question is as much a mystery to us as it is to O’Connell, since he’s never had an exhibition of his work. In fact, he’s really only been shooting regularly [...]
WORD CHOICE MATTERS: With Art Basel going down this week in Miami, the visual arts are at the center of the creative world. So it’s as good a time as any to polish up on our art smarts. Mike Gerra, co-owner of the contemporary gallery art251 in Keller, has written a handy piece on the [...]
Number three in our Art Conspirator series is the affable and original Andrew Tolentino. If this blog spoke with the tongue of The Dating Game, it would tell you that Andrew is a University of Texas graduate, a Wes Anderson fan, and an Aries. Another important detail: Andrew’s Facebook page quotes the ’80s synth pop [...]
Congratulations to Sam Brown, the winner of our Flickr Photo of the Week contest! Sam becomes the first two-time winner of the contest and follows last week’s winner, Robert W. Howington. “I am both honored and surprised to have another photo selected by Art&Seek,” Sam writes in an e-mail. More from Sam in a bit. [...]
Guest blogger Brad Ford Smith is a Dallas artist and arts conservationist Art Basel Miami is considered the American art event of the year. This weeklong art fair (Dec. 2-7) draws galleries, museum curators, collectors, art critics and artists from all over the world. Add to that the Art Basel umbrella of 14 simultaneous satellite [...]
Self-portrait by VET At 6:30 pm on December 6th – that’s Saturday night to you and me – the merriment of Art Conspiracy 2008: Deconstructed commences at 3011 Gulden in West Dallas. Musicians and DJs and 150 artists all raising money for the arts-in-education mission of Preservation LINK. I’m feeling overwhelmed, but a journey of [...]
Australian photographer Keith Loutit has come up with a novel way to visually document his beloved country: in simulated miniature. Loutit uses several techniques – including tilt-shift and time-lapse photography – to come up with his short films, which he says aim to “present Sydney as the Model City, and help people take a second [...]
The news that everyone had already assumed came down on Monday: we’ve been in a recession for, oh, about a year now. Still, the official pronouncement increases questions about how ritzy art fairs like this week’s Art Basel in Miami will be affected. Now, you can fit what I know about global economics onto the [...]
Art Conspiracy 2008 happens this Saturday, people. The theme: Deconstructed. There shall be music and mirth and works from 150 artists, which is a whole lot, so this blogging week, I will introduce you to a few of the artists donating their time and talent to a fundraiser masquerading as a giant party. First up: [...]
