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The grande dame of Art Deco, Tamara de Lempicka, has been rediscovered — again. We are reconsidering the legacy of the artist, who called Paris, Italy, Hollywood, New York, Houston and Mexico home, and which reads like a sweeping novel of the 20th cent…
Read MoreThis month, global talent Yoshitomo Nara — a leading star (along with Takashi Murakami) of the Superflat movement, travels to Texas to install a monumental museum show at the Dallas Contemporary. Concurrently, Los Angeles County Museum of Art mounts an…
Read MoreIn PaperCity’s ongoing wedding series, we follow couples from first date to wedding bells. Here an exclusive look at a marriage of art and law that triumphed over a pandemic. Bride’s profession: Ashlyn Davis Burns is the immediate past executive …
Read MoreIn an ode to the reopening of the Rothko Chapel, Catherine D. Anspon curates contemporary artists who dialogue with the great Color Field painter Mark Rothko. The artworks available exclusively from Texas’ new online art commerce site, Culture Place. T…
Read MoreWhile the art world’s eyes are on Houston, with the spectacular unveiling of the Nancy and Rich Kinder Building at the Museum of Fine Art’s Houston, there’s more good news to celebrate. Come spring the Museum District’s dining s…
Read MoreWhile Fayetteville’s Red & White Gallery paused exhibitions earlier this fall — and is now only open Saturdays 10 am to 4 pm — one of its stalwart artists is showcased in an important solo at the Galveston Arts Center. Cue Pat Johnson, a tale…
Read MoreDateline Dallas: An end-of-day email from Dallas Art Fair and Culture Place director Kelly Cornell caught our attention and brought innovative news — about a fresh, promising platform whose launch is just weeks away. Best of all, it’s a new way t…
Read MoreWhat to acquire now: Catherine D. Anspon curates a lively roundup of artworks available exclusively from Texas’ new online art commerce site, Culture Place, cultureplace.com. As Culture Place rolls out its next edition, collectors have been making inq…
Read MoreCarrie Mae Weems has been hailed as our nation’s best contemporary photographer. Now, an unprecedented collaboration of eight Dallas-Fort Worth art entities, led by the Dallas Contemporary, bring her ambitious public-health project to Dallas-Fort…
Read MoreIn this ongoing series, PaperCity asks artists and curators to pull back the curtain on the making of an art show. This time, co-curator/artist Jonathan Paul Jackson weighs in on the exhibition “Texas Emerging: Volume I” at Houston’s …
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