The Cistern is finally going to open to the public!

On May 13, to groups.

The ol' Dallas-Houston rivalry.

While the MFAH is in the middle of its Rothko retrospective, the DMA is opening a Pollock retrospective.

This seems appropriate in a number of ways.

High school art collection?

I'm not usually a fan of bandwagons, but this program at Woodlands High seems like a great idea for Carnegie. They have a trust that actually acquires and maintains art for the school. The student body gets to vote on which pieces they buy each year.

"Welcome to fusion urbanism"

Check out this analysis of the new Galleria Whole Foods Market.

Also check this out.

In case you missed it

A lot of people may have skipped yesterday's Sunday Streets HTX because of rain (I missed it, but because of baseball. I went to a pre-party--that counts, right?), organizer Raj Mankad put out a preview last week to prepare for the event. It's a cool guide.

The next Sunday Street is May 4th, along Westheimer. There's plenty if publicity about the event, and they have a Facebook page to keep you up-to-date.

Lascaux coming to Houston

(photo)

The Houston Museum of Natural Science will have a big interactive and high-tech Lascaux Cave Painting exhibit beginning October 18. Ideally, you would have to follow a dog into a hole that drops you down into the exhibit, but I doubt they'll organize it that way.

Texas Contemporary Art Fair

The second Texas Contemporary Art Fair is this weekend. I would really like to go, but I think I have too many other commitments to be able to make it. So please: 1) go, and 2) tell me about it, hopefully with 3) photos.

Survey

I have this photo because it was the top hit on a Google Image search for "Houston Art"

Do you live in Houston? What do you think about art? It seems people are asking, and they're compiling answers.

Houston Art Fair

Glasstire has a lot of photos from the Houston Art Fair. Check them out.

Houston Permitting Center

Cool art? In a public administration building? In Houston?

Yes. According to this review in the Houston Press, the Permitting Center included large and vibrant art in its budget. Yay bureaucrats!

Renoir painting stolen from Houston home

For the record: I didn't do it.

This happens with every economic downturn

A journalist is schocked, shocked! to see the art that his tax dollars pay for. At least this article is local. But a few thoughts:

1. I would hope a professional writer--especially one working hard to question the public value of art--would write better copy than this.

2. At the right of the story, I see that the Most Popular story of the day is "son shoots father in the head," followed by "family terrorized during home invasion," "family mourns boy's death, mom's coma," "deputies in gun battle with suspect," and "suspected street race kills two women." So you see the audience he has to deal with. Maybe Houston art just isn't violent enough for our tastes?