Texas Sculpture Garden

It’s so close.

I live in Dallas. Yet I work in far north Plano – not far from Oklahoma as I often whine – and yet I’ve only recently availed myself of the wide variety of artwork on display at the Texas Sculpture Garden.

It’s so close.

No need to drive all the way over to Fort Worth, the cultural crown jewel of all-things-arty. I must admit to favoring a quick 30 minute drive west in order to visit the Amon Carter. Or the Modern. Or the Kimbell.

The community in Fort Worth often appears to be so much more forwarding thinking than the movers+shakers here in Dallas Arts District. But there’s hope for Dallas…

For Plano…

For Frisco…

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great support for artists in Europe, in Canada

I wish this were the standard here. I understand that in France many artists are commissioned by the state and make really quite good livings as working artists. Wouldn’t that be lovely?

This is nice for the Roundhouse – The overall mission is to celebrate diversity…of people, values, ideas and activities.

Calatrava

I love the work this artist creates – I am especially fond of the kinetic sculpture in front of the Meadows Museum (SMU Campus).

  But he seems to have attracted a great deal of controversy – or maybe it’s just politics.

July 30, 2006 Dallas bridges may be too grand Idea to renew look of skyline hits money snag

By THOMAS KOROSEC

Copyright 2006 Houston Chronicle Dallas Bureau
DALLAS – The cost of remaking Dallas’ skyline with a set of tall, white suspension bridges has become daunting, even for a city with the motto “live large, think big.”

Designed by Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava, the three proposed “signature” bridges would span the Trinity River as the most visible feature of an ambitious plan to redevelop the long-neglected riverfront with lakes, parks, paths, a white-water course, toll road and better flood control.

Conservators have nerves!

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Art Conservation on NPR

This very interesting audio piece was brought to my attention. It’s about the new art conservation lab at the National Portrait Gallery (Smithsonian). The conservation lab has been refurbished, the conservators are now behind glass and visible to the public at all times. They are dressed in Mizrahi designed aprons that are also for sale in the gift shop.

How brave they are.

Banksy and his predecessors

Two years ago, my scientist pal introduced me to Banksy and I was amazed (embarassed) that I’d not heard of him nor seen his work before. Today I read on the International Herald Tribune site that his work recently sold at auction for surprisingly high prices.

I’d no idea how pervasive his imagery has become. The first one I saw was much like this one: And here’s more on the forefathers of this type of artist – dubbed “pochoiristes.” –> *and* if you’re inclined to dig deeper: copters on art of the state.

Can you feature the all-of-the-outdoors as your canvas? As your ‘personal’ public gallery? When did this type of work successfully cross-over from graffiti to public art? Clearly long before Keith Haring. When I lived in NYC, he became my touchstone graffiti artist as I saw his work daily in the subways.