Tuesday Tidbits
Tuesday’s are our Monday’s at Artpace. Thus, art happenings and interesting articles from over the weekend will now be posted on Tuesday Tidbits.
- On Sunday, Jerry Saltz, New York Magazine art critic, published a review of Kara Walker’s (HSR 99.3) two-gallery show in New York City. “Walker is brewing a stew. Longtime admirers will see that her drawing has taken leaps forward, gotten clearer, bolder, more immediate, suave, and intense. The way she takes over the gallery and your psychic space shows tremendous confidence,” writes Saltz.
- The Dallas Museum of Art and Menil Collection announced their joint acquisition of Italian artist Maurizio Catellan’s (IAIR 00.2) Untitled (2009). “This marks the first time that either the Dallas Museum of Art or the Menil Collection has acquired a work of art with a fellow museum. “
- Even though the rapture never came on Saturday, The Huffington Post provided its readers with a slideshow of apocalyptic art.
- 12 days left to see Glenn Ligon’s (IAIR 98.1) America retrospective at New York City’s Whitney Museum of American Art.
- Beginning Memorial Day, May 30 through Labor Day, September 5, Blue Star Museums will be offering free admission to active duty military personnel and their families. In San Antonio, museums include: McNay Art Museum, San Antonio Museum of Art, Southwest School of Art, and Artpace (always free). For a complete listing of museums, click here.
- Reminder: Artpace is hosting the 11.2 International Artist-in-Residence Community Potluck on Thursday, June 9 from 6 – 8 pm. Bring a savory side-dish and an appetite for art.
Credit: Glenn Ligon, Rückenfigur, 2009. Neon and paint, 24 × 145 in. (61 × 368.3 cm). Photo from website of Whitney Museum of American Art, New York.
Ryan Sachetta
Ryan Sachetta is Artpace's Grant Writer. He graduated from the University of Texas at Austin in 2009 with a degree in Journalism. Ryan enjoys YouTubing videos of a more svelte Shawn Kemp, eating Honeycrisp apples, and puns.