Art I’d Buy with my First-Time Homeowner’s Tax Credit

Art Review
Ellen Frances Tuchman’s Out of My Mind is not so much insanity as it is savant. Like Raymond in the film, “Rain Man,” Tuchman rapid-fires free associates at the drop of a hackneyed phrase.

Art Review
Matthew Whitenack installation at Conduit Gallery

There was a major opening this weekend that could have a huge impact on this city’s art scene, writes Joshua Goode. It happened in a 5,000 square foot dilapidated building off Haskell.

Art Review
A few hundred jade objects, permanent holdings of the Crow Collection of Asian Art, take the floor for the exhibit “Wild Flowering.”

On Glasstire, Christina Rees argues that Dallas’ media scene needs to raise the level of discourse in order for Dallas to achieve its dreams of cultural sophistication. Peter Simek applauds her call to arms.

I don’t know if it was his idea or what, but I am very clear about the fact that he would catch a ride with the milkman on his horse driven cart at 4 or 4:30 in the morning and would get dropped off at the train station or at State and Madison parked near where one of the busy L’s were, and he would shine shoes for three hours before he went to school every morning.

Letter From Los Angeles
Los Angeles can be a strange fit for public art, writes our man in LA Ed Schad. It is a city without an obvious spot of convergence, a place where people can come together and recognize their treasure and enjoy public art.

On a wet night, Joshua Goode takes his two-year-old daughter on gallery tour. The tough-to-please critic finds a few diamonds in the rough.

Art Review
New work by Aqsa Shakil and Lesli Robertson at 500X Gallery.