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Crash Bam SlamPosted in -, Art, Ideas, Visual Art
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D Magazine Publisher Wick Allison suggests to his readers that the successes in local art are happening in spite of – not because of – the city’s galleries and the artists they represent. It is precisely because D Magazine’s foray into the local art scene has the potential to reach a new and moneyed audience that this attitude is counterproductive – if not divisive and dangerous.
Outside the White Box: In Quest of Alternative Art Space in DallasPosted in -, Art, Ideas, Visual Art
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Dallas has no Art Community. This is a realization that hits me every time I return from another city.
Dallas Needs Perspective on Arts ProgressPosted in -, Ideas
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Two years ago, the Dallas Art Dealers Association organized an event around a panel of local arts writers and museum representatives. The forum’s title unabashedly asked if we might not be the next New York City. They too wanted to glory in the rich cultural life Dallas appeared to be developing, but so much so, they weren’t willing to also acknowledge and deal with those niggling little obstacles still in the way.
Reluctant GroupiePosted in -, -, Art, Lives, Music
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Now was my chance to create a great Richard Buckner story that I could share with all the cookie-wielding groupies that had left me standing awkwardly in the corner. The only thing I could come up with was “You’re Richard Buckner right?”
