Email Author Kelly Klaasmeyer

2011 Stories by Kelly Klaasmeyer

• Brilliant "Color"

  published February 17, 2011

  Establishing the Latin American Art Department was one of the late Peter Marzio's greatest achievements during his nearly three decade tenure as... More >>

• Capsule Art Reviews: "flickerlounge: Short Films by John Herschend, Ben Peters and Lily Sparks," "A Matter of Wit," "Plenitude," "Pteridomania," "Timothy Greenfield-Sanders: Injured Soldiers and Marines," "Tony Smith: Drawings"

  published February 10, 2011

  "flickerlounge: Short Films by John Herschend, Ben Peters and Lily Sparks" Art of Painting 3, by Lily Sparks, is a four-minute 30-second... More >>

• Clown School

  published February 3, 2011

  Mocking Thomas Kinkade is as challenging as shooting fish in a barrel. The hamfisted, self-styled "Painter of Light" is known for luridly rendered... More >>

• Capsule Art Reviews: "flickerlounge: Short Films by John Herschend, Ben Peters and Lily Sparks," "Plenitude," "Pteridomania," "Timothy Greenfield-Sanders: Injured Soldiers and Marines"

  published February 3, 2011

  "flickerlounge: Short Films by John Herschend, Ben Peters and Lily Sparks" Art of Painting 3, by Lily Sparks, is a four-minute 30-second video... More >>

• Capsule Art Reviews: "James Drake: A Thousand Tongues Burn and Sing," "A Matter of Wit," "Plenitude," "Timothy Greenfield-Sanders: Injured Soldiers and Marines," "Tony Smith: Drawings"

  published January 27, 2011

  "James Drake: A Thousand Tongues Burn and Sing" James Drake's 1982 installation Trophy Room, crafted from cut and welded steel, is a raw... More >>

• Half a Century Late

  published January 20, 2011

  In 1956, the Houston Symphony's Board of Directors refused to hire double-bassist Benjamin Patterson because he was black. In 2010, the... More >>

• Capsule Art Reviews: "A Matter of Wit," "Plenitude," "Timothy Greenfield-Sanders: Injured Soldiers and Marines"

  published January 20, 2011

  "A Matter of Wit" "A Matter of Wit" is an apt title for FotoFest's exhibition of three photographers who cleverly capture, construct and/or... More >>

• Capsule Art Reviews: "Plenitude," "Rachelle Vasquez: Where Pigeons Dare," "Tony Smith: Drawings"

  published January 13, 2011

  "Plenitude" "Plenitude" is a big group show of "emerging and established artists," and as such, it's a well-chosen grab bag of nice work.... More >>

• Capsule Art Reviews: "Dynasty and Divinity," "James Drake: A Thousand Tongues Burn and Sing," "Tony Smith: Drawings"

  published January 6, 2011

  "Dynasty and Divinity" When you walk into this exhibition at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, it feels like you are walking into a crowd... More >>

• War and Remembrance

  published January 6, 2011

  Vija Celmins's contemporary work is filled with black-and-white paintings and drawings of the natural world — swatches of sea, fields of... More >>