Art Guys

26th Annual Houston Art Car Parade

Capsule Art Reviews: "New Formations: Czech Avant-Garde Art and Modern Glass from the Roy and Mary Cullen Collection," "New Paintings: Geoff Hippenstiel," "Perspectives 177: McArthur Binion," "Peter Massing: Time After Time," "Sherrie Levine: Selected

Capsule Art Reviews: Houston Permitting Center, "New Formations: Czech Avant-Garde Art and Modern Glass from the Roy and Mary Cullen Collection," "Perspectives 177: McArthur Binion," "Peter Massing: Time After Time," "Reconstruction," "Sherrie Levine:

Joel Osteen's Reality Show

Some suggestions from us.

Chron Art Critic Douglas Britt's Very Odd Meth-Filled, "I'm a Hooker" Blog: Bad Performance Art Or Sign of a Personal Crisis?

For people not involved or interested in Houston's art scene, Houston Chronicle critic Douglas Britt first drew attention with a 1,400-word screed telling PR people how to send pitches to him. Now, he's either desperate for attention or going off the deep end. In what is either a (very tedious) at ... More >>

The Art Guys Marry a Plant: Part II

When The Art Guys married a plant two years ago, they admittedly piggybacked off of the gay marriage debate as a tool for promotion. When The Art Guys commemorated their marriage to the plant this past weekend, the only thing piggybacked off of was the year-long drought. "Wouldn't it be great if i ... More >>

Insperity Golf Experience

Get Some "Answers"

John Wood and Paul Harrison bring low-key absurdity to the CAMH.

“Answers to Questions: John Wood & Paul Harrison”

2010: Year of the Meatball?

​ "2010 is going to be the year of the meatball," my friend Jay Francis declared as I ate a warm and gooey meatball parmesan sandwich at Kojak's Deli on 18th Street. When I looked puzzled, he told me he had been noticing meatballs in all the glossy New York food magazines. So I Googled meatb ... More >>

The Single Most Important News Event Of The Weekend -- The Chronicle's New Society Writers

​You might be forgiven for thinking it was a big deal that Annise Parker won the mayor's race this weekend.That little episode was as nothing, in terms of loving column inches devoted to it, as the Houston Chronicle's announcement of its new team that will be covering Houston society ("such as it ... More >>

Last Call For Art: Retablos And UH-D's Musical Debut

Among the annual must-see shows is Lawndale Art Center's "Retablo Exhibition." The show is winding down, with Saturday as its last day, so if you haven't seen it yet, get to it.Dozens of Texas artists re-interpreted the Mexican tradition of retablos or devotional paintings for the show. The arti ... More >>

Last Call For Art: "No Zoning," Oliver!, Il Tabarro And Pagliacci

​Opera in the Heights is presenting its final performance of Il Tabarro and Pagliacci this Saturday. The shows, by Giacomo Puccini and Giuseppe Adami respectively, premiered in the 1890s but still have a heck of a punch. Houston Press arts writer D. L. Groover said of the shows, "Puccini and Leonc ... More >>

The Art Guys Are Home on the Range With New DVD

​Hot on the heels of their recent marriage to a tree, The Art Guys (Jack Massing and Michael Galbreth) unveiled their new DVD last Thursday at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. The two-DVD set, titled Home on the Range, features video works spanning 1984 - 2008, and the evening-length performa ... More >>

Artful Thursday: The Art Guys present Home on the Range

Michael Galbreth and Jack Massing screen their history

Meta-Colonialism

Inside the CAMH, the works of "No Zoning" lose their power.

Capsule Art Reviews: "Anthony Thompson Shumate: Novus Ordo Seclorum," "The Art Guys: New Clichés," "Measuring Your Own Grave," Round 30: Home. Space. Place.

Capsule Art Reviews: "The Art Guys: New Clichés," "Literally Figurative," "Measuring Your Own Grave"

Capsule Art Reviews: "The Art Guys: New Clichés," "Casual Encounters," "New Art in Austin: 20 to Watch"

“No Zoning: Artists Engage Houston”

Web exclusive!

“The Great Texas Sculpture Roundup”

The Art Car Museum boasts the Lone Star’s best

Art For Galveston's Art's Sake At Lawndale

The Galveston Arts Center, like a lot of places along The Strand, took a pretty big hit from Hurricane Ike.Four feet of floodwater destroyed artwork, the plumbing and a/c systems, and much of the walls. It'll take close to $850,000 to repair it all and bring modern art back to the island.It's a situ ... More >>

The Art Guys Silver Jubilee Tribute Album Concert and Variety Show Extravaganza

Michael Galbreth and Jack Massing celebrate 25 years together

Capsule Art Reviews: "Drawing in Space"

Daniel Adame steals the show at Lawndale

Head Case

Discovery Green Family Day

Downtown’s newest park opens today

Lawndale Art Center’s “Día de los Muertos”

Texas artists make retablos art

The Art Guys, "Cloud Cuckoo Land"

The Art Guys share 25 years of "drawings, proposals, failed schemes and pipe dreams"

“Cloud Cuckoo Land”

The Art Guys look back over 25 years

Text Messages

A Deborah Colton Gallery exhibition plays with words

Grubby Grub

The Art Guys make works from real food -- and things get rank

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

Drawn Together

Artists collaborate in the CAMH's "Amalgama"

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

Walking Tall

Jack Massing of the Art Guys sports a new pair of kicks

Collaborators

"The Paper Sculpture Show" enlists gallerygoers in the creation of its art on exhibit

Best Bright Idea

Buffalo Bayou skimmer boat

Image Versus Reality

MFA exhibits shatter two things that America loves: Its myths and its marketing

Ant-icipation

Ant Farm explores the fine art of... waiting

Getting Sauza-ed

Notes from the (corporate-sponsored) underground

Peter Pan Cuisine

When you believe in a place like Tony's, everything tastes better

A Swift Shift in the Pants

Absolutely for Sale

Dear jaded consumer: These two Houston artists are now competing for your attention. They sell ads, they're making a vodka billboard, and their client list includes Budweiser and Target. They call it art, but what advertisers want to know is, will it work

Letters

Stupid Is As Stupid Does

The Art Guys prove naturals at acting dumb

La Bare-ing It

Performance "art" invades the ladies club. The regulars are not amused.

Press Picks

Letters

Wink Wink

The Art Guys' cute mockery -- and at the other extreme, West End's completely "Anonymous" show

Gray Matter of Concern

Both a bang and a whimper? The CAM's long-awaited Texas show may burn bright, but it doesn't burn deep