Last weekend, art galleries all over Houston opened a wide variety of exhibits. I went to a bunch of them and am reporting back.
Let’s Look at Some Art!
Some weekend art openings in Houston
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Camaro Lucinda by Justin Plakas is a funny exhibit at San Jacinto College South Campus Gallery that examines the nature of death
Am I Dead?
Camaro Lucinda by Justin Plakas
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Visiting artists studios is a life-affirming activity
Deutser Studios Fall Open House
Wine, cheese and a lot of paintings
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Listening to Dan Walser this morning and reflecting how strange it is that yodeling ever became a slightly popular music style.
Yodeling the Blues
YouTube video by Don Walser - Topic
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A slight detour from The Great God Pan in Dead's series of posts investigating how Jeffrey Epstein corrupted the art world—I want to look at how he paid for that corruption
Deutsche Bank Enabled the Crimes of Jeffrey Epstein
How Epstein paid tuition for his most favored sex slaves
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The young (mostly female) cartoonists who bravely drew stories of their own lives in the Islamic State in Young in Iran are an inspiration. We bomb them, guaranteeing an even more repressive government oppresses them even more. thegreatgodpanisdead.substack.com/p/young-in-i...
This comic survived brutal repression and war to get published and I just got my copy!
Young In Iran Is Out!
Order your copy today!
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The arts publishing scene in Houston produced three bangers this summer: the Houston Associated Experimental Press, F, and Superpresent
Three Houston Magazines
publishing physical objects for the material world
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People are eulogizing Tim Curry the movie star, but let’s not forget Tim Curry the rock god
I Do the Rock
Tim Curry was a slightly under-rated rock god
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Misery of Love by Yvan Alagbé is a tense erotic graphic novel told in a series of ink wash panels
Misery of Love by Yvan Alagbé
sex, race, and French comic books
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Sometimes an art collection feels so fake you can’t imagine it having been assembled by actual human
2117 Elmen St B
A profoundly inauthentic art collection
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Tonight I will be appearing on Living Art, the art talk show hosted by Michael Woodson, tonight at 7 pm central time on KPFT 90.1 FM in Houston (or listen online here: kpft.org/listen-live-... ) We will be discussing Huntsville architect/artist Dan Phillips
Listen Live - HD1 - KPFT
Listen to Houston Community Radio KPFT 90.1FM HD1 live on the web.
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Taking a break from Houston’s art world with a post on dance pop music I have been listening to this summer
Girly Pop
What I've Been Listening to This Summer
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I decided to check out some of the city of Houston’s Civic Art Collection this morning. This is Bird Totem by Fletcher Mackey in Fleming Park.
Bird Totem
The Civic Art Collection #1
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Pan and Syrinx by Ellen Tanner. I am always interested in artist's depiction of Pan. I sometimes question the wisdom of naming my Substack blog after a Greek god whose main characteristic was that he liked to rape nymphs and fauns . . .
The Art Museum of Southeast Texas in Beaumont combines folk art and contemporary art by Texas artists. A unique institution!
Where Do Small Regional Museums Get The Art in Their Collections?
Case study: The Art Museum of Southeast Texas
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Don't subscribe to McAfee. I just spent hours talking first to customer service who failed to make McAfee function as advertised. McAfee is a vacuum cleaner for your money and don't deliver. Even after I cancelled my service, they would only refund a small portion of the money I had already paid.
Obsessive image collecting as a shamanic practice for unlocking universal truths—Culture Club by Christopher Cascio at Basket Books and Art
Ancestor Worship
Christopher Cascio's Culture Club at Basket Books & Art
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I did my first Instagram slide show for The Great God Pan Is Dead Instagram channel. It is about the migratory exhibit called Yard happening in Houston this summer.
Pan's First Instagram Slideshow--Yard
a migratory art exhibit
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When a high school student in Marin County started researching the connections that Jeffrey Epstein had to his community, it erupted into a censorship controversy.
Locals Researching Jeffrey Epstein's Crimes
High School Journalism for the Win
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Homegoods is a monument to domestic life at Foltz Fine Art
A Summer Sampler
Homegoods at Foltz Fine Art
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A beautiful tribute to Jerry Moriarty, one of my favorite RAW cartoonists!
RIP Jerry Moriarty — 1938-2026 - The Comics Journal
Jerry Moriarty, a self-proclaimed "paintoonist" whose comic strips helped launch RAW magazine, taught for 50 years at NY's School of Visual Arts.
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