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Donald Judd, 15 untitled works in concrete
The Chinati Foundation, Marfa, TX
Photo: Amanda Kirkpatrick
Houston, the fourth largest city in the United States, and the largest city in Texas, is home to many creative types. If you are part of the art scene here, then you probably already know this. However, to anyone unfamiliar with the Bayou City’s artistic community, this might come as a surprise…
bayou city, represent!
For McAllen, Texas, one man’s abandoned Walmart is another’s public library. It is the largest single-story public library in the country, at a size about equal to 2.5 football fields.
Walmart Abandoned In Texas Renovated Into Chic New McAllen Public Library
(via humanscalecities)
Houstonian eccentric Charles A. A. Dellschau’s fantastic flying machines of the future
I saw this guy’s work at the Menil as part of a terrific exhibition of drawings and outsider art called Seeing Stars. The exhibit also included work by Henry Darger, Unica Zurn, Bill Traylor, and many others, all of whose work I recommend highly.
The cutest little bunkhouse in Texas. I’ve just returned from staying there. If you go, please say hello to the owner’s big black Lab for me; we are friends.