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01/2009 CHECK OUT THE NEW BLOG @ MARTY WALKER GALLERY FOR REGULAR UPDATES AND NEWS!

01/2009 Upcomming at The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth is a career survey of paintings by Jeff Elrod, curated by Andrea Karnes. FOCUS: Jeff Elrod, will be the artist's first solo exhibition in an American Museum. The exhibition runs February 15-March 29, 2009.

12/2008 The Dallas Museum of Art recently acquired a selection of photographs from William Lamson's"Interventions" series. To view the complete Interventions series, click here, and for a flash slideshow of Lamson's solo exhibit "Actions", including an installation of Interventions, click here. To view video work by William Lamson, visit the artist's website, and for more info, please contact gallery.

12/2008 Join us Thursday, December 18, during our extended holiday hours for a gathering with artists and gallery friends, to view an exhibition of selected art under $2000 (and many under $1200), there will be Champagne and holiday bites from 5-8pm. To see a selection of the work, click here.

12/2008 One Week Only! Stop by the gallery during our extended holiday hours until 7pm (Mon, Dec 15 - Fri, Dec 19, Sat, Dec 20, 11-5pm), there will be Champage and light bites nightly. Gallery will be open by appointment only Dec 21 - Jan 1. Regular gallery hours resume, Jan 2, 2008, Tue - Sat 11-5pm. We look forward to seeing you!

12/2008 Running concurrently with Art Basel Miami Beach; SCOPE Miami presents Matthew Porter:
"Startled Birds", an exhibition of twelve photographs, dislpayed on the main entry wall at the entrance of the SCOPE Miami art fair. Read the PDF press release, or an interview with the artist for The Morning News.
To view images of the artists work, click here.

12/2008 Congratulations to Barry Anderson for his selection as one of the newest artists at Review Studios, a 3000+ sq. ft. space in downtown Kansas City. This is a program which matches Kansas City artists to local patrons and gives them a studio free of charge in exchange for supplying artwork to both the patron and the Review corporate collection.

12/2008 Congratulations to Allison Hunter on her selection as cover artist for this months issue of 002 magazine. To see the cover and the article, click here for PDF.

12/2008 In addition to the review in The Dallas Morning News and the preview of the exhibit for THE magazine, Pard Morison's exhibition "Ghost Call Love" was mentioned on the blog of Colorado Springs' Fine Art Center. (click for PDF permalink)

11/2008 We are pleased to announce the addition of Archie Scott Gobber's "In Loving Memory of You" to the permanent collection of the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art. Read the article in the Kansas City Star.

11/2008 Barry Anderson interviewed by Laura Spencer for the KCUR (Kansas City's local NPR affiliate) Art Podcast. Visit the site to listen to the podcast.

11/2008 Barry Anderson's new video Op Eyes on exhibit at the Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art. Op Eyes is a single-channel HD video animation commissioned by the museum and on view in the new media gallery, November 18 - February 1, 2009. The artist will give a public lecture in the museum's auditorium, Thursday, November 20, at 3:30 PM. Exhibition opens Friday, November 21, 6:00-8:30 PM. See the article in the Kansas City Star for more info. Click here for the artist's blog.

11/2008 Join us at CADD ART LAB Saturday, November 15, 2-3 PM for an “Artists’ Talk” with gallery artists Frances Bagley and Tom Orr. For more events and programming visit www.caddallas.net or see press release.

11/2008 CADD ART LAB presents “More Than This,” it's second exhibition in a new venue for talking about and presenting contemporary art in downtown Dallas. The exhibition will feature paintings, sculpture,
drawings, and installations by artists including Anderson and Low, Scott Anderson, Frances Bagley, Scott
Barber, Kevin Bewersdorf, Paul Booker, Candace Briceno, Trenton Doyle Hancock, Tracy Hicks, Terrell
James, Tom Orr, Jennifer Rose, Carl Suddath, Takako Tanabe, Jackie Tileston, Erik Tosten, and Lizzy
Wetzel. Exhibition opens Thursday, November. 13, 5-8 PM. Click here for PDF press release and more infio. Recommended on Glasstire.com (permalink).

11/2008 Ted Kincaid featured in ART ON PAPER magazine. Nest 45, a recent intaglio print by Ted Kincaid is featured as one of the best new editions of 2008 in the 5th Annual New Prints Review of the November-December issue of ART ON PAPER magazine. The print is from a suite of four new Nest etchings published by Manneken Press in Bloomington, Illinois, with whom Kincaid has exclusively collaborated for almost a decade. For an excerpt of the article, and to see the print, click here. For more information and for print availability contact gallery.

11/2008 Univeristy of Dallas' Haggerty Gallery presents a new exhibit of "Narratives" with work by gallery artist Beau Comeaux, as well as Luis Gonzalez Palma, Roger Colombik, and Tracey Snelling. "Narratives" is featured as a recommended exhibition in the Dallas/Fort-Worth area on Glasstire.com. (permalink)

10/2008 New American Paintings 78 available now! Jay Shinn is among the artists selected for the Oct/Nov issue of the juried exhibitions-in-print magazine New American Paintings. This issue juried by Andrea Karnes, Curator of The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth.

10/2008 We are pleased to say that William Lamson's video selection from Actions is one of the works chosen as "Howard Rachofsky's Picks" for this year's Two by Two Auction, as well as Susie Rosmarin's Spectrum 3. Other works selected as "Howard's Picks" include: Chuck Close, Richard Diebenkorn, Sarah Lucas, Ryan McGinley, and Emily Eveleth among others -follow links more informaion on the work at auction.

09/2008 This year's Two by Two Auction at the Rachofsky House benefiting the DMA and AmFar includes work by gallery artists Ted Kincaid, William Lamson, Andrew Bennett, Anna Krachey, and Susie Rosmarin -click on the artists' name for more informaion and to view the work up for auction.

08/2008 Contemporary Art Dealers of Dallas announce the opening of CADD ART LAB, an exciting new contemporary art venue located in downtown Dallas. CADD Art Lab will open to the public on Saturday, September 20 at 1608 Main Street with an all-day event Open House: In the Lab, presented by DOWNTOWNDALLAS, from 11:00 a.m.–8:00 p.m. For more information about CADD and the upcomming opening of ART LAB visit www.caddallas.net and check out the details here (PDF).

08/2008 William Lamson's current solo exhibition Actions is featured as a recommended exhibition in the Dallas/Fort-Worth area on Glasstire.com. Exhbition runs through October 11, 2008. Permalink (PDF).

08/2008 Glasstire reviews this years New American Talent and mentions gallery artists William Lamson, Beau Comeaux and our newest addition -Austin photographer Anna Krachey, as highlights of the annual exhibition. Read the reviews here & here (PDF).

08/2008 Available now: New American Paintings #77, the juried exhibitions-in-print magazine. The work of gallery artist Archie Scott Gobber can be seen among the pages of the Aug/Sep issue juried by Raphaela Platow, Director & Chief Curator Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH

06/2008 Congratulations to New American Talent artists selected for the 23rd annual exhbition at Arthouse at the Jones Center in Austin, TX. This years exhibition curated by Nato Thompson (curator and producer, Creative Time, New York, NY) includes Dallas photographer and Marty Walker Gallery artist Beau Comeaux, as well as recent gallery addition, photographer and video artist, William Lamson. The New American Talent Exhibition is screening a short selection from Lamson's new video Actions, currently scheduled for exhibition September 6th - October 11 at Marty Walker Gallery (MAP). Lamson's video Emerge was exhibited February 16 - March 22 this year alongside TRIPLE VISION. For more of Lamson's work visit the artist's website.
And for further information, please contact gallery.

05/2008 JUST ARRIVED! New prints by Polly Apfelbaum! Come by the gallery and see Polly Apfelbaum's new suite of wood-block prints "Wood Street". For more info click here and click here for a PDF document with photos from the unique printing process of Wood Street (from the Durham Press Blog).

05/2008 With art, hors d'œuvres, cocktails, music, and some amazing lectures, The Contemporary Art Dealers of Dallas Art Fair 2 made for an exciting weekend! Check out D's Frontburner for a post on Susan Robb's impressive outdoor sculpture, Warmth, Giant Black Toobs, installed at Exposition Plaza, as part of CADD Art Fair 2, sponsored by Urban Edge Developers Ltd. For more information contact gallery.

05/20008 Marty Walker, Paige West (founder of Mixed Greens) and others; give advice on collecting art in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram article Collecting 101 by Gaile Robinson. Paige West talks about "The Art of Buying Art" at this year's CADD Art Fair. Keynote lecture, Saturday, May 31st, at 2pm, $10.

04/2008 SAVE THE DATE! Contemporary Art Dealers of Dallas is pleased to announce the second annual CADD ARTFAIR 2008. Featuring the city’s foremost art dealers the fair will take place at Three Three Three First Avenue in Dallas. For a schedule of events click here, to purchase tickets and for more information visit www.caddallas.net.

04/2008 ArtMotel had it's first "Open Studio Night" (Tuesday, April 22nd) with the artists in attendance, showing their recent work and works in progress. Thanks to all who came out and had burgers, beer and margaritas with us! It was a huge success! Open studios included Ted Kincaid, Jay Shinn and Marty Walker Gallery, among others.

04/2008 Durham Press has a great blog where you can see the development of many amazing prints, and other news. (for a selection of PDF blog entries, click artists' name) Artists include Polly Apfelbaum, Beatriz Milhazes, Alison Elizabeth Taylor, and Roland Fishcer among many others. (for the blog, click here)

03/2008 Congratulations go out to Frances Bagley, one of the five award winners at the 10th Kajima Sculpture Competition: Sculpture, Architecture, Space, in Tokyo, Japan. (press release PDF)

02/2008 Join us for "Gallery Walk" Friday, February 22nd between 5:30-9:00 PM, organized by the College Art Association and the Contemporary Art Dealers of Dallas.

12/2007 We are proud to announce recent additions to The Dallas Museum of Art's collection from our very own Ted Kincaid, and Douglas Leon Cartmel.

12/2007 Thanks for an AMAZING Aqua Wynwood Miami 2007! We had an excellent response to the work we presented at the art fair in Miami. It was great seeing all who stopped by our booth! (You too Steve Martin!) click for link to D Frontburner blog entry, or permalink.

12/2007 Check out Art Motel Radio, a blog by Ted Kincaid and Barry Anderson. "Our first podcast is finally online. This first one being mainly a test, we decided to show a quick excerpt from the opening reception of Ted and Barry's shows at Marty Walker Gallery in Dallas back in September." (video requires Quicktime)

11/2007 Congratulations to Barry Anderson, for his recent commision at The Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art in Kansas. (click here for images)

11/2007 Congratulations go out to Frances Bagley (the only American, and only woman), finalist for the 10th Kajima Sculpture Competition: Sculpture, Architecture, Space, in Tokyo, Japan.

10/2007 Gallery artist Jay Shinn participated and donated work for the Two by Two Auction at the Rachofsky House benefitting the DMA and AmFar.

8/2007 Open through October: "Nexus Texas" at The Contemporary Arts Museum in Houston features Jeff Zilm's inventive work, paintings made with film emulsion and optical sound.

8/2007 Marty Walker discusses "How Galleries Choose Artists to Show" a Panel Discussion sponsored by the Greater Denton Arts Council, June 14, 2007 can be found here.

7/2007 Marty Walker Gallery joins the international art fair in Miami at Aqua Art Wynwood December 4-9. Running concurrently with Art Basel Miami Beach. (press release)

5/2007 With over 1500 attendees, our CADD Inaugural Art Fair was a big success! (for pictures click here)

3/2007 Check out Art Matters (03/04) on WRR101 for an interview by Quin Mathews with the artists and guest-curators of Between Reality and Illusion.

3/2007 Congratulations to artist Liu Ding on his recent invitation by Saatchi Gallery to perform and install "Samples from the Transition" during the opening of their new space in November 2007.

3/2007 Listen online to DallasArtCast - issue no. 3, held at Marty Walker Gallery during the opening of Between Reality and Illusion, March 16 . Produced and edited by Erik Tosten.

2/2007 Marty Walker Gallery joins forces with CADD (Contemporary Art Dealers of Dallas) beginning with the CADD Art Fair, May 18-20.

2/2007 Douglas Cartmel is a finalist for the Hunting Art Prize.

1/2007 Titus O'Brien, writer for Glasstire, has named Marty Walker Gallery as a pick for his "Best of 2006"

12/2006 Congrats to Tom Orr and Frances Bagley who have both been selected for the Texas Biennial 2007.

12/2006 Reviews of work by Tom Orr (article) and Beau Comeaux (article) are included in Artlies Fall issue.

11/10/06 Opening night for Dallas Opera's production of Nabucco, sets and costumes designed by gallery artists Frances Bagley and Tom Orr. (Dallas Morning News Article PDF)

10/28/06 Select gallery artists participated and donated works to the Two by Two Auction at the Rachofsky House benefitting the DMA and AmFar

10/10/01/06 Jay Shinn and Tom Orr commissioned to create works for W Hotel Residential Tower.

9/12/06 Tom Orr commissioned to create sculpture for One Arts Plaza.

8/20/06 Microsoft added Ted Kincaid and Mark Flood to its corporate art collection.

6/15/06 One Arts Plaza acquired two major works by Ted Kincaid.

5/26/06
Gallery artists Tom Orr and Frances Bagley have been commissioned by the Dallas Opera to execute the set and costume design for Verde's Nabucco, opening Friday, November 10, 2006. This is the first collaboration of its kind in Dallas Opera history and part of their 50th anniversary celebration.

Charles Wylie, curator of contemporary art at the Dallas Museum of Art, will curate and write a catalog essay for Ted Kincaid's upcoming survey exhibition Ten Years at the McKinney Avenue Contemporary, scheduled to open September 9, 2006.