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The cowboy myth: we're told repeatedly that George W. Bush's leadership style is rooted in Texas values, but what's so Texan about squinty-eyed moral clarity, shoot-from-the-hip decisiveness, and go-it-alone gunslinging?

Not long after he moved into the Eastern White House, George W. Bush let it he known that he could just as easily do the free world's business at...
Texas Monthly, 10/01/04 by Michael Ennis · More from publication
Apocalypse now: Dallas, the state's mecca of materialism, is the global epicenter of doomsday theology? The end may be nearer than we think.

The public-relations firm that Dallas recently hired to come with a catchy new slogan for the city probably won't pick "Athens of the Apocalypse."...
Texas Monthly, 07/01/04 by Michael Ennis · More from publication
The accidental city: a new book paints a witty, perceptive portrait of Houston, a metropolis as culturally complex as it is commercially crass

HOUSTON, THAT SPRAWLING LABORATORY of urban experiments, has gone about its work largely outside the purview of expert observers. Limited to the...
Texas Monthly, 12/01/03 by Michael Ennis · More from publication
Everybody loves Ray: and why not? His Nasher Sculpture Center will finally put Dallas on the map of don't-miss arts destinations

IN A CITY PRONE TO TALK EXPANSIVELY about its cultural aspirations but do little about them, Dallas developer and philanthropist Raymond Nasher has...
Texas Monthly, 09/01/03 by Michael Ennis · More from publication
Prints of a fellow: the acquisition of Leo Steinberg's Stellar collection makes it official: UT-Austin has one of the top university art museums in the country. (on Art).

THERE'S A SENSE OF DEJA VU ABOUT "PRINTS From the Leo Steinberg Collection, Part I," the exhibition on view at the University of Texas at Austin's...
Texas Monthly, 06/01/03 by Michael Ennis · More from publication
The minimalist: how did Donald Judd go from painting generic nudes to creating the works that have made Marfa the art Mecca it is today? (on art).

NINE YEARS AFTER HIS UNTIMELY DEATH from cancer at the age of 65, Donald Judd has never been more fascinating. After moving to West Texas as a...
Texas Monthly, 04/01/03 by Michael Ennis · More from publication

Peter's principles: riding the cycles of boom and bust, Peter Marzio has turned the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston into a great cultural--and business--success. (on Art).

THE CITY THAT PUT MEN ON THE MOON HAS A PROBLEM launching the idea that it has an exciting cultural life. Just witness the New York Times's...
Texas Monthly, 09/01/02 by Michael Ennis · More from publication
Moving pictures; at this year's FotoFest in Houston, digital art--once notable for its novelty--was actually done well, and the still picture seemed like an anachronism. (on Art)

BY ANY MEASURE, HOUSTON'S FOTOFEST HAS grown into a cultural behemoth. This year's edition of the sprawling, month-long biennial, which was on view...
Texas Monthly, 05/01/02 by Michael Ennis · More from publication
Small stuff: jam-packed with everything from aircraft models to mastodon teeth, the miniature museum is another Houston monument to outsider art. (on Art).

NOWHERE BUT HOUSTON DOES OUTSIDER ART enjoy such insider status. Folk art icons like the venerable Orange Show, postman Jeff McKissack's...
Texas Monthly, 04/01/02 by Michael Ennis · More from publication
Amon high: Fort Worth's newly expanded Amon Carter Museum offers a thrilling roller-coaster ride through the American psyche. (on Art).

WHEN THE AMON CARTER MUseum first opened, in 1961, the compact modernist temple perched on a Fort Worth hillside seemed little more than an elegant...
Texas Monthly, 01/01/02 by Michael Ennis · More from publication

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The cowboy myth: we're told repeatedly that George W. Bush's leadership style is rooted in Texas values, but what's so Texan about squinty-eyed moral clarity, shoot-from-the-hip decisiveness, and go-it-alone gunslinging?

Apocalypse now: Dallas, the state's mecca of materialism, is the global epicenter of doomsday theology? The end may be nearer than we think.

The accidental city: a new book paints a witty, perceptive portrait of Houston, a metropolis as culturally complex as it is commercially crass

Everybody loves Ray: and why not? His Nasher Sculpture Center will finally put Dallas on the map of don't-miss arts destinations

Prints of a fellow: the acquisition of Leo Steinberg's Stellar collection makes it official: UT-Austin has one of the top university art museums in the country. (on Art).

The minimalist: how did Donald Judd go from painting generic nudes to creating the works that have made Marfa the art Mecca it is today? (on art).

Peter's principles: riding the cycles of boom and bust, Peter Marzio has turned the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston into a great cultural--and business--success. (on Art).

Moving pictures; at this year's FotoFest in Houston, digital art--once notable for its novelty--was actually done well, and the still picture seemed like an anachronism. (on Art)

Small stuff: jam-packed with everything from aircraft models to mastodon teeth, the miniature museum is another Houston monument to outsider art. (on Art).

Amon high: Fort Worth's newly expanded Amon Carter Museum offers a thrilling roller-coaster ride through the American psyche. (on Art).

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