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1. A New Texas Arts Destination Quietly Takes Shape Near Marfa

Author

Urist, Jacoba

Subjects
Marfa, Texas -- Buildings and facilities, Art -- Exhibitions, Arts centers -- Planning, Company business planning, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

The founder of an insiders' art fair in the Texas town is now planning a bigger cultural center, in the desert, for visitors year-round. It will open in the fall. [...]

Published
2021

2. In an Art Mecca, Chic Has a Cost

Author

Von Oldershausen, Sasha

Subjects
Marfa, Texas -- Buildings and facilities, Adobe -- Usage, Earth houses -- Forecasts and trends -- Valuation, Real estate appraisal -- Forecasts and trends, Real property taxes -- Forecasts and trends, Vacation homes -- Forecasts and trends -- Valuation, Homeowners, Retirees, Arid regions, Market trend/market analysis, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

MARFA, Tex. -- Adobe is one of the oldest building materials known to humanity, especially in arid regions like the southwestern United States. The material -- earth, straw and water, [...]

Published
2018

3. Judd Foundation Is Renovating Its Marfa Buildings. The Project Isn't Minimal

Author

Loos, Ted

Subjects
Marfa, Texas -- Buildings and facilities, American artists -- Works, Commercial buildings -- Remodeling and renovation, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Donald Judd entered the pantheon of Minimalist art for works like his ''Judd boxes,'' deceptively simple containers that stand on the floor or get stacked on walls. This fall, the [...]

Published
2018

4. Texas Ranch is Rugged Oasis for the Famous

Author

Blinder, Alan and Fernandez, Manny

Subjects
Marfa, Texas -- Buildings and facilities, Ranches -- Appreciation, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

HOUSTON -- The closest community to the West Texas resort where Justice Antonin Scalia died is barely even a place anymore: It is a virtual ghost town where perhaps only [...]

Published
2016

5. Land's Sake

Author

Middleton, William

Subjects
Marfa, Texas -- Buildings and facilities, Dwellings -- Design and construction, Housing -- Design and construction, General interest, News, opinion and commentary, Design and construction, Buildings and facilities
Abstract

''It's about light and landscape,'' the architect Carlos Jimenez says of the West Texas town Marfa. ''In the clarity of that light, even the most ordinary objects -- a train [...]

Published
2005

6. Remote by Design

Author

Alonso, Roman and Eisner, Lisa

Subjects
Marfa, Texas -- Description and travel, Marfa, Texas -- Buildings and facilities, American artists -- Works, American artists -- Homes and haunts, Installations (Art), General interest
Abstract

How the hell did Donald Judd find Marfa, Texas? It's so remote it takes almost a day to get there. Marfa is in the high Chihuahuan desert, more than a [...]

Published
2003

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