Arthouse, Austin, has approved a new operating budget for next year, balanced through staff reductions, specifically the sudden elimination of Elizabeth Dunbar as Associate director/Curator. It just happens that Dunbar co-organized the recent, controversial showing of Michelle Handelman’s Dorian, a cinematic perfume. Future programming will be cobbled together from guest curators and traveling exhibitions, advised by Arthouse’s exhibitons committee. Arthouse’s recent institutional spending spree may include glass blocks, felt chairs, and acres of exotic tzatziki wood, but apparently does not extend to beloved curators.
