I sit here typing on a 15-inch MacBook Pro. I maxed my credit card to get it four years ago and never looked back. There were cheaper laptops out there…
October 2011
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The archive of photographer Elliott Erwitt (b. 1928), which includes more than 50,000 signed photographic prints, will be housed at UT’s Ransom Center in Austin. Spanning more than six decades…
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When the AMoA and Arthouse announced that they were beginning discussions about some sort of merger, it kicked up a dust storm in Austin worthy of West Texas. And friends…
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The El Paso Downtown Arts District has been officially recognized by the Texas commission on the Arts; the Director and Deputy Director will perform a designation ceremony on Friday, Oct.…
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David Coleman, Ph.D. was appointed as the new Director of The Wittliff Collections at the Alkek Library, Texas State University-San Marcos. Coleman was chief curator for photography at UT’s Harry…
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BlogGlasstire
World on a Wire: A new/old film by R. W. Fassbinder comes to Texas screens.
by Peter Lucasby Peter LucasPhillip K. Dick meets Jean-Luc Godard in the fever dream of a vintage collector! OK, that was my quick attempt at a simple and catchy, hyperbolic hook for Rainer Werner…
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Upon arriving at the Angelika Theater on Thursday evening for the Dallas Video Festival, I immediately noticed that I was a tad underdressed in my jeans and sandals. Surrounded by…
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BlogShelf Life
Straying from from the Herd: An Interview with Kevin Jacobs of Oliver Francis Gallery
by Lucia Simekby Lucia SimekLast week I made my way through a derelict neighborhood in East Dallas, down a busy one-way throughway, to the storefront space of Oliver Francis Gallery, an ambitious new alternative space run by a…
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Perhaps Luis Jimenez’s most famous work, Vaquero, is riding into the sunset. On loan from collector and fiberglass fabricator Frank Ribelin, the monumental fiberglass statue of a pistol-packing cowboy has…
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ArticleReview
350 Words: “Terrell James: Citizen” at Barry Whistler Gallery
by Lucia Simekby Lucia SimekThere is always way more worthy art on view in the Great State of Texas than any one publication could ever cover. But with the goal of reviewing more shows,…
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The second annual CounterCrawl prepares to collect un-gallery art, a lot of musical performances and an ever-increasing mob to a cityscape that may, at last, not be uninhabitably hot. This…
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Under the sign of featured artist Kreg Yingst’s genderless juggler, Bayou City Art Festival(Downton edition) prepares to spew bad art, good crafts, a mixed bag of performances and ever-increasing crowds…
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Howard Sherman’s in-your-face aesthetic and cartoon-like drawing pays homage to Keith Haring and especially Jean-Michel Basquiat, whose street-art inspired paintings ran counter to the Minimalist establishment. Their art challenged…
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The latest post in Blaffer Blastoff, the Museum-on-hold’s renovation blog, designed to fill the dead air in their many social media outlets, is a comedy sketch. Rather than provide information…
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Houston Center for Photography is looking for contestants for its 2012 Phototography Fellowships. Two fellowship recipients, one from within 100 miles of Houston and one from anywhere, will be…
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Gas up the car and pick up some lip balm, it’s Open House weekend at the Chinati Foundation in Marfa. This year, their 25th anniversary, is marked by two special…
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Houston artist Chuck Ivy will be the 2012 Glasstire virtual artist in residence, selected by jurors Brian Piana (our last VR) and Abinadi Meza. Ivy described himself as “a man…
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News
StoneMetal Press Swallows Its Own Tail: Steamroller Print Auction Clears Space for Steamroller Prints!
In a tail-swallowing measure, San Antonio’s StoneMetal press will be auctioning off five years worth of large-scale prints to make space for future large scale printmaking! Bidding in the silent…
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The MTV Staying Alive Foundation announced that the inaugural MTV RE:DEFINE art exhibition and auction, held at the Goss-Michael Foundation in Dallas, has raised more than $770,000 for the charity,…
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News
Explosion in a Shingle Factory: Fifth Ward Jam Unveiled This Afternoon with Musical Celebration
Music and stories celebrating Houston’s historic Fifth Ward celebrate the opening of Dean Ruck and Dan Havel’s bungalow-turned-folk-art-cathedral, Fifth Ward Jam this afternoon, Saturday, Oct 1. Beginning at 4:30 p.m.…