Burning Man Cosmic Womb Taking Shape in Houston
Culturemap Austin has an update on a prominent crew of Texas participants in this years Burning Man Festival in Nevada. Lead artist Troy Stanley, his [...]
LA MOCA on Life Support: NY Times Roberta Smith Call Deitch’s Tenure “Disappointing”
Even NY Times critic Roberta Smith, originally a supporter of LA MOCA’s bold move in appointing flamboyant gallerist Jeffrey Deitch as its new Director, admits [...]
Interview with Stephen Vitiello
Stephen Vitiello is a sound artist who teaches at Virginia Commonwealth University. He has exhibited around the world and collaborated with artists such as [...]
New Bayou: Planners Talk Up Transformation of Houston’s Bipolar Waterway on July 25
If you’ve driven along Allen Parkway recently, you’ve seen the piles of dirt. For the next three years, Buffalo Bayou is going to be one [...]
Folk Art Triumphant: Smither Park Extends Orange Show’s Funky Success
Smither Park, the new folky-art mecca under construction next door to the Orange Show, is making progress. Visionary architectural sculptor Dan Phillips is busily grouting [...]
The Art of the Olympics
The Olympics are approaching, and my mind has been wandering in eager anticipation. Will David Beckham be shot into space at the opening ceremonies to [...]
Tyler Museum of Art Director Kimberly Bush Tomio Resigns
Kimberly Bush Tomio, director of the Tyler Museum of Art has announced that she will be leaving the museum she has headed for 12 years [...]
Cancel Those Air Tickets: The Prado is Coming to Houston!
MFAH director Gary Tinterow’s old Metropolitan Museum of Art connections, and the deep pockets of his new institution are paying off for the Prado: yesterday [...]
Rejoice! SAMA Now Offers Free Admission in Patches on Tuesdays and Sundays
If you’ve been itching to see the famed Guernica Tapestry but have been put off by the $8 museum admission, rejoice! Thanks to H-E-B, the [...]
Yayoi Kusama: Princess of the Polka Dots
I’m headed to New York next week for a brief visit wrapped around a wedding. On the top of the list is Yayoi Kusama’s retrospective [...]
Wrong Museum Burning: Ruscha’s Exit Leaves No Artists on LA MOCA Board
Joining John Baldessari, Catherine Opie and Barbara Kruger in a rush to the exit, Ed Ruscha, the last artist on LA MOCA’s board, resigned Monday. [...]
Chuck Ramirez Breakfast Tacos at the Smithsonian
The Smithsonian American Art Museum has bought Seven Days: Breakfast Tacos by San Antonio artist Chuck Ramirez, adding ti to their permanent collection. The large [...]
Laura Lark Loves You #2: Quake That Thing; California Uber Artists; Where’s a Man to Go?
Questions? Comments? Ideas? Send them to: lauralark@glasstire.com (or leave your message below) Dear Readers, Welcome back to Laura Lark Loves You! Please excuse the lack [...]
Meanwhile, in San Antonio: Wolverton and Guy Hundere
That’s Wolverton! They’re a San Antonio art-rock band made up of Caralyn Snyder (vocals), Kate Terrell (vocals, keyboards), Jeremiah Teutsch (vocals, electric bass, fiddle, banjo), Hills [...]
Art Hungry Grapevine, TX Hopes to Fill New Convention Center with DIY Art Fair August 4
Art-Hunger, a new organization formed by Nick C. Kirk, John Worley and Mike Moffatt, is planning monthly indoor art markets for the newly refurbished Grapevine [...]
A Modest Proposal: Nasher vs Museum Tower
I really don’t understand the brouhaha over this Museum Tower thing. All I see are opportunities. Perhaps the lawyers on both sides lack vision. Lawyers, [...]
New Astrodome Ideas from Beijing
Like Houston’s Astrodome, Beijing’s Bird Nest Stadium, repudiated by its creator, dissident artist Ai WeiWei, and costing the government $11 million a year to maintain, [...]
June Mattingly’s New E-Tome on Texas Contemporary Artists
Dallas art writer and collector June Mattingly’s new e-book The State of the Art: Contemporary Artists in Texas, is out-available for Nook, Kindle and iPad. [...]
Getty Research Portal Puts Full-Text Art Historical Sources Online
Independent scholars rejoice-The Getty Research Portal, which launched last month, makes 20,000 documents from the Getty’s collection and eight other libraries available to anyone with [...]
Surprise! Austin’s $236 Million Culture Industry Supports 7,000 Jobs, Says Americans for the Arts
According to a study by arts advocacy group Americans For the Arts, nonprofit arts and culture industry generated $236 million in annual economic activity in [...]
