Dianthus Caryophyllus
Mikaylah Bowman‘s recent series of photographs reminds me of the 17th century Dutch still-life tradition, paintings that depict neatly arranged flowers, their edges crisp with [...]
5 photographers at Ro2 Art Downtown
Dallasites, if you enjoy the artistic equivalent of Gloria’s Super Special (back in the day it was the #9), have I got a show for [...]
New Coldspring Area Art League
Coldspring, a tiny town north of Houston wedged between the Sam Houston National Forest and Lake Livingston, has a new art league. The new Coldspring [...]
Maxwell Anderson: He’s a Good Guy
DMA Director Maxwell Anderson was praised in the Dallas Morning News for his stance against blockbusters, his ethical transparency, and his positive attitude. The article, [...]
Everybody Loves Andy- And Now Everybody Can Help Pay For Him!
Houston’s CAMH is branching out into crowd funding: a new indiegogo campaign to raise $32,000 to bring glitter-panda painter Rob Pruitt’s shiny statue of Andy [...]
New Photos from Beyoncé’s road Trip to Marfa, the Dreamiest Town in West Texas
Pop star Beyoncé made a road trip to West Texas, and took photos. Endless bloggging and re-blogging ensued, including a pithy observation from the Gawker’s [...]
‘Gallery Girl’ on “Gallery Girls,” Episode 2
The beginning of the second episode of “Gallery Girls” started off with Claudia returning to End of Century after the opening rager, so let’s start [...]
DF Chats: Barbara Perea
I was falling asleep slowly around 1:30 am when I heard the chime of a Facebook chat message. I debated about just ignoring it, [...]
Texas Contemporary Art Fair Announces new $10,000 Texas Contemporary Award
Max Fishko of artMRKT, organizers of the upcoming Texas Contemporary Art Fair in Houston has announced a new award component aimed at showcasing “national and [...]
Glass Satire: CAMH Art Crush
Glass Satire’s newest installment explores the incompatibility of contemporary floor-based sculpture with very important people who don’t ever look down. (It also explains why the [...]
Austin’s Eyes Got It!: 2011 Winner Hollie Brown
This is the last of four video profiles Glasstire is hosting featuring the finalists from last year’s Austin Eyes Got It!. 2011 Eyes Got It! [...]
Radcliffe Bailey at the McNay: Back to School
There’s this faction of contemporary artists who seem to feel at pains to jargonize, obfuscate and otherwise Other-ize their own work. If you need to [...]
Legendary Graffiti Artist Futura to Appear at Houston Liquor Megastore
Legendary graffiti artist Futura (known in the previous century as Futura 2000, just to give you an idea of how long this guy’s been around) [...]
Chinese Art Party Dampened by Widespread Fraud, says Forbes
Forbes magazine’s Abigail R. Esman contributed an expose and analysis of the Chinese art-fraud machine last week. Apparently, if you peel away the corruption, bid [...]
Goldesberry Gallery’s Three Part Finale
Oliver and Nancy Goldesberry, longtime art collectors, arts community supporters, have announced plans to retire and close their gallery on December 24, 2012. The premier [...]
Charts for the Arts: New SABÉR Study Claims 4.6 Billion Impact For San Antonio Creative Industry in 2011
The City of San Antonio Office of Cultural Affairs and the San Antonio Hispanic Chamber of Commerce have partnered with the SABÉR (Strategic Alliance for [...]
Dispatches from Documenta: Part III, Can art change the world?
For Part I, click here. For Part II, click here. Why do certain artworks have such a lasting impact? To stay with me, artworks usually [...]
Austin’s Eyes Got It!: 2011 Finalist Becky Joye
This is the third of four video profiles Glasstire is hosting featuring the finalists from last year’s Austin Eyes Got It!. 2011 Eyes Got It! [...]
Diverseworks Moving Sale Today!
Houston’s Diverseworks art space is cleaning house in preparation for its move to midtown. Get on down to the 1117 East Freeway, Houston to score [...]
‘Gallery Girl’ on “Gallery Girls,” Episode 1
So the majority of episode one of Bravo’s “Gallery Girls” was big on introducing the girls and low on any actual art. Or, you know, [...]
