Not a Big Fan of Clifford Owens
“Do something to me that you will regret but you won’t apologize for!” These were instructions delivered by Clifford Owens from a score written by Steffani Jemison as [...]
Accused Menil Picasso Vandal Uriel Landeros’ Double-Trouble Bond Set for $500,000
Uriel Landeros, the artist accused of defacing Picasso’s Woman in a Red Armchair at the Menil Collection, appeared in court today in Houston. Landeros was [...]
Read All About It: Art Guys and Menil Given a UK-Style Thrashing in HuffPost, UK Way Back in 2011!
In case you missed it, (as I did!) a piece titled “Homophobia and the Arts” co-written by blogger James Payne and artist Michael Petry appeared [...]
New Environmental Phenomenon Threatens Nasher Sculpture Garden
Staff at the Nasher Sculpture Center in Dallas arrived this morning to find outdoor pieces in the center’s sculpture garden dusted with a fine, powdery [...]
Maker Faire Preview
What are you doing this Saturday? Come with me to Houston’s first Mini Maker Faire. I first heard about Maker Faire from Aisen Caro Chacin, [...]
Nina Seely New Director at Umlauf Sculpture Garden
Nina Seely has been named to the newly-created director spot at the Umlauf Sculpture Garden & Museum in Austin. Nelie Plourde, who held the Executive [...]
Menil, Surls Comment on Art Guys Marry A Plant Removal
Mimi Swartz of Texas Monthly has been busy since Friday, when Glasstire published the Art Guys’ announcement that their controversial piece, The Art Guys Marry [...]
Renner Funnel Tunnel Coming
Construction of Patrick Renner’s 185-foot Funnel Tunnel begins on February 1. The public art sculpture/installation will be made of reclaimed wood and will snake through [...]
Thirty Seconds
The average viewer spends around thirty seconds in front of an artwork. Seems unjust considering how long the artist likely spent making the thing. But [...]
Texans at Sundance 2013!
In his latest link-filled newsletter, Bart Weiss of the Dallas Video Festival takes note of Texans participating in this years Sundance Film Festival happening January [...]
Artist Profile: Aisen Caro Chacin
Sensory Substitution, Devices, Perception, Alternative Displays, Bone Conduction Hearing, Parametric Sound, Tactile Visual Displays, HipHop, Gastronomy, Echolocation, Accessibility, Hardware, Physiology, Bionics, Tongue Display Unit, Electrode [...]
The Epitome Institute: New San Antonio Jeu d’Esprit to Open in March
San Antonio artists Meg Langhorne and Donna Pardue have announced a new endeavor, The Epitome Institute: “Esteemed Artists, Art Patrons and Dissertators: “We wish to [...]
Wheels, Squeak Now! Texas Arts Advocacy Day is Coming up on Thursday, January 31
Book your reservations now to attend the third biennial Texans for the Arts Arts Advocacy Day in Austin. The day’s events include a breakfast rally, [...]
RO2 Adds Magnolia Theater Gallery to Catalog of Far-Flung Projects
Dallas mother-and-son gallerists Susan Roth Romans and Jordan Roth of RO2 Art are taking over the curation of the Magnolia Theater Gallery upstairs, inside the [...]
Birding as Art? For Sanity’s Sake: Yes
Lynn Barber lives in Rapid City, South Dakota. She has degrees in microbiology and law, and intermittently works as a patent attorney. She enjoys playing [...]
The Rush is On: El Paso’s Art-Buying Spree Ends Feb 14!
The city of El Paso is looking to build a public collection of artwork by local artists to be displayed in City buildings, and they’re [...]
On Institutional Cowardice: The Menil Collection
[Disclosure: I am married to one of The Art Guys. I am not an impartial bystander. Read the following with that in mind.] It was [...]
BREAKING NEWS: Art Guys say Menil is removing “The Art Guys Marry A Plant”
Glasstire has received the following email from the Art Guys: The Menil Collection has decided to remove “The Art Guys Marry A Plant” from their [...]
Remembering Ruth: Ruth Carter Stevenson, President of the Amon Carter Museum, is Dead at 89
Amon G. Carter was a man of iron will, blunt charm and big ideas. Her father’s daughter, Ruth Carter Stevenson, inherited his intractibility and vision [...]
Museum Tower, in Need of Louvers, Gets New Salesmen
Museum Tower, the embattled “42-story luxury residential high-rise located in the heart of the Dallas Arts District”, has announced an alliance with Sotheby’s International Realty [...]
