The El Paso Creative Kids program was one of 12 national arts programs to receive the President’s Commission on the Arts and Humanities Youth Program Award at the White House…
November 2013
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The University of North Texas and College of Visual Arts and Design (CVAD) is opening ArtSpace Dallas, a gallery that will showcase works of CVAD’s students, faculty and renowned alumni,…
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The current show at the MFAH's Glassell School isn't all Political Economy 101.
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Thanksgiving Saved by Houston Artists, the Mayor’s Office, and Skateboarding Vegetables!
by Paula Newtonby Paula NewtonJust this past August, it looked like Houston would have no Thanksgiving Day Parade for the first time in over six decades. But the city, some new corporate sponsorship, a…
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Austin’s apartment gallery, Red Space, has announced that it will be closing. Focusing on emerging and experimental artists, Red Space has hosted a variety of installation-oriented exhibitions since artist/curator Caitlin…
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The inaugural post in our new series highlighting art outside the art scene illuminates the 75 year old circus mural that inspired the Toys R Us giraffe, hidden under the ceiling of a bar in Midtown Houston.
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There’s a new gallery opening on the eclectic strip of Houston’s Main Street between Midtown and Montrose. The location is close enough to the Museum District and the other Main…
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On Tuesday, architect Renzo Piano visited Fort Worth to check out the Kimbell Art Museum’s new Piano Pavilion, scheduled to open on November 27. According to KERA News, Piano walked…
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Ed Cooper died unexpectedly early this week after an accidental fall in his home. He was 61. A wealth manager with LPL Financial by day, Cooper was an enthusiastic and…
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There is now less than a week to come up with the most brilliant name for the soon-to-be-built café in the Menil Collection’s “neighborhood of art.” For those who would…
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The original “Leipzig School” was a group of artists behind the Iron Curtain, isolated from western trends. These five "New Leipzig School" artists are their students.
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In a refocused effort to reduce the federal budget deficit, legislators in both parties have apparently proposed changes to the charitable tax deduction, which some say could cost nonprofits $9…
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Playboy Marfa, which was quickly installed this summer just outside of Marfa and almost as quickly received removal orders from Texas Department of Transportation (TxDot), will be moving down the…
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A good old-fashioned compare and contrast. This show marks a drastic change in O’Neil’s work.
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The Linda Pace Foundation's new executive director talks to Glasstire about LPF's exhibition program, their collections, and their building plans.
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Last week, Peruvian actor and environmental activist Richard Torres married a tree in Buenos Aires, Argentina, reports the Huffington Post. As part of Torres’s attempt to spread environmental awareness across…
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Dallas Homework Assignment: Advance Human Knowledge and Well-Being
by Paula Newtonby Paula NewtonThere is a new group for Dallas folks who would like to get a bit art smarter in a friendly setting: art as social wormhole. Billed as an “artificial M.F.A.”…
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Fischer makes his way though the massive Kelly retrospective and ends on a transcendent note. No more New York until spring, we promise!
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Lee Littlefield Sculptures to Pop Up in Central Houston Library
by Paula Newtonby Paula NewtonThe Houston Art Alliance (HAA) will present an installation of suspended, sculptural works by the late Lee Littlefield at the Central Houston Public Library’s first floor gallery. Is that near…
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It’s been over a decade since a metal plate fell off the wall of a County Records building in Dallas, exposing the remnants of a “White Only” sign over a…