The Goss-Michael Foundation’s zesty, celebrity-filled exhibition of Canadian pop star Bryan Adams’s photography embodies the essence of escapist entertainment that Dallas confuses with reality. I have a history of bashing…
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Glasstire contributors offer up their picks for the best spring shows around the state. Think we missed something great? Post it in the comments section below! AUSTIN Alison Kuo: Colorful…
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This news just in from Houston artist Bert Long and Joan Batson via Margaret Losinski: “Unfortunately the news about Bert is not good. He has been diagnosed with Stage IV…
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X Marks the Art, a public/private arts initiative that aims to activate underutilized and vacant downtown properties in San Antonio opened its second round of installations in mid December. Titled…
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On June 30, 1988, Austin Friends of Folk Art was formally incorporated as a 501c3 non-profit organization, complete with bylaws, officers and directors, and a mission to promote public appreciation…
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We Begin With Equality: “Lincoln” and “Django Unchained”
by John Aaspby John AaspTwo recent films made by two very different directors have accomplished something a bit rare for a mainstream Hollywood production: They not only bring to the screen glimpses of American…
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This just in from lawyer Keith Jaasma of the Houston office of Patterson & Sheridan, LLP: Sculptor Bob Pack’s Pack Sports Bronzes, Inc. of Sugar Land (which has created numerous…
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The Great God Pan Is Dead blog has two exceptionally interesting pieces on Houston artists by Virginia Billeaud Anderson. She interviews Performance artist Emily Sloan about her repressed childhood, in…
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Noted Houston photographer Casey Williams died peacefully on January 1, after weeks in a coma brought on by complications from West Nile virus. Known for his “found abstractions”, taken on…
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Norman Bel Geddes’ compass always pointed forward. From his design of the Palais Royal nightclub in 1922 to his plans for a pilot television studio for NBC in 1954, Bel…
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The Texan French Alliance for the Arts, the well-intentioned and well-connected nonprofit that scattered Bernar Venet’s rusty steel curlicues across Hermann Park in 2009-2010, is at it again: TFAA and…
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At this point in the winter calendar, I’m ready to be transported far from all things Western. Noble Change: Tantric Art of the High Himalaya, a small, stunning exhibit at…
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In celebration of the new year, their 30th in partnership, Houston’s Art Guys have planned a busy, performance-a-month schedule for 2013. Centered around the city as canvas and their collaborative…