At her death in 1950, Marion McNay left more than 700 works of art, along with her house, surrounding 23 acres, and an endowment to establish the first museum of…
February 2014
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Seek out these strange and wonderful paintings of a fleeting, uneasy world that embodies a darker side of our state identity.
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We are pleased to announce that Alecia Harris has been appointed as Glasstire’s Associate Publisher, a newly created position. Formerly the Membership and External Relations Associate at the Blaffer Art…
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As a big museum with a lot of objects, the Dallas Museum of Art (DMA) has maintained a small conservation studio for the last 30 years, but recently it kicked…
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Hawk was lying, facedown, on the concrete floor in a pool of clear fluid as if he had passed out on the sidewalk in front of a club, or fallen off his skateboard. Barefoot, he was Everyman, from Brooklyn.
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Few people look forward to funerals, but a lot of people look forward to the annual rodeo. So this year, the National Museum of Funeral History is hoping to jump…
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Is Dumb Starbucks an Art Project, a Comedy Stunt, or About to Get Seriously Sued?
by Paula Newtonby Paula NewtonMost people who have been on any social media site in the past few days have read about Dumb Starbucks, the coffee shop that opened a few days ago in…
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Artist Nancy Holt died on Saturday, February 8, in New York City. From 1995 to 2013, she worked and resided in Galisteo, New Mexico. A pioneer of earthworks and public…
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Texas Researcher Wants to Create Statues From 75-Year-Old Plans
by Paula Newtonby Paula NewtonLynna Kay Shuffield, from the Texas Star Chapter of the Daughters of the Republic of Texas (DRT), is a researcher of Texas genealogy and military history and was going through…
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Just as San Antonio’s Southwest School of Art (SSA) is gearing up for its new BFA program, it announced that it will be building an addition to the Edith McAllister…
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A porthole through which we experience Bontecou’s preoccupation with disaster and instability, on the blade-thin line between attraction and revulsion.
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While Some Islamic Art is in Jeopardy, the DMA is Entrusted with Major Private Collection
by Paula Newtonby Paula NewtonThe Dallas Museum of Art (DMA) will soon receive one of the world’s largest private holdings of Islamic art on a long-term loan (for 15 years, and it’s renewable). The…
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City of Webster Commissions David Adickes to Build Giant Astronaut
by Paula Newtonby Paula NewtonThe City of Webster (“Gateway to the Future”) has commissioned sculptor David Adickes to create an 80-foot statue of an Apollo astronaut planting an American flag at I-45 and NASA…
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Peppered with mischief, Sieben's skateboard ramp, clubhouse, and campfire pit explore the brink of childhood, when adolescents begin exploring a bigger, adventurous subculture.
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Realistic Sculpture of Man in Underwear Causes Stir on College Campus
by Paula Newtonby Paula NewtonThe Davis Museum at Wellesley College opened the exhibition Tony Matelli: New Gravity only yesterday, but one particular sculpture is already flying around social media sites and has made the…
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Media art (now “new media art”), including Anker’s, is evidence that modernism never died, it just plodded along, unnoticed during the Epoch of Irony that was postmodernism.
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Those who make knee-jerk comments about the relevance and funding of arts organizations should watch what they say. The smart folks at the National Center for Arts Research (NCAR) at…
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The folks at the (questionable) social networking site MyLife have put out a list of the top US cities in which to be an artist and Austin came in at…
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After the wildly successful two-day pop-up exhibition at Houston’s Inman Gallery last August, the University of Houston’s art students are hitting the big time. This time, they’re taking it to…
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Joan Mondale, wife of former Vice President Walter Mondale, died in Minneapolis on Monday at the age of 83. Mondale, who earned the nickname “Joan of Art” during her husband’s…