This New Year’s eve marks the 40th anniversary of a participatory performance piece by Fluxus artist Ken Friedman. Titled In One Year and Out the Other, the score for the work is…
December 2015
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“Note: these are for museums and non-profits who have released their schedules, or who have updated websites. Hint, Hint.” Rainey Knudson’s picks: 1. Mark Flood: Gratest Hits Contemporary Arts Museum…
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News
We Support Young Artists after Old Navy Disses Them with Toddler Tees
by Paula Newtonby Paula NewtonYesterday, tons of news sites and newspapers reported on the social media backlash against Old Navy’s toddler t-shirts which read “Young Aspiring Artist” with a line through the word “Artist”…
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If you’re not an artist this all probably sounds terrible and terrifying. If you are an artist, it still sounds terrible, but you’re going to do it anyway.
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The City of Austin will present its annual Austin’s New Year (ANY): an alcohol-free celebration that showcases a variety of art, food trucks, and live music. It will take place…
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Houston’s Orange Show Center for Visionary Art is commissioning site-specific works of 2D & 3D mosaic art at Smither Park, its newest outdoor art project. The call is open to…
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Harry Geffort’s current show 'First Light' is a tour de force of technical mastery.
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We recently announced that Houston’s David Shelton Gallery has made the move to the well-known 4411 Montrose building. This winter, however, another new space is set to open there alongside Shelton,…
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In celebration of Glasstire's 15th Anniversary in 2016, we'll be mining our archive of 3000+ features and republishing some old favorites. Here, Bill Davenport on Chris Sauter and Hills Snyder in 2001.
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An organization called “California is Not for Sale” will launch an active signature-gathering campaign on January 1 to put a new initiative on the 2016 state ballot. San Diego entrepreneur…
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Ellsworth Kelly died today. He was 92. His death was announced by his New York-based dealer and gallerist, Matthew Marks. One of the most prominent post-war abstract artists in the…
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This month the Blaffer Art Museum at the University of Houston received a $1 million bequest from the late Jane Dale Owen. The granddaughter of Sarah Campbell Blaffer, Owen had long been involved in the…
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The Houston Center for Photography has announced their 2016 Fellowship recipients. The Carol Crow Memorial Fellowship is awarded to an artist living within 100 miles of Houston, and the HCP Fellowship is…
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I imagine that as a resident it would be difficult not to make work about Galveston. It’s a swirling black hole of beauty and charm and repulsion.
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Maybe this has been happening at Christmas for years, but this image of a Galilean man created by a forensic anthropologist has been popping up recently on the Internet and…
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After viewing Brandon Zech’s charming photo essay about nativity scenes as sculpture entitled “This Isn’t the Baby You’re Looking For,” it’s helpful to remember that some people regard nativity scenes…
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"Andy Williams cut out Run DMC, really?" "Just by a hair!!"
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The nativity scene as... sculpture?
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Big news. The Joan Mitchell Foundation has just named its 2015 Painter and Sculptor grant recipients. Each of the 25 U.S.-based winners receive $25,000, and there are three Texans in the…
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Many folks have the tradition of catching a movie on Christmas day and, for those in Houston, 14 Pews has the film for you— Peggy Guggenheim: Art Addict. The new…