Austin’s Farewell Books, the progressive bookshop and art gallery founded in February 2013, will shut its doors at 913 East Cesar Chavez Street at the end of this month. Founders…
January 2017
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwqfCqrWO8g David Bevill came to the rescue when a calf got lost on Highway 79 in Paris, TN. With no horses at the ready, he grabbed his rope and jumped on the hood…
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Congrats Robert Hodge, Christie Blizard, and Heyd Fontenot!: Artpace Announces Its 2017 Artist-in-Residence Schedule
by Glasstireby GlasstireArtpace in San Antonio has announced this year’s schedule for its three international artist-in-residency cycles. As usual, there are three artists per cycle: one from Texas, one from the United States…
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Spring Preview! Rainey Knudson, Brandon Zech, and Christina Rees run down our top picks in Texas for the coming months.
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Glasstire has followed the ever-goofy (his word is “whimsy”) artist/furniture-maker/sculptor/architect Dan Phillips for quite a while (here, here, here, and many other postings), most recently on his involvement with Houston’s…
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Houston Man “Flabbergasted” That His Rodin Sculpture is Worth a Lot
by Paula Newtonby Paula NewtonWhen Houstonian James Kenner took his Rodin sculpture up to Fort Worth for a taping of PBS’ Antiques Roadshow, he was hoping to hear that it was worth a few…
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What I refer to when I use “twisted” is art that casually, bracingly depicts the depravity and cruelty of existence with wryness, elegance and awe.
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The Amon Carter Museum of American Art in Fort Worth has just announced a massive and historical new gift, given in honor of the late Ruth Carter Stevenson (1923-2013) who was…
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Blanton Docent Raises Funds to Add African American Art to the Collection
by Paula Newtonby Paula NewtonBusinesswoman Marilyn Johnson moved to Austin in the 1990s and became a docent at the Blanton Museum of Art in 2012. When she visited the museum, reports KUT.org, she realized…
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"Far from being the idle doodling of ancient peoples, the rock art of the Lower Pecos was part of a living landscape that provided food, shelter, and a connection with the spirit world.”
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If you are an artist who lives and works in Bexar County and has ever had a desire to escape to Berlin, Blue Star Contemporary has the program for you. Now…
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The British art critic, novelist, painter and poet John Berger died today at the age of ninety after a long illness, reports Artforum and the Guardian. Anyone who has studied…
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"To do something that you enjoy doing creates risk."
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To begin to understand how grossly overlooked the artist Dorothy Hood has been, you have to see the late artist’s paintings in person. There is no substitute for standing in…
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As reported in the Houston Chronicle, anti-pipeline and drilling activists have announced a plan to establish three camps north of Big Bend National Park in the coming week. Two of the camps—one near…