Zhang has an effortless fluency with surrealism; his humor and creativity collide into a frisson of dark wonder.
November 2017
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The Joan Mitchell Foundation has announced its 2017 Painters & Sculptors grant recipients, who will each receive $25,000 in unrestricted funds, reports ARTnews. The recipients range in age from…
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Ballroom Marfa has announced that its Interim Director, Laura Copelin, has been appointed as the organization’s new Executive Director. Copelin was hired by the nonprofit in 2014 as an associate curator. Before coming to…
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Walking into an established gallery is like walking into the house of a nuclear family where the parents are still together and the kids make decent grades.
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San Antonio artist Cruz Ortiz has created the world’s first solar mural installation, reports Texas Public Radio. The four panel installation, entitled La Monarca, has been placed downtown but will…
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Party Pics
Party Pics: November 10 at the Contemporary Art Museum Plainview
by Glasstireby GlasstireThe show: Big Art in Small Town, the inaugural exhibition at Contemporary Art Museum Plainview, featuring works by Daniel Anguilu, Sherry Owens, Kelly Moran, Katy Anderson, Sharon Kopriva, Dandee Warhol, Emily…
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Texas Artist Harry Geffert died recently, as is reported on his Facebook page, which is filled with condolences from friends, fellow artists, and former students. Geffert was born in 1934…
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Race, feminism, history, and sand dunes? It should all come together this Thursday, November 16, at 6pm. In conjunction with Houston artist Regina Agu’s current exhibition, Sea Change, at the…
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News
Jeanne Claire van Ryzin Launches “Sightlines,” an Austin-based Arts and Culture Publication
by Glasstireby GlasstireAustin-based writer and critic Jeanne Claire van Ryzin has announced the launch of Sightlines, a new online publication covering “arts, culture, news and ideas.” Van Ryzin worked full-time as an arts reporter…
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It’s remarkable how many obscure and hidden niche-cultures of the west Wilson was allowed to photograph.
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Project Row Houses and the University of Houston’s Center for Art and Social Engagement (CASE) have recently opened applications for the 2018 CASE-PRH Fellowship. Now in its second year, the program invites…
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The McNay Art Museum in San Antonio has announced that is has acquired the collection of John M. Parker, Jr., a noted collector of Conceptual and Minimal art, and the museum…
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"I can't just be looking at my belly button 24 hours a day."
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There are two full weekends (November 11-12 and November 18-19) to try and see all the art at East Austin Studio Tour (EAST), but this weekend there are opportunities to…
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Earlier this year, David Lindsay, artist and art professor at Texas Tech in Lubbock, developed and launched a clever new smartphone app that allows artists to create site-specific works that play…
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Rainey Knudson and Brandon Zech on an unapologetic art critic, some disgusting and edgy drawings, and a new museum opening in the Panhandle.
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As executor of their estate, Houstonian Ron Roseman traveled to New Mexico to deal with the house of his favorite aunt and uncle. He cleaned out some older furniture, some…
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The intimate understanding that resulted between Briggs’ and Strand’s works is something that the viewer won't grasp on a surface level. It’s deeper and intuitive.
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The Meadows Museum in Dallas confirmed yesterday that Curator Nicole Atzbach died this past weekend with the following statement: It is with great sadness that we inform you that Nicole…