The Armory this year was solid. Pulse and Volta, on the other hand, felt mostly like the art world slinging the same hash we’ve been chowing down for the past…
Glass Meets Road
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The Armory this year is solid: the art on view is good, and there’s very little nonsense. Here are some snapshots: (l-r) Menil Collection associate curator Michelle White; Patrick Reynolds…
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UT Press has just published a handsome catalog of Lance Letscher‘s collage work. Like any good catalog (or solo exhibition), it enriches one’s appreciation of the artist, especially if you…
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There seem to be a bunch of shows all of a sudden dealing with contemporary glass in Houston. "Studio glass" (as opposed to factory glass) is a relatively young phenomenon:…
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This week a bunch of Texas art people descended on Austin to exhort our Legislature to cough up some money for the arts in Texas. It was basically a 6th…
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Random thoughts from the Dallas Art Fair: 1. A lot of TX dealers got through the 80’s, when things were terrible here and booming everywhere else, by selling outside of…
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The quickie spiel about the Dallas Art Fair, which previewed yesterday: low expectations on the parts of the dealers — perhaps higher expectations from the out-of-staters than the locals; a…
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In our poll we asked Glasstire readers “How can the Obama administration best help the arts?” Among various options, “Launch WPA-style arts projects” came in first and “Bigger budget for…
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So instead of griping about a show that closed over a month ago in New York, what’s say we look closer to home at stuff still on view? The…
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Following up on my Morandi post: I’ve gotten a lot of flack for criticizing that show. My problem (right or wrong) is not so much with the work itself.…
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"… bodies are not really what [Francis] Bacon is interested in. … He’s enjoying himself, and he’s doing something really abstract." – Matthew Collings in the current Modern Painters …
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So I’m reading the NYT holiday movie section just now and this catches my eye: I find this on their website: Heartland Truly Moving Pictures, a non-profit organization, recognizes…
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Check out Art at Our Doorstep, a recent-ish publication of San Antonio writers and artists. It’s an impressively hefty tome with good paper and nice color plates (or whatever you…
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OK, here’s the skinny from the town hall meeting last week. Big kudos and thanks to Houston Arts Alliance for putting this together! 1. The The City of Houston…
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Gordy Grundy, the LA artist who showed at Sala Diaz last year, made this video as part of his Fellowship of Fortuna project (a feel-good fest wrapped in quasi-fascist trappings)……
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Gordy Grundy, the LA artist who showed at Sala Diaz last year, made this video as part of his Fellowship of Fortuna project (a feel-good fest wrapped in quasi-fascist trappings)……
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OK, here’s what I saw during the rest of my DFW trip: The Design District In the past few years, no fewer than seven Dallas galleries have moved to this…
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I’m in DFW for a few days, and it may be summertime, but the energy is good. Here’s what I’m seeing: Day One: (most of the) Museums 1. The Nasher…
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I am not a fan of the Impressionists. They just don’t wet my whistle. However, I was dragged into the halls of In the Forest of Fontainebleau: Painters and Photographers…
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In our ongoing efforts to make your Glasstire experience as awesome as possible, we did a survey recently. We’re using the results to retool the site in the coming months.…