Over October 26 – November 1, I visited New York to trudge through an early snowstorm (and the resulting slush and sludge) to see a round of recently opened gallery…
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“Tony Cragg: Seeing Things” at the Nasher Sculpture Center
by Lucia Simekby Lucia SimekTony Cragg’s work in Seeing Things at the Nasher reminded me of the iconic Old Man in the Mountain—a perfectly natural, perfectly uncanny male profile formed in a cliff face…
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Queer State(s) at the UT Visual Art Center: Out of Nowhere
by Sarah Fischby Sarah FischA generation after coming-out stories, AIDS and activism, and LGBT and transgender media celebrities, what does contemporary Queer art mean now?
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Now with two art fairs under my belt, not only does it really hurts when I sit down, but I have also become the world’s leading authority on ALL THINGS…
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Glasstire Drawing Project #1: Life On the List, Chapter 1
by Michael Biseby Michael BiseThe Glasstire Drawing Project debuts with Chapter 1 of Michael Bise’s “Life On the List,” an autobiographical comic about life on the heart transplant list.
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“In the war, things were in terrible turmoil. What I had learned at the academy was of no use to me and the useful new ideas were still unready… Everything…
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Mind your Ps and Qs: my peeves and qualms about the Texas Contemporary Art Fair.
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The second whoppin’ big art fair has come to a close, and oh! I have so much to say that I doubt, what with today’s average attention span, any one…
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Look, these are all gonna be iPhone photos. I’m sorry about that. Soon as I can, I plan to purchase a real camera, but meanwhile, this is what I’ve got…
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In his site-specific installation Plexus No. 9, Gabriel Dawe layers a subtly shifting palette of rainbow-colored thread with mind-boggling precision.
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Potter Belmar Labs in SA and Aaron Forland’s guerrilla public art: Goodbye to all that (fer now)
by Sarah Fischby Sarah FischAaron Forland, San Antonio visual artist, SA’s unofficial DIY/underground/punk rock historian and creator of the “Keep San Antonio Lame” meme, has been and continues to extol the paradoxical and…
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Lucky has been anything but. A 46-year resident of the San Antonio Zoo, the sixtyish, female elephant became a cause célèbre for animal rights activists after her longtime companion Alport…
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There’s a person somewhere in Houston. They are healthy, just entering the prime of their life. They’ve left childhood but haven’t entered old age. They might be next to you…
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“I’m living the dream.” This phrase (which is usually uttered with more than a hint of sarcasm by a person of privilege) refers to the idea that everyone regardless of…
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Upon arriving at the Angelika Theater on Thursday evening for the Dallas Video Festival, I immediately noticed that I was a tad underdressed in my jeans and sandals. Surrounded by…
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350 Words: “Terrell James: Citizen” at Barry Whistler Gallery
by Lucia Simekby Lucia SimekThere is always way more worthy art on view in the Great State of Texas than any one publication could ever cover. But with the goal of reviewing more shows,…
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Small Texas towns are easy to stereotype, and often, those generalizations prove themselves to be true. Conservative politics, high school football, and abundant red meat are just a few that…
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DiverseWorks‘ State Fair feels like a version of “Now THAT’S What I Call Social Practice!” As you walk through, you are beckoned to participate in an idea barter booth,…
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Somewhere between childhood wonder and adult disillusionment, Kelly O’Connor is creating a psychic landscape from fragments of familiar movies, TV shows, vacationlands and fairy tales. While she’s been making the…
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Houston Fine Art Fair: Glasstire Readers Pick the Best and Worst Art
by Glasstireby GlasstireGlasstire readers did themselves proud in our Best and Worst of the Houston Fine Art Fair Contest. They hunted down art they liked and art they didn’t. They gave us…