The Meadows Museum has announced that Stephen Lapthisophon is the recipient of the 2012 Moss/Chumley Artist Award. The award is given annually to an outstanding North Texas artist who has…
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Ruth Carter Stevenson, Art Patron and Amon Carter Museum Founder, 1923-2013
by Bill Davenport 0 commentRuth Carter Stevenson, Philanthropist and President of the Board of Trustees of the Amon Carter Museum in Ft. Worth, daughter of oilman, newpaper publisher and fierce Ft. Worth booster Amon…
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Lauren Kelley creates animated videos that often feature Barbies altered by clay and confectioner’s sugar and that evoke a complex commentary on race, youth and desire. Kelley’s works also engage…
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Alleged Menil Picasso vandal Uriel Landeros surrendered himself to federal marshals at the at the international bridge near McAllen, Texas on the US/Mexico border. His lawyer, Emily DeToto, brokered the…
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Artistic Inns of Texas: New Fayetteville Red and White Gallery Hosts Moroles Show
by Bill Davenport 1 commentThere’s a new gallery in Fayetteville, TX, and it’s starting out with a bang: Joan and Jerry Herring of the new Red and White Gallery will host ubiquitous monumentalist Jesis’…
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Art Mag San Antonio’s 2012 Wrap Up: Shrinking Galleries Need Collectors, Artist-Run Spaces Carrying the Load
by Bill Davenport 0 commentHaydeé Muñoz De la Rocha of Art Magazine San Antonio has a detailed wrap-up of the state of the art in her city, noting the gallery closings at the newly-commercialized…
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ARTPIX, Houston-based art-magazine-on-a-disc, has released a 3-disc DVD, Merce Cunningham Dance Company: Park Avenue Armory Event 2011, in collaboration with the Merce Cunningham Trust. The DVDs document the final performance…
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The windows at 3700 Main Street in Houston have been getting interesting. I live above this building and have grown increasingly curious about the project as I’ve watched the windows…
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2013 Texas Biennial Announces 5th Roundup of Texas Artists: Submit Now!
by Bill Davenport 3 commentsThe organizers of the 2013 Texas Biennial invite all artists living and working in Texas to submit their stuff from now until February 28 for possible inclusion in the latest,…
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Dallas’ Crow Collection of Asian Art has installed several new works of Asian sculpture over the last few months as their outdoor sculpture garden nears completion: a stone Chinese warrior,…
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Bryan Adams “Exposed” at Goss-Michael Foundation (yeah, that Bryan Adams)
by Betsy Lewisby Betsy Lewis 0 commentThe Goss-Michael Foundation’s zesty, celebrity-filled exhibition of Canadian pop star Bryan Adams’s photography embodies the essence of escapist entertainment that Dallas confuses with reality. I have a history of bashing…
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Glasstire contributors offer up their picks for the best spring shows around the state. Think we missed something great? Post it in the comments section below! AUSTIN Alison Kuo: Colorful…
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This news just in from Houston artist Bert Long and Joan Batson via Margaret Losinski: “Unfortunately the news about Bert is not good. He has been diagnosed with Stage IV…
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X Marks the Art, a public/private arts initiative that aims to activate underutilized and vacant downtown properties in San Antonio opened its second round of installations in mid December. Titled…
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On June 30, 1988, Austin Friends of Folk Art was formally incorporated as a 501c3 non-profit organization, complete with bylaws, officers and directors, and a mission to promote public appreciation…
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We Begin With Equality: “Lincoln” and “Django Unchained”
by John Aaspby John Aasp 5 commentsTwo recent films made by two very different directors have accomplished something a bit rare for a mainstream Hollywood production: They not only bring to the screen glimpses of American…
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This just in from lawyer Keith Jaasma of the Houston office of Patterson & Sheridan, LLP: Sculptor Bob Pack’s Pack Sports Bronzes, Inc. of Sugar Land (which has created numerous…
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Virginia Billeaud Anderson Interviews Houston Artists on Boyd’s Blog, Ken Price Chimes In
by Bill Davenport 2 commentsThe Great God Pan Is Dead blog has two exceptionally interesting pieces on Houston artists by Virginia Billeaud Anderson. She interviews Performance artist Emily Sloan about her repressed childhood, in…
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Noted Houston photographer Casey Williams died peacefully on January 1, after weeks in a coma brought on by complications from West Nile virus. Known for his “found abstractions”, taken on…
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“Norman Bel Geddes Designs America” at the UT Harry Ransom Center
by Christina Patoski 0 commentNorman Bel Geddes’ compass always pointed forward. From his design of the Palais Royal nightclub in 1922 to his plans for a pilot television studio for NBC in 1954, Bel…