Mimi Swartz of Texas Monthly has been busy since Friday, when Glasstire published the Art Guys’ announcement that their controversial piece, The Art Guys Marry a Plant, was to be…
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Construction of Patrick Renner’s 185-foot Funnel Tunnel begins on February 1. The public art sculpture/installation will be made of reclaimed wood and will snake through the trees on the Montrose…
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The average viewer spends around thirty seconds in front of an artwork. Seems unjust considering how long the artist likely spent making the thing. But I will admit that my…
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In his latest link-filled newsletter, Bart Weiss of the Dallas Video Festival takes note of Texans participating in this years Sundance Film Festival happening January 17-27 in Park City Utah…
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Sensory Substitution, Devices, Perception, Alternative Displays, Bone Conduction Hearing, Parametric Sound, Tactile Visual Displays, HipHop, Gastronomy, Echolocation, Accessibility, Hardware, Physiology, Bionics, Tongue Display Unit, Electrode Vibrotactile Stimulation These are the…
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The Epitome Institute: New San Antonio Jeu d’Esprit to Open in March
by Bill Davenport 0 commentSan Antonio artists Meg Langhorne and Donna Pardue have announced a new endeavor, The Epitome Institute: “Esteemed Artists, Art Patrons and Dissertators: “We wish to introduce you to our new…
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Wheels, Squeak Now! Texas Arts Advocacy Day is Coming up on Thursday, January 31
by Bill Davenport 0 commentBook your reservations now to attend the third biennial Texans for the Arts Arts Advocacy Day in Austin. The day’s events include a breakfast rally, advocacy training, and Capitol visits…
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Dallas mother-and-son gallerists Susan Roth Romans and Jordan Roth of RO2 Art are taking over the curation of the Magnolia Theater Gallery upstairs, inside the Magnolia theater at 3699 McKinney…
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Lynn Barber lives in Rapid City, South Dakota. She has degrees in microbiology and law, and intermittently works as a patent attorney. She enjoys playing the hammer dulcimer and the…
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The city of El Paso is looking to build a public collection of artwork by local artists to be displayed in City buildings, and they’re in a hurry. Approximately $200,000…
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On Institutional Cowardice: The Menil Collection
by Rainey Knudson 83 comments[Disclosure: I am married to one of The Art Guys. I am not an impartial bystander. Read the following with that in mind.] It was announced yesterday that the Menil…
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BREAKING NEWS: Art Guys say Menil is removing “The Art Guys Marry A Plant”
by Kelly Klaasmeyer 0 commentGlasstire has received the following email from the Art Guys: The Menil Collection has decided to remove “The Art Guys Marry A Plant” from their collection. Tentative plans are to…
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Remembering Ruth: Ruth Carter Stevenson, President of the Amon Carter Museum, is Dead at 89
by Janet Tysonby Janet Tyson 4 commentsAmon G. Carter was a man of iron will, blunt charm and big ideas. Her father’s daughter, Ruth Carter Stevenson, inherited his intractibility and vision but thinly cloaked it with…
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Museum Tower, the embattled “42-story luxury residential high-rise located in the heart of the Dallas Arts District”, has announced an alliance with Sotheby’s International Realty as its new marketing partner.…
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Stephen Lapthisophon Gets Meadow Museum’s Moss/Chumly award for 2012
by Bill Davenport 0 commentThe 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…