How can good people appreciate despicable behavior? What can it seriously tell us about the values we hold? These questions are repeatedly addressed and challenged by artists and filmmakers, to…
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The Art Newspaper (Art Basel Edition) reports that the fiscal cliff, and attendant economic uncertainty if anything, has been good for sales of high-end art at the Art Basel Miami…
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In celebration of the Menil Collection’s 25th anniversary this fall, Calvin Tomkins spoke at the Menil in conversation with director Josef Helfenstein. Because of the occasion, their discussion centered around…
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We arrived at Blue Star Thursday night to a performance of Justin Randolph Thompson’s Tossin’ the Rag as part of his exhibition Meet Me in the Bottoms. A rag doll was…
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If not completely exhausting, the end of each semester can be pretty gratifying. The students are relieved to be finished, turning in their last papers and tests, sometimes telling you…
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“I’m Sorry, You Can’t Take Photographs Here”: Museum Copyright Claims Debunked in Fordham Law Journal
by Bill Davenport 6 commentsMuseum Policies and Art Images: Conflicting Objectives and Copyright Overreaching, a new paper by Kenneth D. Crews of Columbia University’s Copyright Advisory Office, published in the Fordham Intellectual Property, Media…
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The Museum of Modern Art has acquired the first 14 out of a planned 40 video game titles to add to its collection, forming a new “interaction design” category of…
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“Dear John & Dominique: Letters and Drawings from the Menil Archives”
by Elliott Zooey Martin 0 commentIn celebration of the Menil Collection’s twenty-fifth anniversary, the museum has mined its archives to produce Dear John and Dominique. Curator Michelle White and archivist Geraldine Aramanda have gathered a…
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Inspired by Gordon Matta-Clark, feral cats and New Urbanism, a new project will place art in East Austin’s overgrown back alleys alongside trumpet vines, scrapped cars, graffiti-covered fences, and the…
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In a reply to Nasher Director Jeremy Strick’s public calls pressing the “louver solution” to the ongoing Museum Tower glare dispute, Tower spokesperson Rebecca Shaw told CultureGrrl that a “recalibrated…
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Dave Hickey recently announced his retirement from art criticism, citing his disgust with the circus that the art world—particularly the world of contemporary art—has become. He also, in an article published…
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New Breast Sculpture Workshop Mixes Art and Science in Dallas This Weekend
by Bill Davenport 0 commentThe 6th Annual School of Oncoplastic Surgery, held at at the Four Seasons Resort, in Dallas Dec 6-9 includes a new hands-on workshop in breast sculpture for surgeons. 20 surgeons…
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You can’t beat video for documenting temporary installation art, so it’s a good thing that Rice University Art Gallery is now a partner of ArtBabble, the Indianapolis Museum of Art’s…
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Arts Writers Grant Program Announces 2012 Grants; Congratulations to Glasstire Contributor Harbeer Sandhu!
by Bill Davenport 0 commentGlasstire contributor Harbeer Sandhu is among 21 writers receiving Arts Writers Grants from the Creative Capital/Andy Warhol Foundation, for his blog project Critical Condition: “Aiming to provide a local forum…
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In a post yesterday in CultureGrrl, blogger Lee Rosenbaum nitpicks the new free-admission policy at the Dallas Museum of Art. In support of her fears that dropping admission charges will…
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Paul Middendorf came to Houston for the first time as curator of the 2010 Big Show at Lawndale Art Center. He was impressed with the city and set up a…
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This Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday, the Museum of Fine Arts Houston is showcasing the artistry of filmmakers Stephen and Timothy Quay with a special series including six films spanning 25…
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God, War, Politics and Time Travel at the McKinney Avenue Contemporary
by Colette Copeland 0 commentThree different exhibitions—Sandow Birk and Elyse Pignolet’s The 99 Names of God, Moreshsin Allahyari’s Re: apologies to the many wonderful Iranians and Christopher Blay’s Machine Time are on display at…
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Galveston: Drawings, Mobster Architecture and Brothels
by Kelly Klaasmeyer 3 commentsI headed down to Galveston last Friday to see “The Drawing Room, Part 2,” yet another fine offering from curator Clint Willour at the Galveston Art Center and to check…
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Houston’s Zoya Tommy Contemporary Gallery, aka PG Contemporary, opened her first show at a new space at 4411 Montrose, beginning a new chapter in her upward spiral, but ending a…