To accompany the honor of being selected the 2012 Texas Artist of the Year by Art League Houston, Aaron Parazette has transformed the Art League gallery space with a dynamic,…
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Reinvigoration, Revitalization, or Just a Clean Sweep? Diverseworks Announces New Artist Board
by Bill Davenport 4 commentsAlong with a new Director, a new space, a new Assistant Curator, and a new Director of External Affairs, venerable Houston alterna-space Diverseworks has just announced a new artist board.…
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Los Angeles’ Getty Center is free; it’s parking at the remote hilltop facility that costs, and apparently on purpose. After the Getty raised its parking fees over the summer, protests…
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Art Center of Corpus Christi Seeking Long Lost Charter Members for Birthday Party Sept 27
by Bill Davenport 0 commentThe Art Center of Corpus Christi is celebrating their 40th Birthday on Thursday, September 27th, just before their revived Art Jamboree festival, and is trying to track down the original…
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The Houston Fine Art Fair’s Artweek kicked off yesterday with a Blaffer Blow Out with Houston Young People for the Arts (HYPA). It’s just the first of a “a non-stop,…
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For episode 5 of ‘Gallery Girls’, let’s begin by discussing Maggie’s attempt to leave the clutches of Eli Klein. After taking a quick trip with her boyfriend to visit her…
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Once Upon a Time in the Rio Grande Valley: Roel Recio’s Cinderella Story
by Bill Davenport 0 commentDave Hendricks of The McAllen Monitor recounts the story of Roel Recio, an artist working as a laborer at NIU Urban Living, a furniture store in McAllen, whose concept for…
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Martin Parr’s newish book, Up and Down Peachtree, represents the South’s shiny capital with a mix of mean-spiritedness and generosity that recalls Richard Avedon’s long-ago treatment of the American West.…
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Shepard Fairey, Eloquent in Remorse, Avoids Jail in HOPE Poster Case
by Bill Davenport 0 commentShepard Fairey has avoided jail time in the aftermath of his misdemeanor criminal contempt conviction on Sept 7. Fairey was sentenced to two years’ probation, 300 hours of community service,…
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Houston Arts Partners 2012 Conference Connects Schools, Arts Orgs on September 14-15
by Bill Davenport 0 commentNext Friday and Saturday, representatives from Houston area schools and big local arts orgs confer to create successful partnership programs that aim to elevate student achievement through art. The two-day…
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2012 Glasstire Virtual Residency: Chuck Ivy
by Chuck Ivyby Chuck Ivy 0 commentChuck Ivy presents his 2012 Glasstire Virtual Residency. I consider myself a research artist, developing rules, frameworks and systems with which I investigate media and culture. Through a balance of…
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SWAMP Citizen Filmmaker Competition: One-Week Alterna-Cam Contest Starts TODAY!
by Bill Davenport 0 commentThe Southwest Alternative Media Project (SWAMP) is launching a Citzen-Filmmaker Competition in honor of it’s 35th Anniversary and invites everyone to compete. The rules are simple: using a mobile device…
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Phil Ross (San Francisco) works in the realm of “biotechniques.” He makes sculptural and architectural works from plants and fungi, and videos about live cultures. As the founder and director…
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Andy Warhol Foundation to sell off remaining works: Collectors fear market plunge, Auctioneers see online Goldrush
by Bill Davenport 0 commentThe Andy Warhol Foundation announced its plans to sell off an estimated 20,000 Warhol works it owns, a week after its innovative partnership with Target to license limited edition Warhol-style…
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Steven Evans Leaving Linda Pace Foundation, Ballroom Marfa’s Fairfax Dorn to Step in as Interim Program Director
by Bill Davenport 1 commentSteven Evans is leaving his post as managing director and curator of the Linda Pace Foundation to “pursue other opportunities” after just two years in the saddle. Fairfax Dorn, co-founder…
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Culture Wars, Down Under: If a sculpture decays in the outback, and no one’s there to see it . . .
by Bill Davenport 1 commentThe Courier-Mail, an Australian newspaper, is trying to whip taxpayers into an anti-art boil over British artist Andy Goldworthy’s Strangler Cairn, a bullet-shaped granite cairn in the Australian outback, commissioned…
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Hey y’all. This morning, I went to an intro to meditation workshop held at Shambhala Center Los Angeles. I woke up early to go! To a meditation workshop! it felt…
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Glasstire contributors offer up their picks for Fall 2012! AUSTIN Emily Roysdon: Pause Pose Discompose Visual Arts Center September 21 – December 8, 2012 Super smart curator and art historian…
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Let me just start this off by apologizing if this post seems less inspired than my previous four. You see, I’m lucky I remembered what day Monday was this week.…
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There’s been a lot of writing on John Cage in the last week in preparation for today, what would have been his 100th birthday. You can read about his influence…