Brandon Zech talks with the Blaffer Art Museum's outgoing director, Steven Matijcio, about his approach to curating in peripheral art cities, engaging with local communities, and what he'll miss about Houston.
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News
Steven Matijcio Departs Blaffer Art Museum for Knoxville Museum of Art
by Glasstireby GlasstireSteven Matijcio, Director of the Blaffer Art Museum in Houston, will depart at the end of the month to become the Executive Director of the Knoxville Museum of Art.
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This week: a Cuban artist opens their first U.S. solo museum exhibition in Houston, a show in Austin of artworks that reference and deconstruct large-scale public sculptures, emerging painters from Texas State University present their work in Lockhart, and more.
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The Houston Center for Photography has announced the appointment of Lindsay Sparagana as Director of Community Engagement and the Blaffer Museum has welcomed new board members.
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This week: paintings of iconic landmarks and neighborhoods in Dallas, photos, videos, and site-specific installations exploring the human connection to water in Houston, a group exhibition of fabric works addressing a range of difficult topics in Austin, and more.
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Review
Christopher Myers’ “of all creatures that can feel and think” is a Picturesque Cartography of History
Fernanda Calero reviews the exhibition "Christopher Myers: of all creatures that can feel and think," on view at the Blaffer Art Museum through September 3, 2023.
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Fernanda Calero reviews a collaborative exhibition by Robert Hodge and Tim Kerr, on view at the Blaffer Art Museum in Houston.
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This week: a group show featuring over 100 artists in Houston, a retrospective of abstract works in Fort Worth, fourteen women-identifying artists examine womanhood in Austin, and more.
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With summer just around the corner, Houston-area museums, including the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, the Blaffer Art Museum, and the Moody Center for the Arts have announced their upcoming exhibitions.
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This week: a solo show featuring a fantastical universe in Houston, an exhibition of embroidery works exploring literary coincidences in Austin, an immersive, haunting audio-visual environment in Dallas, and more.
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Garland Fielder on Nick Vaughn and Jake Margolin's elegant and moving exploration of long-forgotten lives.
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This week: tintype photos in Beaumont, hybrid creatures and new commissioned works in Houston, papel picado portraits in San Antonio, and more.
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Associate Curator Tyler Blackwell departs the Blaffer Art Museum at the University of Houston and will join the Speed Art Museum later this summer.
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This week: sculptures in Dallas, graduate students and artist residents have exhibitions in Houston, and mysteries of fraternal organizations are revealed in Austin.
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"For me, I always want to be able to make something new from my sculptures in the future. I don’t like the idea that once the sculpture is finished, it’s done, and it's here forever."
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This week: a monumental drawing in Houston, a new gallery in New Braunfels, and the inaugural show of Dallas' Green Family Art Foundation.
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Cyrus has consistently made work that speaks to large, relevant, and topical issues while still managing to startle.
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These times of isolation — or at the very least, this weird and dangerous year-long disruption — has forced upon us a new awareness of space and of bodies.
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Brandon Zech, Christopher Blay and Christina Rees bring you Glasstire's top picks for the first big shows of 2021.
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Artists include Vincent Valdez, Guerrilla Girls, and Jenny Holzer, and Texas art spaces include Ballroom Marfa, the Blanton, DiverseWorks, the Fort Worth Modern, the Nasher, and The Contemporary Austin.