An overview of shows coming to Central Texas museums, including the Blanton Museum of Art, The Contemporary Austin, Ruby City, and more.
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2023 Fall Preview: Six Texas Art Exhibitions to See this Year
by Glasstireby GlasstireBrandon Zech, William Sarradet, Jessica Fuentes, and special guests talk about upcoming exhibitions in Texas, including "Tsherin Sherpa: Spirits" at the Asia Society Texas Center in Houston, "Groundswell: Women in Land Art" at the Nasher Sculpture Center in Dallas, "The Long Lives of Very Old Books" at the Harry Ransom Center in Austin, and more.
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UT’s Harry Ransom Center Acquires Significant Archive of Works and Ephemera Related to Paul and Virginia Fontaine
The Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas at Austin has acquired a collection of artworks, photographs, correspondence and other ephemera related to artists Paul and Virginia Fontaine.
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Regina Valkenborgh placed a pinhole camera atop one of London's observatory telescopes to record an image of sun as it traces a path across the sky.
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Oh, Solitude: Gabriel García Márquez at the Harry Ransom Center, Austin
by Neil Fauersoby Neil FauersoIt is fascinating to see the skeleton of such an awe-inspiring work in the form of drafts, notes, and marginalia.
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Texas Museums to Merge and Consolidate, Hire Architects For New Mega-Complexes Around the State
We anticipate what some people are calling maybe the biggest capital campaigns the world has ever seen, and our Texas museums may never be the same.
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Christina Rees and William Sarradet on a sculptor’s leap into oil painting, the therapeutic DNA of craft, and a show by Texas’ newest honorary intrepid explorer.
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Christina Rees and Rainey Knudson on real-estate branding, some great photography shows, and one upshot of very short films.
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“Ethical Challenges in Cultural Stewardship” may not sound like the most exciting title for a symposium, but it is the title of the13th biennial Flair Symposium, which takes place April 4-6,…
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The program has hosted more than 1000 scholars who have used the archive to research and publish books, articles, and more about myriad topics, from music to performing arts to cultural history to art.
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Featuring some 150 artworks and artifacts, the exhibition also includes Ruscha paintings, drawings, and photographs that were produced as material for the books or were later instigated by and/or retooled from book project contents.
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Christina Rees and Brandon Zech on a hallway gallery in the Panhandle, a Harvey anniversary show in Houston, and the working materials of Ed Ruscha at the Harry Ransom Center.
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Some 200 vintage photographs, artifacts, and recordings from the Center’s expansive theater history collections bring into focus the amorphous, sprawling mega-genre of American entertainment called vaudeville.
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The Harry Ransom Center at UT Austin recently announced that it has acquired the archive of German-born photographer Fritz Henle (1909-1993). Known for his use of a Rolleiflex camera, Henle worked as a photojournalist,…
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We have reported before on Glasstire on how hip and trendy enamel pins have become—some feature beloved moments from art history, others pay tribute to fallen pop icons, and others are just…
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“You can find pictures anywhere,” Erwitt has said. ”You just have to care about what’s around you and have a concern with humanity and the human comedy.”
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Rainey Knudson and Brandon Zech on how to sing a show title, old art feeling new again, and how some artists have minions.
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This August, the University of North Texas Press is releasing Rounded Up in Glory: Frank Reaugh, Texas Renaissance Man, the first full-length biography of legendary and influential Texas artist Frank Reaugh. Widely-known for his plein air…
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Like all wonderfully rich cabinets of curiosities, "The Collections" rewards slow and repeated looking.
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Brandon Zech shares some thoughts on the work he saw on his most recent trip.