By Bill Davenport on April 5, 2013
The Houston Arts Alliance has cooked up a new marketing push labeled “Houston is Inspired,” and is convening a forum for the managers and PR [...]
Posted in Newswire, Uncategorized | Tagged Houston, houston art alliance, houston is inspired, houston it's worth it, it's worth it |
By Joshua Fischer on December 21, 2012
As the holiday season arrives, we all have a little reprieve from the busy slate of art openings, lectures, performances and other events. I have [...]
Posted in Blog, Joshua Fischer, Uncategorized | Tagged art. food, Houston, mosth ethnically diverse |
By Leslie Castro on October 27, 2012
Recently I had the pleasure of traveling to Houston for the second annual Texas Contemporary Art Fair. I was impressed, and the fair deserves a [...]
Posted in LMC y Pensamientos Pochosos, Uncategorized | Tagged Art Fair, Houston, Texas Contemporary |
By GT contributors on September 6, 2012
Glasstire contributors offer up their picks for Fall 2012! AUSTIN Emily Roysdon: Pause Pose Discompose Visual Arts Center September 21 – December 8, 2012 Super [...]
Posted in Article, Feature, Uncategorized | Tagged a useful life, A Wrinkle In Time, aaron landsman, aaron parazette, amoa, Andy Campbell, Andy Coolquitt, animals, Ann Stautberg, Anne Wilkes Tucker, Annenberg Space for Photography, archetype, Architecture, art, Art Museum of Southeast Texas, arthouse, Artpace, austin, austin museum of art, BEAUMONT, ben lima, Benito Huerta, Beverly Penn, blaffer, box 13 artspace, Brooklyn Museum, bureaucracy, Burt Long, Canis Familiaris, Carter Ernst, Cathy Cunningham-Little, Charles Jones, Charmaine Locke, children, Chinati Weekend 2012, chris powell, claes oldenburg, Co-Lab, Co-Lab Projects, Colby Bird, collage, Colombia University, commercial images, Conduit Gallery, contemporary, coosje van bruggen, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Corinne Jones, Cornelia Parker, cosmopolitanism, culture, dallas, DB12: Volume 2, denison university, Día de los Muertos, diverseworks, DIY, Documentary, East Texas, Ed Hill, el paso museum of art, El Paso Public Library, Elizabeth Akamatsu, Emily Roysdon, erika osborne, Eugene Binder Gallery, Eva Rothschild, exhibition, Federico Veiroj, film, Fl!ght gallery, fort worth, Fort Worth Contemporary Arts, found objects, Frank Tolbert, FringeNYC, front gallery, glassblowing, Global Lens, Gregg Bordowitz, hair, Harris Lieberman Gallery, Harry Geffert, Hilary Harnischfeger, House Lamps, Houston, installation, james surls, janeil engelstad, Janet Chaffee, Jeffers Theatre, Jerolyn & Roger Colombik, jesus moroles, Joan Batson, joe rosenthal, john wilcox, Judy Rushin, Julie Bozzi, Justin Parr, Ken Little, kia neill, Kris Pierce, Kristin Gamez, Lawndale, Lesbians to the Rescue, Letitia & Sedrick Huckaby, Liam Gillick, Linda Ridgway, Liza & Lee Littlefield, local government, LTTR, Manuel Carrillo, Marfa, mari hernandez, Marianne Green, Mario Ybarra Jr., mark cole, Mark McDaniel, Martha Rosler, más rudas collective, Más Triste San Antonio, menil, menil drawing institute, mexic-arte, mfah, michelle white, mitchell center, Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, modernism, modular design, Mona Hatoum, Moody Gallery, multimedia, multimedia storytelling, museum of fine arts, Nasher Sculpture Center, natalie zelt, New York International Fringe Festival, nut milk, NYIFF, off-the-grid, Otis Jones, painting, panhandle, Paul Kittelson, paul strand, performance art, Photographic Society of America, photography, piero fenci, pop art, public action, Randy Twaddle, Rebecca Drolen, Renzo Piano, richard wentworth, rio grande valley, robert kinmont, Ruth Leonela Buentello, San Antonio, Sarah Castillo, sauerkraut, Shannon & William Cannings, Sharon Engelstein, Sightings, silkscreen, Slanguage, sol lewitt, south texas underground film, SRO Photo Gallery, Stephen Lapthisophon, Susan Budge, sustainable farming, Suzanne Bloom, technology, terri thornton, Terry & Jo Harvey Allen, Texas, Texas State University Galleries, texas tech, The Dallas Bienniel, The Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center, the Menil Collection, The Reading Room, The Sleepy Border Town Insomniacs, Tommy White, TRR, Unit B, university of georgia, university of texas pan american, UT Arlington, UTPA, VAC, Vernon Fisher, Vincent Falsetta, virtual, Visual Arts Center, Waiting for Godot, war, whole foods, will michels, William Campbell Contemporary, window works, women, women & their work, worm farm |
By Laura Lark on July 18, 2012
Questions? Comments? Ideas? Send them to: lauralark@glasstire.com (or leave your message below) Dear Readers, Welcome back to Laura Lark Loves You! Please excuse the lack [...]
Posted in Blog, Laura Lark Loves You | Tagged Al Herrmann, Al Herrmenn, amyl nitrate, artist, Australian citizen, beach, bikini, BLDGBLOG, Brooklyn, Captain Morgan's, Carl's Jr., cars, Claremont., coast, collector, curator, Dan Flavin, Dwell Magazine, Eric Niebuhr, Geoff Manaugh, GIVE UP, hiram butler, hologram, hors d'oevres, Houston, james turrell, Kennedy, Koresh, LACMA, live oak friends meeting house, Los Angeless, Machine Project, Made in LA, madonna, mark allen, menil collection, Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, New York City, ocean, painting, pooping, public facilities, Rice, Rich's, San Francisco, schnapps, Sky Space, Southern California, sunset, Texan, The Hammer, Tijuana, toby kamps, Trader Joe's, TV |
By Rachel Hooper on July 6, 2012
This past weekend, I had the opportunity to assist with the jurying of Lawndale Art Center’s annual Big Show. I have volunteered for this event [...]
Posted in Blog, Wax by the Fire | Tagged art, contemporary art, Houston, Lawndale Art Center, lawndale big show, marco antonini, NURTUREart, Texas, Walter Hopps |
By Sarah Fisch on March 29, 2012
Continued from Part I… V. Reynosa, Narcolandia and sad, sad data It’s important to point out that Rigoberto Gonzalez is not a Chicano artist, though [...]
Posted in Article, Feature, Uncategorized | Tagged baroque on the border, border issues, Christina Rees, chupacabrona world tour, Ciudad Juarez, corridos, delilah montoya, figurative painting, harlingen, Houston, ican artist, jennie ash, la llorona, mcallen, me, Reynosa, rigoberto gonzalez, San Antonio, Sarah Fisch, social realism, spider-man, Tamaulipas, Tejano culture, The art league of houston, the Rio grande Valley, University of houston, video |
By Sarah Fisch on March 22, 2012
I. Some Art Context I have so much to show you. This is the first painting I ever saw by Rigoberto Gonzalez. It appeared in [...]
Posted in Article, Feature | Tagged baroque on the border, border issues, Christina Rees, chupacabrona world tour, Ciudad Juarez, corridos, delilah montoya, figurative painting, harlingen, Houston, jennie ash, la llorona, mcallen, mexican artist, Reynosa, rigoberto gonzalez, San Antonio, Sarah Fisch, social realism, spider-man, Tamaulipas, Tejano culture, The art league of houston, the Rio grande Valley, University of houston, video |
By Rachel Hooper on February 19, 2012
There is a proliferation of exhibitions featuring abstract painting in Houston right now. Gallery Sonja Roesch, Sicardi Gallery, and Hiram Butler Gallery have group exhibitions [...]
Posted in Wax by the Fire | Tagged art, camh, contemporary art, devin borden gallery, G gallery, Gallery Sonja Roesch, Hiram Butler Gallery, Houston, mfah, Moody Gallery, Sicardi Gallery, Wade Wilson Art |
By Rachel Hooper on February 9, 2012
Josh Bernstein‘s exhibition “Man Corn” is the third exhibition in Rice University’s newest art venue– EMERGEncy Room. Located on the second floor of Sewall Hall, [...]
Posted in Wax by the Fire | Tagged art, Cabeza de Vaca, contemporary art, EMERGEncy room, galveston, Houston, josh bernstein, karankawa, man corn, rice university, rice university art, sculpture, woodcut |
By Peter Lucas on November 11, 2011
I want to call attention to one film in the Cinema Arts Fest that, while nestled quietly and rather buzzless in the schedule between exciting [...]
Posted in Blog, Peter Lucas, Uncategorized | Tagged cinema arts festival houston, film, film festival, Houston, koyaanisqatsi, Museum of Fine Arts Houston |
By Peter Lucas on November 8, 2011
This Wednesday evening, the third annual Cinema Arts Festival Houston launches five days of film screenings, multimedia performances, video installations, and artist talks in venues [...]
Posted in Blog, Peter Lucas | Tagged cinema arts festival houston, film, film festival, Houston, performance, video |
By Sarah Fisch on October 27, 2011
So, the Texas Contemporary Art Fair is over. (Which gives me an excuse to post the above image. This particular Rachel Hecker piece is impactful [...]
Posted in Chupacabrona | Tagged art, Artpace, austin, Blue Star Contemporary Art Center, chandeliers, crochet, Glasstire, Houston, impenetrable narrative, monofilament, San Antonio, Sarah Fisch, taxidermy, texas contemporary art fair, Texas Gallery, wolves |
By Sarah Fisch on October 23, 2011
Look, these are all gonna be iPhone photos. I’m sorry about that. Soon as I can, I plan to purchase a real camera, but meanwhile, [...]
Posted in Chupacabrona, Uncategorized | Tagged champion contemporary austin, david shelton, David Shelton Gallery, Houston, jules buck jones, Kelly Klaasmeyer, miniature horse, Sarah Fisch, sonia dutton, texas art fair, Texas Contemporary, vincent valdez, western wear, white people, working animals |
By Peter Lucas on October 19, 2011
It. Is. On! A heated battle is brewing on the big screen as two big, new dance films come to Houston theaters. In one corner, [...]
Posted in Blog, Peter Lucas, Uncategorized | Tagged cinema arts festival houston, dance, film, Houston, pina, wim wenders |
By GT contributors on September 6, 2011
Here they are, sorted by city, our picks for the best shows in Texas this fall! ALBANY Eric Zimmerman: Sixteen Tons The Old Jail Art [...]
Posted in Article, Feature | Tagged AIDS, ALBANY, Ann Stautberg, Anne Wallace, annette lawrence, Art Museum of Southeast Texas, ashley hunt, austin, Austin contemporary art, AutoBody (Featuring North of South, Ballroom Marfa, BEAUMONT, Beili Liu, Beto Gonzales, Bill Davenport, Calatrava, Charlotte Smith, CHRISTEENE, Christina Rees, Chuck Ramirez, Chuck Ramirez: Minimally Baroque, climate change, Communograph: Mapping Through Creative Action, Connections: Haley-Henman, Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for the Arts, dallas, dallas contemporary, Dan Havel, David Schalliol, David Schalliol: Isolated Building Series, David Shelton Gallery, David Taylor, Dean Ruck, Devon Dikeou, EL PASO, el paso museum of art, Elisa d’Arrigo, Ellen Frances Tuchman, eric zimmerman, ethel shipton, Fall Preview, Fifth Ward Jam, fort worth, Fort Worth Contemporary Arts, Frances Bagley, fucked up shit, Gabriel de la Mora, Gaffes and Informations: Kevin Tedora and Jeff Zilm, George R. Brown Convention Center, Haley-Henman Gallery, Hana Hillerova, HCC Central Fine Arts Gallery, HJ Bott, Houston, Houston Art Fairs.Houston Fine Art Fair, Houston Art League, Houston's Third Ward, Hung Liu, jason villegas, Jayne Lawrence: New Drawings and Sculpture, Jayne Lawrences, Jeff Zilm, Jennifer Rubell, Jesse Lott, John Adelman, John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship, Jonathan Whitfill, josef helfenstein, Joshua Bienko, Kevin Tedora, Landmark Arts at Texas Tech University, laura mcphee, Laura McPhee: River of No Return, Lauren Levy, Leigh Anne Lester, libby black, Linda Ridgway, Linnea Glatt, Louise Bourgeois, LUBBOCK, lucia simek, MacDowell Artists Colony, Madeline O’Connor, Marco Maggi, Marfa, Marfa local punk band Solid Waste, margaret meehan, Mary McCleary, Mary mikel Stump, Mel Chin, Mel Chin: The Funk and Wag from A to Z, menil collection, Meredith Danluck, Mierle Laderman Ukeles, Modern Ruin, Nasher Sculpture Center, New York musician John Carpenter, Object of Devotion: Medieval English Alabaster Sculpture from The Victoria and Albert Museum Tyler Museum of Art, Obsessive Worlds, patty ortiz, Paul Booker, Perry House, Perry House: Movin On, peter doroshenko, Project Row Houses, queer states, rainey knudson, Ray Carrington, Rick Lowe, San Antonio, San Antonio contemporary art, San Marcos, Sarah Fisch, Sawzall-equipped beavers, shawn smith, Silver: 25th Anniversary Exhibition, SRO (Standing Room Only) Photography Gallery, Stephen Fox, Susie Rosmarin, texas contemporary art fair, Texas State, The Blue Star Contemporary Art Center, The Gallery at University of Texas at Arlington, the guadalupe gallery, The Nave Museum, The Old Jail Art Center, The River of No Return, The Southwest School of Art, Tom Orr, Tony Cragg, Tony Cragg: Seeing Things, TYLER, Vernon Fisher, Victor Zamudio-Taylor, VICTORIA, Victoria and Albert Museum in London, Vincent Falsetta, Walter De Maria, Walter De Maria: Trilogies, West of East), Women and THeir WOrk, Working the Line: Photographs by David Taylor |
By Christina Patoski on September 1, 2011
Ever since the mid-1970s, I’ve traveled to Houston whenever it was time for a good art fix. Back then, there were just a handful of [...]
Posted in Article, Feature | Tagged art travel, beer can house, blaffer art museum, breakfast club, camh, cy twombly, diverseworks, flowerman, Houston, houston center for photography, Lawndale Art Center, menil, mfah, orange show, Project Row Houses, Reef, Renzo Piano, rothko chapel, texas art travel, University of houston |
By Beth Secor on July 22, 2011
In my younger days, between my divorce in 1985 and my return from Baltimore in 2004, I moved many, many a time. Each time I [...]
Posted in Every Friggin Gallery in the Whole Damn Town | Tagged art, art review, Beth Secor, Colton Farb, cookies, Gallery, Horn, Houston, monkeys, moving, not so bad, review, terrible |
By Bill Davenport on July 16, 2011
Finally! The enormous main-street facing wall of Houston’s Lawndale Art Center is getting the mural it has been aching for for years. For the 2011-2012 [...]
Posted in Newswire | Tagged daniel aguilu weah, daniel anguilu lawndale, Houston, lawndale art center mural, weah houston, weah lawndale |
By Glasstire on July 14, 2011
Glasstire audio slide show profiling Michael Bise. The artist talks about drawing from old movies, Disney vs. religion and why art should be hard.
Posted in Uncategorized, Video | Tagged art about fundamentalist religion, art and religion, autobiographical art, dallas, Disney, Drawings, Flagstaff, Houston, Michael Bise, Moody Gallery, Pentecostal |
