Back in 1973, Texas Monthly published a Guide to Houston. The audience the Guide hoped to attract was clear: “We hope that this volume will prove useful to the salesman just…
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It’s hot out. Cool down with this sweet ‘n strange video documenting a family’s snow day activities in 1960 and 1973 in Houston.
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Houston artist Brian Piana recently launched his new podcast RGB (A) that will, week by week, chronicle his process as he prepares for his exhibition at the Wright Gallery on the…
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Artists finding affordable housing has always been a problem, especially when looking at options designed specifically for artists. Alana Semuels writes in The Atlantic about subsidized housing for artists in Minneapolis: “Set on…
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It was reported yesterday by ABC News that a Houston man believes he has found an original Sigmar Polke painting. Ray Riley bought the work at The Guild Shop, a…
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The leather padded seats welcomed my presence, but their sharp angles did not exactly promote lounging.
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Artist and curator Kim Cook will open a new art space in Houston’s East Downtown Warehouse District next month that will straddle various identities: an art gallery for emerging artists, various residency…
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When a mysterious website called SellYouLater, which quickly changed to the less gauche ArtRank, hit the interwebs last month, it caused a flurry of anxiety in the art world, rendering people…
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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 people from Houston art organizations…
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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 used this mini-break to do…
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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 pat on the back. Considering…
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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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Laura Lark Loves You #2: Quake That Thing; California Uber Artists; Where’s a Man to Go?
by Laura Larkby Laura LarkQuestions? Comments? Ideas? Send them to: [email protected] (or leave your message below) Dear Readers, Welcome back to Laura Lark Loves You! Please excuse the lack of an umlaut in the…
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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 for the last three years,…
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Rigoberto Gonzalez Alonso in Harlingen and Houston: Corridos Baroccos, Part II
by Sarah Fischby Sarah FischContinued 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 he shares a lot of…
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Rigoberto Gonzalez Alonso in Harlingen and Houston: Corridos Baroccos, Part I
by Sarah Fischby Sarah FischRigoberto Gonzalez applies Baroque technique to scenes of narcoviolence. The result isn't journalism, but epic poetry.
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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 featuring abstract painters, and there…
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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, where Rice Gallery is also…
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Life Out Of Balance, Writ Large – Koyaanisqatsi Tonight at the MFAH
by Peter Lucasby Peter LucasI want to call attention to one film in the Cinema Arts Fest that, while nestled quietly and rather buzzless in the schedule between exciting premieres, audiovisual performances, and parties,…
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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 around the city. CAFH is…