Prospect New Orleans, a citywide contemporary art triennial, has announced the 49 artists that will be included in its 2024 iteration, including Houston-born artist Mel Chin.
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The Station Museum of Contemporary Art in Houston has announced that it will be closed until further notice.
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This week: a retrospective of Mel Chin's work spanning 34 years in Arlington, April Frazier explores family history through photography in Houston, Vinchen's sculptures made from salvaged materials in Austin, and more.
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This week: a Marfa-inspired exhibition at Ballroom, a museum show by Mel Chin, intricate drawings in Houston & more.
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Among the visual artists inducted are Mark Bradford, Theaster Gates, Betye Saar, Lorna Simpson, and an artist with deep Houston ties, Mel Chin.
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Parker is one of 22 Americans and two Italian artists and scholars to win the prize.
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The plan was announced in the newly renovated DeLuxe Theater on Lyons Avenue.
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As we celebrate today's commemoration, Glasstire has compiled a list of artists who have honored Dr. King through their work.
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Houston-born artist Mel Chin is named one of 26 MacArthur Fellows this year, and among the three visual artists chosen from a list that honors some of the top minds in their fields.
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Glasstire is proud to report on Houston native Mel Chin and his various art projects across the globe (here, here, here, and here) and now he’s taken over Times Square…
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In this week's special Fourth of July video, Christina Rees and Brandon Zech dip into "Ten Texas Artworks About America."
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The concept of "America" is hard to pin down. Artists have ways of showing us what we look like, what is lost, and where we're headed.
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Brandon Zech and guest host Julia Claire Wallace on portraits of Houston’s grassroots players, a self-taught painter who fools the eye, and a proliferation of performance art in the coming week.
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Christina Rees and Brandon Zech are in Houston, counting down the top five art events opening this weekend in what we call “The Harvey Zone.”
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A few weeks ago, conceptual and visual artist Mel Chin was honored by Vanderbilt University’s Peabody College of Education and Human Development with the 2017 Distinguished Alumnus Award, reports the…
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Last week 34-year-old artist Corrina Mehiel was murdered in Washington D.C. The art teacher and project assistant to Mel Chin was found in a basement apartment the afternoon of March 21. She had been…
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Social Practice Artist Corrina Mehiel Found Stabbed to Death in DC
by Paula Newtonby Paula NewtonArtist Corrina Mehiel, age 34, was found murdered in Washington, D.C. Her body was found in a basement apartment the afternoon of March 21, reports artnet News. She had been…
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Mel Chin Raises Funds for Film About Climate Change (with an Inuit Hunter and Poodles in Paris)
by Paula Newtonby Paula NewtonHouston native Mel Chin’s Kickstarter campaign, “The Arctic is Paris,” has three days left to reach its goal. The conceptual/visual/sculptural/surrealist/political activist artist is making a short film “connecting the Arctic,…
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If you give yourself less than ten minutes to compile a mental list of international and regional artists who’ve dealt with guns in their work, you rack up an impressive number really quickly.
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Naturally, during art fairs, gallerists are constantly promoting their booths and their artists. Glasstire received several emails from New Orleans’ Jonathan Ferrara Gallery about its invitation-only exhibition during the current…