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Unknown artist, Man Juggling His Own Head, c. 1880, published by Allain de Torbéchet et Cie, albumen silver print from glass negative, collection of Christophe Goeury.

Austin Festival Explores the Techno-Future, Houston Show Presents the Techno-Past

By Paula Newton on May 20, 2013

This weekend, the Austin Museum of Digital Art will hold the PROTOS Digital Art and Prototyping Festival—four days of daytime events (free!) and nighttime events [...]

Posted in Newswire, Uncategorized | Tagged AMODA, Austin Museum of Digital Art, digital photography, Faking It, long center, mfah, PROTOS Festival | Leave a response

Puppies, Picasso and Public Relations: Jeff Koons Cuddles up with MFAH director Gary Tinterow to SRO Crowd

Puppies, Picasso and Public Relations: Jeff Koons Cuddles up with MFAH director Gary Tinterow to SRO Crowd

By Bill Davenport on April 24, 2013

People began lining up at 5:35 outside the MFAH’s Brown auditorium theater last night to see the inaugural “Conversations with the Director” featuring art star [...]

Posted in Newswire | Tagged gary tinterow, jeff koons, mfah, Museum of Fine Arts Houston | 1 Response

NBA Demigod Michael Jordan Rents MFAH For His 50th Birthday

NBA Demigod Michael Jordan Rents MFAH For His 50th Birthday

By Bill Davenport on February 14, 2013

NBA demigod Michael Jordan has rented Houston’s Museum Of Fine Arts For His 50Th Birthday Party, during the NBA’a upcoming All-Star Weekend. Jordan’s rumored plans [...]

Posted in Newswire | Tagged beyonce, mfah, michael jordan | Leave a response

Miguel A. Aragón at Fotofest

Thirty Seconds: Week of January 27

By Rachel Hooper on February 2, 2013

My week of exhibition openings began at Rice Gallery with Gunilla Klingberg, who was kind enough to do an interview with me for Glasstire. We [...]

Posted in Blog, Wax by the Fire | Tagged drug cartels, drug wars, EMERGEncy room, Fernando Brito, FotoFest, galina kurlat, Gunilla Klingberg, installation, logo, mandala, mfah, Miguel A. Aragón, Pedro Reyes, photography, rice gallery, The Gulf of Mexico, war photography | Leave a response

New prints of classic films at the MFAH

New prints of classic films at the MFAH

By Peter Lucas on January 28, 2013

Movie-lovers and image-makers should be extremely excited about the upcoming opportunity to see some of the best movies ever in the best way possible. In [...]

Posted in Blog, Peter Lucas, Uncategorized | Tagged cinema, film, mfah, movies, Museum of Fine Arts Houston | Leave a response

It’s a Small World, After All! MFAH Co-Organizes Show Explaining America to Koreans

It’s a Small World, After All! MFAH Co-Organizes Show Explaining America to Koreans

By Bill Davenport on January 21, 2013

The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston is one of four institutions participating in Art Across America, an exhibition  billed as “the first major survey of [...]

Posted in Newswire | Tagged art across america, mfah, mfash, Museum of Fine Arts Houston, national museum of korea | Leave a response

W. Eugene Smith, American (1918–1978), Dying Infant Found by American "Soldiers in Saipan, June 1944," gelatin silver print, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, gift of Will Michels in honor of Anne Wilkes Tucker. © Estate of W. Eugene Smith / Black Star

“WAR/PHOTOGRAPHY” at the MFAH: All But Death, can be Adjusted…

By David F. Brown on December 30, 2012

Draped in camouflage, bunting, or shroud, war’s singular product is death. In face after face of WAR/PHOTOGRAPHY: Images of Armed Conflict and Its Aftermath at [...]

Posted in Article, Review, Uncategorized | Tagged mfah, war photography | 5 Responses

QUAY films at the MFAH

QUAY films at the MFAH

By Peter Lucas on December 3, 2012

This Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday, the Museum of Fine Arts Houston is showcasing the artistry of filmmakers Stephen and Timothy Quay with a special series [...]

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DAISIES

DAISIES

By Peter Lucas on October 27, 2012

“Everything is being spoiled in this world. …Know what? When everything is being spoiled, we’ll be spoiled too!” So proclaim two teenage girls–both named Marie–before [...]

Posted in Blog, Peter Lucas, Uncategorized | Tagged 60s, czech, daisies, film, mfah, Museum of Fine Arts Houston | 1 Response

Western Hunter

Dragons; beauty at the MFAH

By Sebastien Boncy on September 19, 2012

Can I admit that I get a major kick out of this image? That I am thankful for it? Can I say this without losing [...]

Posted in Monocular | Tagged Abstract Expressionism, Albert Uderzo, American Made, Arthur Rothstein, Buddhism, Buddhist Art, David Hickey, Dust Storm Oklahoma, George Bellows, Hergé, Incognegro, Jacob Lawrence, John Powers, Kimiki Powers, mat johnson, mfah, Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Portrait of Florence Pierce, René Goscinny, Soga Shōhaku, The Brown Angel, Toni Morrison, Unrivalled Splendor, Western Hunter, Will Eisner | Leave a response

Houston Fine Art Fair

Houston Fine Art Fair

By Rachel Hooper on September 15, 2012

I have to admit that art fairs, in general, are not my thing. They seem exhausting for everyone involved from visitors to the gallery girls [...]

Posted in Blog, Wax by the Fire | Tagged Barbara Davis Gallery, brad bucher, carlos cruz diaz, daniel mcfarlane, Gallery Sonja Roesch, Geoff Hippenstiel, Hollis Taggart Galleries, houston fine art fair, joe havel, Julie Mehretu, kara walker, leslie hewitt, Man Ray, mfah, Robyn O’Neil, schroeder romero & shredder, shazia sikander, talley dunn gallery, The Art Guys, Trenton Doyle Hancock, Victoria Lightman, Willem De Kooning | Leave a response

2012 Fall Preview

2012 Fall Preview

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 | Leave a response

MFAH Gets $100K Silver Polishing Grant from IMLS;  UT Dress Conservators Get the Lead Out

MFAH Gets $100K Silver Polishing Grant from IMLS; UT Dress Conservators Get the Lead Out

By Bill Davenport on July 12, 2012

The Museum of Fine Arts Houston will get seventeen new airtight, sulfur-free cabinets to store it’s 898-piece collection of silver alloy items, taking them out [...]

Posted in Newswire | Tagged imls, mfah, silver collection, ut ransom center | Leave a response

No Ketchup On the Cragg! MFAH Sculpture Garden to Host Outdoor Eats

No Ketchup On the Cragg! MFAH Sculpture Garden to Host Outdoor Eats

By Bill Davenport on March 17, 2012

Cafe Express is no longer the only food option!  Beginning March 12, The Museum of Fine Arts Houston has arranged for a different food truck [...]

Posted in Newswire | Tagged food trucks, ladybird, mfah, sculpture garden | Leave a response

Richard Serra, Two Corner Cut: High Low, 2012, The Menil Collection. Photo © Hester + Hardaway Photographers Fayetteville, Texas

Abstraction Triumvirate: Richard Serra, Joel Shapiro, Jules Olitski

By Joshua Fischer on March 12, 2012

When Richard Serra’s drawing retrospective opened at the Menil Collection, it was SERRAPALOOZA. Throngs of people congregated at the Menil, many of us on the [...]

Posted in Article, Feature, Uncategorized | Tagged joel shapiro, joshua fischer, jules olitski, menil, mfah, rice gallery, Richard Serra, Texas Gallery | 8 Responses

Michael Kennaugh Slipstream 2011 oil on canvas 14" x 11"

Abstraction Packed

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 | 6 Responses

Google of Doodles at MFAH

Google of Doodles at MFAH

By Bill Davenport on February 18, 2012

The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston will be supporting the the 2012 “Doodle 4 Google” contest by exhibiting the Texas state finalists’ drawings this summer. [...]

Posted in Newswire | Tagged corporate free advertising, doodle 4 google, mfah, sell-out, unpaid illustration work | Leave a response

MFAH Chooses Steven Holl as Architect for New New Art Building

MFAH Chooses Steven Holl as Architect for New New Art Building

By Bill Davenport on February 3, 2012

The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, has selected Steven Holl Architects to develop plans for their highly anticipated new building art after 1900.  Holl was [...]

Posted in Newswire | Tagged mfah, steven holl | Leave a response

MFAH’s Combative Ramiréz in Wall St. Journal, calls Frida Kahlo Overappreciated Drama Queen

MFAH’s Combative Ramiréz in Wall St. Journal, calls Frida Kahlo Overappreciated Drama Queen

By Bill Davenport on January 18, 2012

Blogger Judith Dobrzynski interviews the MFAH’s Mari Carmen Ramírez for today’s Wall St. Journal on the eve of the launch of the museum’s vast digital [...]

Posted in Newswire | Tagged frida kahlo, Judith Dobrzynski, Mari Carmen Ramírez, mfah | 4 Responses

See Art! Get Inspired! Write Poems!  (Oh, But No Plagiarism, Use 14 Point Times New Roman and Please Be Appropriate)

See Art! Get Inspired! Write Poems! (Oh, But No Plagiarism, Use 14 Point Times New Roman and Please Be Appropriate)

By John Pluecker on December 7, 2011

There’s a new contest for Texas writers called ARTlines: An Ekphrastic Poetry Competition, sponsored by a new reading series in Houston called Public Poetry in [...]

Posted in Blog, The Open Blog | Tagged ekphrasis, john pluecker, mfah | 13 Responses

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