Not because they were better painters or the paintings were better, but because of who and what they were, when they lived, what they ate, how they dressed, how they sat. All these things… .
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STARRING RENZO PIANO AS MICK JAGGER
by Betsy Lewisby Betsy LewisAfter the lecture was a tightly coiled media hour. A star was in the building. The star that built the building was in the building. I was stunned by the amount of poetry and humor that emerged inside a handful of minutes.
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On Tuesday, architect Renzo Piano visited Fort Worth to check out the Kimbell Art Museum’s new Piano Pavilion, scheduled to open on November 27. According to KERA News, Piano walked…
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Dallas’ Museum Tower Finds Solution to Sunlight Issue: Fix the Nasher
by Paula Newtonby Paula NewtonYesterday morning, the Museum Tower in Dallas sent around a press release with the title “Museum Tower Engineers Develop Solution to Reflections on Nasher Sculpture Center” and now the Nasher-MuTo…
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Better start getting ready- the opening of the new Renzo Piano addition to Louis Kahn’s already perfect, but not quite large enough Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth has a…
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Tom Luce,the lawyer asked by Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings to act as mediator between the Nasher Sculpture Center and the Museum tower in their tug of was over the ongoing…
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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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The glare controversy between the Nasher Sculpture Center and the neighboring Museum Tower in Dallas goes on and on. Meetings between the parties have been productive- solutions to the problem…
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I really don’t understand the brouhaha over this Museum Tower thing. All I see are opportunities. Perhaps the lawyers on both sides lack vision. Lawyers, arbitrators, city council members. Not…
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The ongoing confrontation between Dallas’ Nasher Sculpture Center and the new Museum Tower next door continues to flood the Dallas press with ink, some of it must-read material: Tim Rogers…
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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 fine art galleries to visit.…
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If great cities are measured by their cultural institutions, Fort Worth is extraordinary. Its Cultural District is compact, pedestrian-friendly and internationally famous for the five renowned museums lined up right…
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Adam Silverman’s “Reverse Archaeology” for the Kimbell Art Museum
by Lucia Simekby Lucia SimekAfter studying and practicing architecture in the 80s and 90s, working in the clothing industry and studying business management, Adam Silverman couldn’t ignore his deep leanings toward ceramics anymore, a…