Houston artist and Glasstire contributor Michael Bise underwent heart transplant surgery on January 12, and is recovering. His show, Epilogues, opens at Fort Worth Contemporary Arts next Saturday. With luck,…
January 2012
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Western sculptor R. David Mattiza, of Katy died friday of a brain hemmorhage at age 61. He maintained a studio and gallery at the Great Southwest Equestrian Center in Katy,…
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Conroe artist Mark Clapham died Thursday at age 63, of cancer. Though widely known for his 70-foot mural “The Montgomery County Walkway Through Time” that spans Texas 105 East in…
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The first Visible Prize, a new €25,000 award, was presented to Colombian art collective Helena Producciones, for their project 8 Festival de la Performance di Cali. The prize, created by…
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Laying the Foundation: UNT Art Faculty, 1890-1970 at UNT on the Square
by Betsy Lewisby Betsy LewisOne reason to be captivated by Laying the Foundation: UNT Art Faculty, 1890-1970 is that it takes you far away from the present while leaving you in familiar surroundings. Looking…
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“El Anatsui: When I Last Wrote to You About Africa” at The Blanton Museum of Art
El Anatsui has been a superstar in the art world ever since the 2007 Venice Biennale, where he received international acclaim for his large-scale sculptures made from thousands of discarded…
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The National Park Service is putting on its poetical thinking cap to come up with an amended version of an inscription at the newish Martin Luther King Jr. memorial in…
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The Whitehouse has chimed in against the upcoming SOPA anti-online piracy bill, hailed by big media, but feared by internet companies and free-speech advocates. In a blog post yesterday, Victoria…
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How I wish I could be in 2 places at once this weekend- DFW and Austin/San Antonio. My apologies to the rest of Texas but these two locations are where…
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DEAD MEDIA A bibliophile: A lover or collector of books. A bookophile: A person who has sex with books, usually with the gaps between pages. WTF Dead Media is…
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Linda Shearer, Project Rowhouses’ executive director sent bits and bobs of organizational news: IKEA Houston has completed the remodel of the Young Mothers Residential Program homes, including new kitchens. Chevron…
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Creative Capital, self decribed “premier provider of risk capital in the arts” has announced its 2012 grant recipients in visual arts and film, and the list of 46 (chosen from…
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Thanks, MCA. I needed that.
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Along with the modern art she loved, Marion Koogler McNay bought and El Greco Head of Christ, a lonely Renaissance masterwork, possibly emulating a similar oddball El Greco in Washington…
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“The Fashion World of Jean Paul Gaultier: From the Sidewalk to the Catwalk” at the Dallas Museum of Art
I was prepared to hate the Gaultier exhibition at the DMA. I have a complicated relationship to fashion. I studied fashion design and merchandising at Pratt Institute in New York.…
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Mexi-global Architect Ricado Legorreta, who combined vernacular Mexican colors and textures with the severe geometries of high modernism, has died at age 80. Known best in Texas as the designer…
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With the New Year comes a time for reflection. This year my annual reflection comes straight off the heels of a two-week trip to Austin. It’s always exciting to…
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Investment manager (and TCU grad) Charles Sizemore puts in his two cents on the inadvisabilty of art as an investment in today’s Wall Street Journal Market Watch, even as he…
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Olivia Flores Alvarez profiles Houston art dealer Wade Wilson in today’s Houston Press, touching on his commitments to concrete painting and Habitat for Humanity, and his love for being around…
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Durrie’s Portland Type Truck Brings Back Letterpress to Houston Museum of Printing History TODAY!
Moveable Type, a mobile letterpress print shop built into the back of an old delivery truck, will be setting up shop at the Museum of Printing History at 6pm today…