Something set off Ryland Alexander Gonzalez, a 17 year-old high school student, to prompt him to start stabbing a Styrofoam dinosaur with an X-ACTO knife. When his art teacher asked…
October 2016
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Chris Castillo supports Glasstire and you should too! “It’s important to remember that Glasstire is free. And they’re a nonprofit, and nonprofits need help.” Please help us meet our goal…
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It was announced last week that San Antonio artist Cruz Ortiz was selected to create artwork in support of Hillary Clinton’s bid for the presidency. This comes months after Ortiz was asked…
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15 years after debuting on Glasstire, our very first review has been run through the annotation gauntlet of Rap Genius.
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Some places have already celebrated Día De Los Muertos (Day of the Dead), gathering family and friends to pray for and remember friends and family members who have died, and…
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15 years is a long time on the Internet. From the beginning, Glasstire was a nonprofit, web-only magazine covering visual art statewide throughout Texas. None of that has changed. What has…
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More and more famous people are dipping their toe into the art world to try and let their inner art flag fly. Earlier this year marked another art attempt by Renaissance man James…
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Celebrate our 15th Anniversary with us this week!
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Beginning Sunday, October 23 in Houston, artist Jesse Lott will present a series of demonstrations and workshops showcasing his process of creating sculptures using found and industrial materials. These events are part…
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As an extension of the Nasher Prize, the Nasher Sculpture Center has put out a call for “for graduate papers addressing themes within the work of the 2017 Nasher Prize…
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Kendall Jenner Copies Iconic Performance Artists to Create Her Own Performance Art
by Glasstireby GlasstireIn a recent video for W Magazine, Kendall Jenner recreates four iconic performance art works: Yoko Ono’s Cut Piece, Yves Klein’s The Anthropometries of the Blue Period, Saburo Murakami’s Passing Through, and Marina Abramović and Ulay’s AAA-AAA.…
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The State Fair of Texas, which began on September 30, is on its last weekend. That means that this is your final chance to be greeted by the new Big…
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Using humor and absurdity as a tactic to engage the audience is one of Richards’ signature strategies. It also serves to balance the theoretical component of his work.
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Today the Dallas Museum of Art announced that it has named its new Assistant Curator of Contemporary Art, Anna Katherine Brodbeck. (Though the title is still a bit confusing: under…
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The Houston chapter of the American Institute of Architects (AIA) has named sculptor Patrick Renner as its artist of the year. Renner, best known for his Funnel Tunnel sculpture on…
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Brandon Zech and guest host artist Amada Miller on houses as art galleries, a Masonic motorcycle gang, and clothes made from leftover painting scraps.
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A drawing by Houston artist Robert Pruitt was recently spotted in the background of a scene in the HBO half-hour comedy television series Insecure, which explores the “friendship, experiences and…
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The board of trustees of the Linda Pace Foundation have announced the appointment of the Foundation’s new executive director. Michael Hardwick, a businessman based in San Antonio, will start the…
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Murphy’s sculptures have an undeniable presence, and remind us that reductive forms can be elegant and seductive.
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The introduction of a new travelogue serial narrative by San Antonio artist Hills Snyder.