Every April is Dallas Arts Month, along with Dallas Arts Week (which begins this year on April 9), and it lines up with the annual Dallas Art Fair (in…
March 2018
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The works throughout this show are often devastating, but also resolutely hopeful.
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New York’s Creative Time has a project called “Pledges of Allegiance,” a serialized commission of sixteen flags, which was launched on Flag Day (June 14). Every month, a new flag…
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News
Blanton Museum Curators Send Letter to UT Austin Protesting the Gutting of UT’s Fine Arts Library
by Glasstireby GlasstireThe drama continues. University of Texas at Austin’s students, faculty, alumni, and other art lovers are closely watching the controversy over the dismantling of University of Texas at Austin’s extensive…
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Christina Rees and Brandon Zech on a Houston show named after the street it’s on (Moonmist!), a Panhandle show that requires a magnifying glass, and the undeniable charge of 1930s-era Picasso.
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A group of Houston art galleries have announced the formation of the Houston Art Gallery Association (HAGA). Similar to the Houston Art Dealers Association (HADA), which disbanded a few years…
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On April 3, 2018, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston’s Director Gary Tinterow will sit down with writer William Middleton to discuss Middleton’s new book Double Vision: The Unerring Eye…
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A SA2020 panel titled “Diversity and Inclusion in the Arts” generated controversy for neglecting to include a Latina artist in the discussion, reports the San Antonio Current, and energized a…
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Embedded in Horn's glitter-covered Barbie heads and fake dog poop are profound critiques of power structures, complacency, the history of art, and high and low culture.
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If you missed SXSW, or even if you went, be aware that there are two other festivals coming up. Dallas’ Nasher Sculpture Center will be presenting its “’til Midnight at…
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San Antonio’s Blue Star Contemporary has announced which four Bexar County-based artists will be traveling to Berlin for the sixth year of its residency program in partnership with Künstlerhaus Bethanien. This year’s jury…
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Iva Kinnard's sculpture's pairing with Christina Macal’s paintings is important and mutually beneficial.
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The Pearl Fincher Museum of Fine Arts in Spring, TX (named the 2015 Best Small Museum by the Houston Press) was hit hard by Hurricane Harvey last August. Despite the…
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News
Austin’s UMLAUF Sculpture Garden & Museum Has a New Executive Director
by Glasstireby GlasstireThe UMLAUF Sculpture Garden & Museum in Austin, Texas announced recently that Sarah Story will come on in April as the organization’s new executive director. Currently the Deputy Director of the Ogden Museum…
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Such dense subject matter is heavy lifting and Abney carries it all with aplomb.
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I'm rooting for the future of Taoka's work; let’s see how far he can take these compositions to insinuate or push against the notion of 'representation.'
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Yesterday the New York Times reported that the toy company Mattel has released a Barbie-Doll version of Mexican artist Frida Kahlo in conjunction with International Women’s Day. Mattel is the…
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A Texas artist who teaches at one of our colleges posted this email exchange on Facebook recently: Subject: Art For Office Hello, My name is [redacted] I’m an Alumni…
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In December, Glasstire reported that Houston artist Jamal Cyrus was shortlisted for the BMW Art Journey Prize selected from emerging artists at Art Basel Miami. Now, we can announce that…
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Today, the Meadows Museum at SMU announced that Dallas-based artist Giovanni Valderas is the winner of its 2017 Moss/Chumley Award. The jury for the award included Shelley DeMaria, curatorial assistant for the Meadows Museum;…