Wendy Reves, a major donor of impressionist, post-impressionist and European decorative art to the DMA, died last week at her house in France at the age of 90.
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Rainey Knudson
Rainey Knudson
Rainey Knudson founded Glasstire in 2001 as one of the earliest web-only arts journals in the country. In 2019, she stepped down as publisher, ending an 18-year run at the helm of the publication. A frequent public speaker, she has given talks about online communications and the role of the critic at numerous universities and museums.
https://raineyknudson.com
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We were frankly skeptical that Word Play, a crossover exhibit/performance based on randomly chosen words and organized by Madeline Irwin, was serious or going to be any good. After all,…
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To our readers wondering where Clark Flood's column Objects in the Mirror has gone to: Clark's gone on sabbatical! While we all wait for him to return, you can find…
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Ray Nasher, mall developer extraordinaire, passionate sculpture collector and founder of his own art museum, died last night at the age of 85. Janet Kutner has a nice piece on…
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In today's NYT: Roberta Smith liked the Hélio Oiticica show at MFAH!
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James Drake, not a whippersnapper, who's been around and respected for years and who 's currently showing at the Galveston Arts Center (and who had a show just last fall…
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Kudos to Texas Gallery for a terrific season of shows…they're differentiating themselves with older artists doing great stuff that's not clogging the fair-clogged airwaves right now. Currently they've got Rauschenberg,…
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The Core show opened in Houston last week, strong on sculpture and featuring some very good work, including Jeff Williams' dust-covered blinds, William Cordova's mirrored altar grid and Sasha Dela's…
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Tonight, Wednesday, March 14 at 7pm is a talk at Women and Their Work in Austin on the Everday Art Collector. Learn how to "buy art on a budget" and…
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Anthony Thompson Shumate (who designed our new site) has a new body of work about the interconnectedness of the oil bidness, opening Friday, March 16, 6-8 pm at Art League…
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The great George Clinton is the Grand Marshal of this year's Orange Show Art Car Parade, coming to Houston on May 12th!!!!
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Come on out to the Cove in San Antonio on Tuesday, March 13, 7-11 pm, for the Hometown Artist's Rodeo, the talent show organized by Ken Little and featuring some…
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The Texas Commission on the Arts is having an emergency meeting today, Saturday March 10, to discuss the recently-floated bill to abolish TCA and incorporate it into the governer's office.…
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The postcard for Duncan Ganley's show at Inman in Houston caught my eye, and the show itself delivers: he's made big, beautiful digital prints and a 53-minute video that, despite…