Spencer Evans calls it “a blessing and a privilege to be called upon” to create this monument in his home state.
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Sanders' new book walks readers through how print is created, and how every historically new technique depends on its precedents.
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"These are mirrors. These are affirmations. I want people, especially Black people, to look at these paintings and see themselves."
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“This and That” is an occasional series of paired observations.
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Brandon Zech and Christina Rees on an Englishman’s take on Texas, the ruin of Trump’s Taj Mahal, and an online show of short videos that caters to corona brain.
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How do Texas cities fund arts and culture when the current model for doing so has collapsed in the face of a pandemic?
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Glasstire’s events and social media editor William Sarradet traveled alone by car to Rockport, on the Texas Gulf Coast, to attend the 14th Annual Rockport Film Festival.
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Davidoff's sincere concern for nature is matched by the pleasure of capturing it in her artworks.
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Podcast
Art Dirt: Our Thoughts on The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston’s New Kinder Building
by Glasstireby GlasstireChristina Rees and Brandon Zech talk about the opening of the MFAH's landmark new building for modern and contemporary art.
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In spite of the aftershocks of Hurricane Harvey and a global pandemic, the concentrated art community in this coastal town has managed to keep the momentum of culture moving forward.
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Five-Minute Tours
Five-Minute Tours: “Saints & Intermediaries” at Vault Stone Shop, Austin
by Glasstireby GlasstireArtists include Elizabeth Chapin, Emma Hadzi Antich, CP Harrison, Meena Matocha, Hayley Morrison, Saul Jerome San Juan, and Meghan Shogan.
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This new collection of video transmissions comes from makers in various states of disruption and contemplation, and goes out to a public more receptive than ever to short, immediate, poetic expressions "of our times.”
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Five-Minute Tours
Five-Minute Tours: Adrian Aguilera and Betelhem Makonnen at Prizer Arts & Letters, Austin
by Glasstireby Glasstire"Aguilera and Makonnen tried to give form to the overwhelming personal and collective emotions of rage, disappointment, exhaustion and bruised hope that they experienced in the last six months."
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“It’s this weird duality. Art spaces are falling away, but at the same time, we’re creating more access points.”
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Christopher Blay hosts Jonathan Morris, a Fort Worth Entrepreneur and community leader. They talk about the marriage of art and commerce, and how Morris' Hotel Dryce You Are Here Art Grant could help build an inclusive community in Fort Worth.
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Christina Rees and artist Emily Peacock bring you a horse show in Albany, a vision for a Latinx museum, and the grand opening of the MFAH’s long-awaited new building.
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The most powerful thing about the show is not its aesthetic or technical prowess — but rather its ability to offer a temporary calm in our chaotic moment.
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This weekend, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston will officially open its long-awaited Kinder Building. It is dedicated to showing the institution's collection of 20th- and 21st-century art.
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Five-Minute Tours
Five-Minute Tours: The Modern Collections, Gallery 14 at Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth
by Glasstireby GlasstireSenior Curator Andrea Karnes speaks about the installation. Artists include Njideka Akunyili Crosby, Yasumasa Morimura, Carrie Mae Weems, Martine Gutierrez, Kehinde Wiley, and Rineke Dijkstra.
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Five-Minute Tours
Five-Minute Tours: Susan Budge at Heidi Vaughan Fine Art, Houston
by Glasstireby Glasstire"The ceramic works in the show are abstract but very much tell a story of her life in 2020."