Thanks to the BBC, which produced this video of Houston’s poet laureate, Deborah “DEEP” Mouton, reading a poem for the city. “We haven’t lost everything, we just have it all to…
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I felt incredibly gratified to see Harryhausen’s kraken and Medusa and Pegusus in person, and, as nostalgia’s double edge is prone to deliver, a little shaken.
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It is interesting when artists find some thread in a work of pop culture and yank it out and sew it into the center point of their own mandelas
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Christina Rees and Rainey Knudson on Hurricane Harvey and the coast, and some shows to catch across other parts of Texas.
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In the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey, many people throughout Texas need all the help they can get. Coastal shelters need volunteers, food, clothing and other items, and organizations assisting with the…
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We love this city, which, as it turns out, means we love each other.
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August 28, 2017. 11:51AM. Pablo Cardoza, the owner of Cardoza Fine Art in Houston, sent Glasstire this video of floodwaters in his home and gallery space. Located in the northernmost part…
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Rainey Knudson and Christina Rees discuss the vulnerability of art on our weather-beaten coast.
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Artnet recently published an interview with Austin Mike Mitchell, creator of the swastika-inspired logo that’s increasingly being seen on the Internet and at anti-Trump rallies. Says Mitchell, “I feel about…
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Over the last 15 years, I've been constructing a “cult scale” — a ranking system to define the fanaticisms of the world. I present it for your enjoyment and handy use.
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Fall Preview! Christina Rees and Rainey Knudson on Glasstire's top picks for Texas this fall.
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Steeped in technique, Murray’s aim is contemporary. His target? The news.
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This is activist art of the best sort. The overall effect is one of incantation, vigil and ritual.
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"After you’ve seen enough of my selfies, I become redundant and blurry, like telephone poles by the highway."
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I think there’s talent everywhere that we don't get to see, and I think that there are artists who are truly deserving and fascinating who we don’t discover.
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No Longer Art (Yet Another Proposal for Removed Confederate Statues)
by Glasstireby GlasstireThis week the media is brimming with ideas for getting rid of suddenly-generally-unwanted statues to the Confederacy. It’s easy to imagine that 50 years from now, it will seem crazy that we had…
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After two years of perfecting her process, Crombach returned to Austin to curate a show at Co-Lab Projects' DEMO Gallery.
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"Do you think that you shall never see an artwork as lovely as a tree?”
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Really looking forward to seeing this. Touko Valio Laaksonen (1920-1991) made a name for himself as Tom of Finland, the Helsinki-based homoerotic illustrator who pioneered so much of our post-WWII queer…
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A Day in the Mahatma Gandhi District: A Proposal for a Future of “Sprawlsteading”
by Neil Fauersoby Neil FauersoHouston personifies both the grim reality of sprawl retail and its possible salvation. There is no reason suburbs and sprawl have to suck.