The great singer-songwriter Guy Clark (b. Monihans, TX in 1941) died a month ago at age 74, and his longtime friend and Lubbock’s favorite son Terry Allen has been directed…
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On September 22, 1862, Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, but it wasn’t until June 19, 1865 that federal troops arrived in Galveston to take possession of the state and…
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Last week, Glasstire’s Assistant Editor Brandon Zech posted an item about a resin statue of a gnome stolen from Florida’s Cornell Art Museum. This week, there are more gnomes in the news.…
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The art galleries of San Marcos have held gallery walks/gallery nights for a while now, centered around the galleries in its downtown neighborhood. But in a recent bid to boost name recognition and consistency,…
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The Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute in Williamstown, Massachusetts has hired Dallas Museum of Art curator Olivier Meslay as its new director. Meslay will assume his new role this coming August and succeeds Michael…
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East Texas native Robert Rauschenberg (whose cast glass tire sculptures inspired the name of this site) spent forty years at his home and studio on Captiva Island, Florida, which was…
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"She was the quintessential self-taught collector of self-taught artists."
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Today, Sunday June 12, from 3-5pm, Artpace resident Andy Coolquitt will host Shadowy & Still, a site-specific installation by Sterling Allen. Allen’s show had been on view for only a day at Sala Diaz when…
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The Getty Research Institute in Los Angeles has amassed more than 1000 artists’ oral histories as video and audio recordings for its archive, and up until last week you could only access…
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This past week, Houston’s Lawndale Art Center announced their newest crop of residents (who are all already based in Houston!): Melinda Laszczynski, Randi Long, and Sarah Welch. Through the program, each artist…
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If you are the type of art patron that asks, “How much does it cost?” and “What’s in it for me?,” this game is for you! (By the way, these…
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Today the Menil Collection announced a huge windfall gift of top-notch artworks: It’s a collection of 110 drawings from museum trustees Janie C. Lee and Louisa Stude Sarofim. These drawings are…
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Since Glasstire contributor Bill Davenport stepped down as Editor-in-Chief last year to focus on his art, he has been busy over at Bill’s Junk. And folks who attended last year’s…
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This weekend, Houston will be showcasing some great work by teen artists. At the Aurora Picture Show, the 3rd annual Extremely Young Film Festival features creative short films under three…
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The ArtSmarter Prize took place last Friday evening in Dallas at Cris Worley Fine Arts, co-hosted by Glasstire. At the end of the evening, the three main winners of the prize…
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The folks who donated to Houston artist Emily Peacock’s Indiegogo campaign last year will finally get to see the results of their generosity. DiverseWorks will premiere Peacock’s 27-minute film August…
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Founded in 1966, the University of Houston’s public art program is comprised of about 520 works of art by many national and internationally known artists, including Frank Stella, Carlos Cruz-Diez, and Luis Jiménez,…
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The Old Jail Art Center in Albany, TX has recently announced the appointment of Patrick Kelly as the organization’s new Executive Director. Kelly has a long history at the OJAC—he first began working for…
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Storms and floods have left some soggy messes and tragedies throughout Texas; yesterday, the governor declared a state of disaster across 31 counties. Meanwhile, in Paris (France, that is), the…