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Those still scrambling for a unique Valentine’s Day experience might consider contacting Brightwork CoResearch to see if there is still space in this evening’s “Sweet on Science” workshop (6-8 pm).…

After the successes of the scrappy East Austin Studio Tour (EAST), WEST has been picking up steam. May 10-11 and 17-18 will mark the third incarnation of the West Austin…

At her death in 1950, Marion McNay left more than 700 works of art, along with her house, surrounding 23 acres, and an endowment to establish the first museum of…

We are pleased to announce that Alecia Harris has been appointed as Glasstire’s Associate Publisher, a newly created position. Formerly the Membership and External Relations Associate at the Blaffer Art…

As a big museum with a lot of objects, the Dallas Museum of Art (DMA) has maintained a small conservation studio for the last 30 years, but recently it kicked…

Few people look forward to funerals, but a lot of people look forward to the annual rodeo. So this year, the National Museum of Funeral History is hoping to jump…

Most people who have been on any social media site in the past few days have read about Dumb Starbucks, the coffee shop that opened a few days ago in…

Artist Nancy Holt died on Saturday, February 8, in New York City. From 1995 to 2013, she worked and resided in Galisteo, New Mexico. A pioneer of earthworks and public…

Lynna Kay Shuffield, from the Texas Star Chapter of the Daughters of the Republic of Texas (DRT), is a researcher of Texas genealogy and military history and was going through…

Just as San Antonio’s Southwest School of Art (SSA) is gearing up for its new BFA program, it announced that it will be building an addition to the Edith McAllister…

The Dallas Museum of Art (DMA) will soon receive one of the world’s largest private holdings of Islamic art on a long-term loan (for 15 years, and it’s renewable). The…

The City of Webster (“Gateway to the Future”) has commissioned sculptor David Adickes to create an 80-foot statue of an Apollo astronaut planting an American flag at I-45 and NASA…

The Davis Museum at Wellesley College opened the exhibition Tony Matelli: New Gravity only yesterday, but one particular sculpture is already flying around social media sites and has made the…

Those who make knee-jerk comments about the relevance and funding of arts organizations should watch what they say. The smart folks at the National Center for Arts Research (NCAR) at…

The folks at the (questionable) social networking site MyLife have put out a list of the top US cities in which to be an artist and Austin came in at…

After the wildly successful two-day pop-up exhibition at Houston’s Inman Gallery last August, the University of Houston’s art students are hitting the big time. This time, they’re taking it to…

Joan Mondale, wife of former Vice President Walter Mondale, died in Minneapolis on Monday at the age of 83. Mondale, who earned the nickname “Joan of Art” during her husband’s…

In conjunction with Blane de St. Croix‘s current exhibition Broken Landscape III, San Antonio’s Blue Star Contemporary Museum is hosting an evening of “Border Dialogues” on Tuesday, February 4, with…

Well, the Nasher Sculpture Center is finished unveiling all of the ten projects commissioned for its 10th anniversary exhibition Nasher XChange but, for those who missed any of it, the…

There are actually a few people who don’t care who wins the Super Bowl XLVIII, but maybe they will tune in just to find out the outcome of the wager…