This summer, Glasstire brings on board Neil Fauerso as Guest Features Editor. Here, Neil introduces himself and chats with Glasstire Editor-in-Chief Christina Rees about the first art they were exposed to, the vitality of of the horror genre, the Trump movie trailer, and the art-political landscape of Texas.
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Artadia, which supports visual artists with unrestricted financial awards and a network of opportunities, has active awards programs in the following cities: Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, New York…
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For the third year running, Austin non-profit Big Medium (which brings us the Texas Biennial, the Tito’s Prize, and the East Austin Studio Tour and the West Austin Studio Tour)…
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The show: PRIDE Art Show The venue: Hardy & Nance Street Studios The city: Houston The date: June 16, 2018 Photographs by Maya Joubert
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New York-based visual artist Pamela Council has created a big fountain at Houston’s Miller Outdoor Theatre at Hermann Park to celebrate Juneteenth. (If you don’t know what Juneteenth is, go…
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Glasstire is pleased to announce the appointment of Brandon Zech as News Editor. Over the past three years, Zech has served as the publication’s Assistant Editor, regularly publishing news, podcasts,…
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Where your “heart” is? Where your memories are? How does a place change things? How does a place change people? How does the design of the built environment colonize space and nature to manufacture desire in the landscape of capitalism?
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The “Art All Night” festival in Trenton, New Jersey ended abruptly after 22 people were injured and one was killed very early Sunday morning, reports the New York Times and…
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Review
Takashi Murakami’s ‘The Octopus Eats Its Own Leg’ at the Modern
by Christopher Blay 0 commentOne could be forgiven for having skepticism about this show due to its popularity.
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The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (MFAH) recently opened an exhibition featuring artworks that Houston-based curator Clint Willour has collected and subsequently gifted to the museum over the past 40 years. Willour’s…
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Review
Rodney McMillian: ‘Against a Civic Death’ at The Contemporary Austin
by Joseph R. Wolin 0 commentMcMillian’s elegiac works remind us that America’s current situation stems directly from unresolved original sins that go back generations, even to the country’s founding.
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Review
Yayoi Kusama and Chris Sauter and “Immersed” at the McNay
by Neil Fauersoby Neil Fauerso 0 commentOf all of 'Immersed' installations, Sauter’s is the highlight — dazzling and unsettling, truly immersive and dislocating.
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Fusebox Festival, the Austin-based non-profit organization that annually produces a large-scale art and performance festival by the same name, announced this week that it is hiring two new staffers. Now looking…
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News
Houston Artist Dixie Friend Gay Wins National Award for Public Art
by Glasstireby Glasstire 0 commentEarlier today, at its annual convention in Denver, the organization Americans for the Arts announced that this year it honors Houston artist Dixie Friend Gay for her 2017 public artwork Books of a…
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The Cowboy Artists of America (CAA), “the vanguard of the Western art revival” that began in the 1960s, have announced its first annual online show and sale, Cowboy Trails: Art…
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News
Plan a Trip! Project Row Houses to Lead Smithsonian Tour in D.C. This Summer
by Glasstireby Glasstire 0 commentProject Row Houses in Houston is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year, and part of that year-round celebration includes PRH’s trip to Washington D.C. in August to host a tour…
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“This and That” is an occasional series of paired observations. -Ed. Today: austere architectural spaces Above: two renderings of Kanye West’s YEEZY Home, conceptualized as pre-fab, concrete, low-income housing. (Yes, it does…
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For this special edition of Glasstire’s Top Five, Rainey Knudson and her dad Tom run down the top Texas places to take your dad (or the dad in your life) this Father’s Day.
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Produced by Rachael Anderson, Abby Bagby, John Logan, and Liz Trosper, Dallas’ ArtSkool returns! Beginning tonight with its Preskool Soiree, the weekly series is free and open to beginners to art…
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Houston collector William J. “Bill” Hill died on Tuesday, June 12, 2018 from a heart attack after a long illness. Hill was a legendary, irascible and controversial character, most likely…