Partnering with Houston Arts Alliance, Fresh Arts, and the City of Houston, Elia and Noah Quiles of UP Art Studio’s “Mini Murals” project was greenlit in 2015 and kicked off…
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Christina Rees and guest Arthur Peña on the Amon Carter’s photography game, ceramics in central Texas, and Peña’s recent project with Coach.
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Artpace, the San Antonio artist residency, announced today its inaugural Curatorial Residency program. Set to occur every fall and spring, the six-week program will bring in curators from around the world to conduct…
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The film tends to be categorized as Japanese New Wave, though that label—or really, any label—is inadequate. These Austin screenings provide a rare opportunity to walk into a truly unique, funny, dark, wild, and warped world.
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Contemporary Art Museum Plainview Trying to Get Ready to Open
by Paula Newtonby Paula Newton 2 commentsA couple of months ago, Glasstire reported on the ambitious project of opening the Contemporary Art Museum Plainview (CAMP) in a small town of 22,000. It is scheduled to open…
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This and That: Kristen Cochran / Ken Kagami / Jac Leirner
by Glasstireby Glasstire 1 comment“This and That” is an occasional series of paired observations. -Ed. Today: Seams ************* No matter how original, innovative or crazy your idea, someone else is also…
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Photographers: Register for FotoFest’s Portfolio Review Sessions
by Glasstireby Glasstire 0 commentHouston-based FotoFest International has opened up registration for its well-known “Meeting Place” portfolio review sessions, where photographic artists show their work to no fewer than 16 photography professionals per session…
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And the Houston Artist Town Halls Keep Coming! (This One has a Panel, a Performance, Cops, and Beer)
by Paula Newtonby Paula Newton 0 commentAt the last Artist Town Hall, presented by Artists Take Action (ATAHouston) at the Station Museum in early April, breakout sessions led to further meetings, ideas, and activism. They are…
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What was problematic about the art world in 2014 is still a problem, but the larger and deteriorating political environment changes the shape and source of the alarm.
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Last week I was on the road with artist Angela Kallus, in an epic quest to see a lot of things I’d never seen. Two of our days were spent with…
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Earlier today, a court in Madrid ordered that Spanish artist Salvador Dalí’s remains be exhumed to settle a paternity claim made by a woman born in 1956. The woman, Pilar Abel Martínez, has been…
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Mayor Sylvester Turner is calling for Houston’s best ideas to endorse for the national Our Town grant program. Here is the statement from the City’s Cultural Affairs Office: The National…
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One of the best things a super-rich person can do is turn their mansion into a museum when they die.
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Protestors Gathered Yesterday Against the Station Museum’s Andres Serrano Exhibition
by Glasstireby Glasstire 0 commentYesterday, June 24, 2017, from 4-6 p.m, a group of protestors gathered outside of the Station Museum of Contemporary Art in Houston to protest the museum’s current exhibition of photographs by Andres…
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This mini-retrospective represents a formidable Texas debut for a newly minted local artist. Her labor-intensive process can be seen as a means for calling attention to things too important to be overlooked.
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Help Set World Record For Most People Dressed Like Frida Kahlo
by Glasstireby Glasstire 3 commentsThe Dallas Museum of Art and Dallas’ Latino Center for Leadership Development have partnered on an interesting goal: to set the Guinness World Record for the biggest gathering of people dressed like…
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Wagner's work has been referred to as “Art Nouveau on steroids in the 21th century.”
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Americans for the Arts, a nonprofit dedicated to supporting the arts in America, recently released a report detailing the economic impact nonprofit arts and cultural organizations have on the American…
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Review
Andres Serrano at the Station Museum of Contemporary Art, Houston
by Brandon Zechby Brandon Zech 0 commentWhile Serrano’s photos didn’t have the impact I expected, in the end, they forced me to rethink torture overall—by looking at the fake, I had to confront the real.
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“This and That” is an occasional series of paired observations. -Ed. Today: Light Pillars In this week’s Top 5 we included the Magdalena Fernández installation Rain at the Houston Cistern, which…