Some people are simply wittier than others. Zhang's show clicks as a study of ridiculousness and exasperation at being alive, being human, being flightless.
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Margo Handwerker Returns to TX and Cristina Ballí Returns to S.A.
by Paula Newtonby Paula Newton 1 commentMargo Handwerker has been named the new gallery director at the Texas State University Galleries in San Marcos. She comes to TSU from UCLA, where she was a Critical Studies…
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Here’s What We Believe is (Finally) the Exhibitor List For the Texas Contemporary Art Fair
by Glasstireby Glasstire 2 commentsThough no official press release has gone out yet (still), the Texas Contemporary Art Fair in Houston, which opens in 15 days, has now added to its website a ‘Galleries’…
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Austinites: Take Contemporary Art 101 with or without Wine
by Paula Newtonby Paula Newton 0 commentDid your art history classes leave you dangling somewhere in the art scene of the sixties? The Contemporary Austin has some classes for you. Called “Contemporary Art 101,” the classes are…
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The popularity of Dan Lam’s work has soared recently due in no small part to the artist's presence on social media.
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A few days ago, Houston’s galleryHOMELAND announced that it will be moving to a new space in the city’s developing East End. Located at 3401 Harrisburg, part of the 20,000-square-foot Imperial Linen Services…
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Still ecstatically proud of his work, Werner Herzog promises the audience, “You can expect that I’m gonna do these things as long as there’s breath in me. I will stop only if they carry me out in a straightjacket.”
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As this month’s Food for Thought video program, the Old Jail Art Center in Albany, TX will be showing Leonardo and the Mona Lisa tomorrow, September 13, at noon. Bring…
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The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth recently announced the speakers for this fall’s Tuesday Evenings at the Modern lecture series. The program kicks off this coming Tuesday, September 13, with…
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Glasstire’s Rainey Knudson sat down with art critic Dave Hickey at Landfall Press in Santa Fe to talk about his latest and upcoming book projects, the problem with Santa Fe, and why critics don’t enjoy writing negative reviews.
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Glasstire launches its original series podcast called 'Not A Hobby,' which features interviews with artists who balance a full-time job and an art career. For these people, being an artist is not just a something you do in your leisure time.
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Three times a year, Artpace in San Antonio hosts eight-week long artist residencies comprised of one international, one national, and one Texas-based artist. While national and international artists cannot apply, the Texas-based artists are…
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We know that adult coloring books are all the rage lately—from national coloring book day to worldwide pencil shortages, this creative trend just won’t die. Good news, however, for those…
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A show of works by African-American artists in the collection opens the museum to accusations of perfunctory curatorial affirmative action.
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The Tanne Foundation announced its 2016 award-winners: seven artists and one artist-run organization from across the country. San Antonio-based artist (the Foundation lists him as Crawford, TX-based) Jimmy James Canales…
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Art Censorship at Arlington Museum of Art (Yes, It’s Trump)
by Glasstireby Glasstire 13 commentsLast week, we reported that popular Texas artist Jeff Wheeler had: 1) accepted a newfound director position at James Surls’ place in Splendora, and 2) was still traveling his and his brothers’…
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"Visitors are becoming art as they eat the pasta. At least until the next morning, after two cups of coffee."
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Earlier this year, the President and First Lady traveled to Austin for the South by Southwest (SXSW) conference. Apparently, Obama was very inspired by the mass meeting of creative thinkers…
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Houston: Is This the World’s Shortest Exhibitor List For an Art Fair?
by Glasstireby Glasstire 0 commentAh, the pain of reconstruction. The revamped Houston Art Fair (under new ownership) has announced its exhibitor list for this year, just three weeks out from its opening day. At first…
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