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Director Jade Walker to Leave UT Austin’s Visual Arts Center
by Paula Newtonby Paula Newton 0 commentThe Department of Art and Art History and Visual Arts Center has announced that Jade Walker is stepping down as director of the Visual Arts Center (VAC) as of October…
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The last few years have thrown up a lot of conversation on student debt and, for artists, the soaring costs of top MFA programs in the U.S. Last week, Artnet’s Ben…
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Okay, Salvador Dali is not on the panel, nor is Jeff Koons or Julian Schnabel, but San Antonio’s Southwest School of Art has put together a program entitled “Working Artists…
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There has been a push recently from the city of Houston to insert art into unlikely places. Traffic intersections both in and out of the loop have recieved customized, commissioned murals…
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Susie Rosmarin at The Contemporary Arts Museum Houston
by Michael Biseby Michael Bise 2 commentsThe visual effects of Rosmarin's paintings seem to be to be almost a byproduct of her need to create an orderly universe.
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The Mystic Lyon window gallery will inaugurate its new space with an installation by Fifth Ward resident and artist Jesse Lott, who will be honored in mid-October by the Art…
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Nostalgia has ruled pop culture for 20 years now, but Frazetta is extra special.
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Kanye West made a big splash into the art world last week with his first gallery show. Hosted by Los Angeles-based gallery Blum & Poe, the single-work exhibition consisted of Famous, a…
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Open Call: Nominations for the 2017-2018 Texas State Artist
by Glasstireby Glasstire 0 commentIt’s that time again: nominations are now being accepted for the 2017-2018 Texas State Artist! Each year the Texas Commission on the Arts (TCA) chooses two artists (one 2-D and one 3-D)…
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Last fall, the young space-within-a-space called Hello Project in Houston closed when its host space, McMurtrey Gallery, shut its doors. At that point, McMurtrey had been in operation for 35 years; Hello…
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I know that the average visitor to this show is seeking the nostalgia and sense of wonder associated with Coney Island than looking at its underbelly and contemporary relevance. I saw both.
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As of yesterday, the University of Houston (UH) has a College of the Arts. Rather than falling under the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences, the new College now…
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Jeff Wheeler Named Co-Director of James Surls’ Multi-Purpose Art Space
by Glasstireby Glasstire 2 commentsJeffrey Wheeler, pioneer and mentor artist of Lubbock, announced this last spring that he’d be picking up sticks to head elsewhere in Texas, but at the time it was still…
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Fall Preview! Rainey Knudson, Christina Rees, and Brandon Zech do Glasstire's top picks for this fall.
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Now in its tenth year, Corpus Christi’s K Space Contemporary again presents its Third Coast National exhibition, which opens tomorrow night, September 2, from 5:30-9pm. Internationally renowned (but always based…
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Some 30-plus large and spectacular gemstones from the Smithsonian’s National Gem Collection are headed to the Perot Museum of Nature and Science in Dallas. Some of these rocks have never…
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The New York Times recently published an article chronicling the process of putting on a museum exhibition, as told by professionals from New York and Connecticut. The write-up covers everything from…
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Art-world press releases are their own special hell. Let's explore.
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New CEO at Houston Museum of African American Culture
by Paula Newtonby Paula Newton 0 commentThe Houston Museum of African American Culture (HMAAC) has a new CEO, reports Molly Glentzer of the Houston Chronicle. After 14 years at Syracuse University, Kheli R. Willetts, Ph.D will…