There’s always clamor in our world. Once again I’m glad for the artists who cut through the noise, noisily.
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News
San Antonio Kids’ Museum Launches (Real, Adult) Artist-In-Residence Program
by Glasstireby Glasstire 0 commentThe DoSeum, the children’s museum in San Antonio that opened in 2015 and has impressive attendance, has announced an artist-in-residency program that kicks in for its 2016-17 season. The DoSeum is primarily…
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Review
Jae Ko’s ‘flow’ at The Contemporary Art Museum, Houston
by Allyn Westby Allyn West 1 comment'Flow' is the latest site-specific, room-sized installment in the Korean-born Ko’s series 'Forces of Nature.'
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Shortly after Dana Friis-Hansen left the Austin Museum of Art (now known as The Austin Contemporary The Contemporary Austin), where he spent nine years as executive director, he headed to…
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“Rainbow in the Dark” was on heavy-metal band Dio’s first album Holy Diver. Released in 1983, “Rainbow in the Dark” was and is a mega-success with one strange music video. Ronnie James…
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The Dallas Museum of Art went on the hunt for a new director last fall when it parted ways with Maxwell Anderson. Today it announced the appointment of Dr. Agustín Arteaga to…
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Rainey Knudson and Christina Rees on the fetishism of the American West, art versus design, and a DFW artist dealing with the history of police brutality.
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Tonight (July 14), there’s an opening reception at the Houston Community College Gallery called “Cat/People 2016,” an exhibition of works by McAllen-based artist Carl Vestweber. The show is composed of…
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"I see the dancing as more of an extension of painting; feelings I cannot capture in my 2-D work.”
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Yes, we already celebrated the 100th anniversary of Dada earlier this year, and that was to commemorate the opening of Cabaret Voltaire in Zurich, the home to the Dada movement.…
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The show: Project Marfa The venue: Octavia Art Gallery The city: Houston The date: July 8 Photographs by Lizette Belen Soto …
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News
Revamped Houston Art Fair Announces (Some) Details for the Fall
by Glasstireby Glasstire 0 commentUnder new ownership, the Houston Art Fair (formerly the Houston Fine Art Fair) will take place at Silver Street Studios on September 30-October 2. Last year the Houston Art Fair’s reins were…
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Upon his retirement as longtime curator of the Galveston Arts Center, Glasstire sits down with Clint Willour to look back over the four decades he's spent helping shape the Texas art scene.
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News
Artists Create a Trump Wall and Send the Bill to Mexico
by Paula Newtonby Paula Newton 0 commentLast week, art collective t. Rutt erected a 52-cinder block structure near the US-Mexico border. It’s not exactly huuuge, but it has Trump’s name on it, reports Hyperallergic. t. Rutt…
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By now we all know about Tinder, the “swipe left if you hate me, swipe right if you think I’m pretty” hookup app that has swept the nation since 2012. Now a…
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Review
Francis Alÿs at the Menil’s Byzantine Fresco Chapel
by Michael Biseby Michael Bise 5 commentsI sometimes want to like this stuff, but the line between poetic rhetoric and bullshit is just too fuzzy.
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Drive By
Artist Sued for $5 Million over Painting He (Allegedly) Didn’t Paint
by Glasstireby Glasstire 0 commentArtist Peter Doig is being sued for at least $5 million over a painting that he may or may not have painted in the mid 1970s. Details below: The owner, a…
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Houston artist Autumn Knight has been selected as artist in residence at the Studio Museum in Harlem, New York. The Studio Museum is a big deal; the residency is a…
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Landmarks, the University of Texas at Austin’s public art program, recently announced their new acquisition of works by Ann Hamilton and Marc Quinn. Hamilton’s piece, a commissioned work for the university’s recently built Dell…
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Article
Austin’s Hail Mary Attempt To Save the East Austin Art Scene
by H.C. Arnoldby H.C. Arnold 14 commentsDue to recent and rapid city development and increased property value, many artists can no longer afford to stay in east Austin. The city has a proposal for them.