"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.
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News
Local Art Markets, Swaps and Sales this Weekend Across Texas
by Glasstireby Glasstire 0 commentGalleries and independent art spaces are taking advantage of the slow summer months to put on shows and events that otherwise wouldn’t fit into their programming. This weekend in particular,…
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We are ripe for a rigorous, joyfully open-minded, unthemed, ongoing and regular survey of the best work being made in Texas.
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No words. To view some artists’ reactions, go here.
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Today Blue Star Contemporary in San Antonio announced that it’s the recipient of a Warhol Foundation Grant for $100,000 as a two-year gift in support of its exhibition programming. This is the…
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Back in 1973, Texas Monthly published a Guide to Houston. The audience the Guide hoped to attract was clear: “We hope that this volume will prove useful to the salesman just…
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It’s hot out. Cool down with this sweet ‘n strange video documenting a family’s snow day activities in 1960 and 1973 in Houston.
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No offense intended, but a number of artists probably fall within the low end of the autism spectrum. The Texas State University Round Rock Campus will explain why. On Saturday,…
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Top Five
Top Five Los Angeles Edition: July 7, 2016 with Matt Stromberg
by Glasstireby Glasstire 0 commentGuest host Matt Stromberg joins Rainey Knudson in Los Angeles to run down some must-see shows for the summer.