Here’s what I think. I think the fair is, this year, powered along by its own momentum. I think it’ll take a couple of years to feel the impact of new directors and a fair without Chris Byrne.
"Glasstire Art Writing Prize"
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This week, Gulf Coast announced the winners of its inaugural Toni Beauchamp Prize in Critical Art Writing. Named in honor of the late Toni Beauchamp, who was a key supporter of the journal…
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Glasstire staff and contributors share which Texas-based shows, events, and works made their personal ”best lists” for 2017.
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Today, The Dorothea and Leo Rabkin Foundation announced that Christina Rees, Glasstire’s Editor-in-Chief, has been awarded the new Rabkin Prize for Arts Journalism. For its inaugural year, sixteen arts writers were…
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Gulf Coast, the University of Houston’s literary journal, recently announced The Toni Beauchamp Prize in Critical Art Writing, a new award named in honor of the late Toni Beauchamp, who was…
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When it came up that Opie’s conversation could be with her longtime friend Eileen Myles, the anticipation for Off Road immediately doubled, like a small explosion happened at the office.
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Today the Office of the Mayor of the City of Dallas announced that, as of this coming April 1, Dallas Arts Week has officially expanded into Dallas Arts Month. Mayor…
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Negative reviews have resonance. They’re the ones people remember.
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"It's those little happenings that knit together things in a way where one change will affect all of history in an unfathomable way."
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Op Ed
Artists Will Maybe Celebrate Wildly as Glasstire Announces the ArtSmarterPrize!
by Glasstireby GlasstireThe theme for artists to consider when creating incredibly pandering work for the ArtSmarterPrize 2016 is: “What Would You Do For Love?”
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BlogEssayGlasstireOp Ed
I wonder if this is the worst time to be an artist in decades, or maybe ever.
I don’t think what’s going on out there is really art anymore, anyway. It’s showbiz. And most artists aren’t born with a disposition to play that game.
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If anything, the populations of most Texas cities, and along with it the populations of artists, are increasing, but the number of more traditional galleries with traditional business models feels stagnant.
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News
NY Times Hosts Old-Fashioned Essay Contest (for the Visual Arts)
by Paula Newtonby Paula NewtonThis summer, the New York Times has been publishing critical essays from various artistic disciplines alongside stories from readers. Next week, they will publish Holland Cotter’s essay on what inspired…
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Koraïchi's complex, illegible banners and the white magic they enact suggest the western perception of Islam today: without education and awareness, we are locked out of understanding.
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Just as Marfa’s Stonehenge (artist Donald Judd’s untitled, half-mile-long series of concrete boxes) beautifully frames and fractures light, landscape, and viewers’ own meditations, so does the CineMarfa film festival with…
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Kelly Klaasmeyer, editor of Glasstire for the past five years, has announced that she will be stepping down to pursue her own writing projects in early February. Klaasmeyer has overseen…
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BlogGlass Meets RoadGlasstire
Schedule for the Lawndale/Glasstire Barfly Series at TX Contemporary Fair!
by Glasstireby GlasstireIn conjunction with the fabulous Lawndale Art Center, Glasstire presents the Lawndale/Glasstire Barfly series at the Texas Contemporary Art Fair. The Barfly series brings together interesting people from the arts…
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Let’s talk about Art Fairs for a second. When I say Art Fair, most Glasstire readers probably think of big-convention center events with gallery-booths representing contemporary artists. Usually the work…
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Op Ed
The Chupacabrona Tour, Part 1: Eisenstein in Corpus Christi, or A Fresh Eye
by Sarah Fischby Sarah FischOf Soviet film theory and experimentation in Corpus Christi, Texas.
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The Armory this year was solid. Pulse and Volta, on the other hand, felt mostly like the art world slinging the same hash we’ve been chowing down for the past…