Seek out these strange and wonderful paintings of a fleeting, uneasy world that embodies a darker side of our state identity.
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We are pleased to announce that Alecia Harris has been appointed as Glasstire’s Associate Publisher, a newly created position. Formerly the Membership and External Relations Associate at the Blaffer Art…
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As a big museum with a lot of objects, the Dallas Museum of Art (DMA) has maintained a small conservation studio for the last 30 years, but recently it kicked…
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Hawk was lying, facedown, on the concrete floor in a pool of clear fluid as if he had passed out on the sidewalk in front of a club, or fallen off his skateboard. Barefoot, he was Everyman, from Brooklyn.
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Few people look forward to funerals, but a lot of people look forward to the annual rodeo. So this year, the National Museum of Funeral History is hoping to jump…
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Is Dumb Starbucks an Art Project, a Comedy Stunt, or About to Get Seriously Sued?
by Paula Newtonby Paula Newton 0 commentMost people who have been on any social media site in the past few days have read about Dumb Starbucks, the coffee shop that opened a few days ago in…
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Artist Nancy Holt died on Saturday, February 8, in New York City. From 1995 to 2013, she worked and resided in Galisteo, New Mexico. A pioneer of earthworks and public…
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Texas Researcher Wants to Create Statues From 75-Year-Old Plans
by Paula Newtonby Paula Newton 0 commentLynna Kay Shuffield, from the Texas Star Chapter of the Daughters of the Republic of Texas (DRT), is a researcher of Texas genealogy and military history and was going through…
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Bigger, Better Ceramics Studio Coming to SSA!
by Paula Newtonby Paula Newton 0 commentJust as San Antonio’s Southwest School of Art (SSA) is gearing up for its new BFA program, it announced that it will be building an addition to the Edith McAllister…
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A porthole through which we experience Bontecou’s preoccupation with disaster and instability, on the blade-thin line between attraction and revulsion.
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While Some Islamic Art is in Jeopardy, the DMA is Entrusted with Major Private Collection
by Paula Newtonby Paula Newton 0 commentThe Dallas Museum of Art (DMA) will soon receive one of the world’s largest private holdings of Islamic art on a long-term loan (for 15 years, and it’s renewable). The…
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City of Webster Commissions David Adickes to Build Giant Astronaut
by Paula Newtonby Paula Newton 0 commentThe City of Webster (“Gateway to the Future”) has commissioned sculptor David Adickes to create an 80-foot statue of an Apollo astronaut planting an American flag at I-45 and NASA…
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Peppered with mischief, Sieben's skateboard ramp, clubhouse, and campfire pit explore the brink of childhood, when adolescents begin exploring a bigger, adventurous subculture.
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Realistic Sculpture of Man in Underwear Causes Stir on College Campus
by Paula Newtonby Paula Newton 1 commentThe Davis Museum at Wellesley College opened the exhibition Tony Matelli: New Gravity only yesterday, but one particular sculpture is already flying around social media sites and has made the…
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Media art (now “new media art”), including Anker’s, is evidence that modernism never died, it just plodded along, unnoticed during the Epoch of Irony that was postmodernism.
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SMU Researchers Show NEA Grants Benefit Rich and Poor Equally
by Paula Newtonby Paula Newton 0 commentThose who make knee-jerk comments about the relevance and funding of arts organizations should watch what they say. The smart folks at the National Center for Arts Research (NCAR) at…
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The folks at the (questionable) social networking site MyLife have put out a list of the top US cities in which to be an artist and Austin came in at…
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UH Art Students Hit the Big Time: The Frozen Food Aisle!
by Paula Newtonby Paula Newton 0 commentAfter the wildly successful two-day pop-up exhibition at Houston’s Inman Gallery last August, the University of Houston’s art students are hitting the big time. This time, they’re taking it to…
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Joan Mondale, wife of former Vice President Walter Mondale, died in Minneapolis on Monday at the age of 83. Mondale, who earned the nickname “Joan of Art” during her husband’s…
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Blue Star to Host Serious Dialogue About US/Mexico Border
by Paula Newtonby Paula Newton 0 commentIn conjunction with Blane de St. Croix‘s current exhibition Broken Landscape III, San Antonio’s Blue Star Contemporary Museum is hosting an evening of “Border Dialogues” on Tuesday, February 4, with…