Feral hogs nudging and nosing constructivist sculptures as if they were ponderous smartphones for creatures lacking fine manipulative skills.
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Those mourning the final loss of any remnant of Hannah Montana (as in Doc-Martins-stomping-out-a-cigarette final loss, as in the-wood-chipper-getting-rid-of-all-the-evidence final loss) may have missed the real newsworthy appearance in the…
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The Modern to Import Contemporary Mexico for Lecture Series
by Paula Newtonby Paula Newton 0 commentThe Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth has announced its Fall lecture series, packing every single Tuesday evening with speakers. Most of the series is in conjunction with the upcoming…
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A Way Of Seeing: Jem Cohen’s Museum Hours to Screen at MFAH
by Peter Lucasby Peter Lucas 0 commentThe film’s succession of vignettes—from bar conversations to poetic studies of Vienna, great works of art, and museum visitors—is a deftly constructed story of the connections of strangers and a sublime rumination on life and art.
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The University of Houston-Clear Lake’s Art Gallery is bringing together Texas comic book artists together for a one-day symposium, comiCulture: From Creation to Consumption, on Saturday, September 21. The event…
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The Texas Biennial's Greatest Hits show opened yesterday at Big Medium in Austin. Glasstire was there, and If you were watching our Instagram feed last night, this is what you would have seen.
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There are those who would like to learn more about Latin American art and then there are those who would like to give it all a big old bear hug.…
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James Franco Probably Really Not Coming to UH Creative Writing Program Now, Too Busy Exploring the World of Art
by Paula Newtonby Paula Newton 0 commentRemember when James Franco was coming to the University of Houston’s doctoral program in creative writing? It seemed absurdly silly, but a little bit cool, and so it was disappointing…
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Boom Town whispered, “Here we are, look what we are capable of.” On the last day, when the roar of POST COMMUNIQUÉ and the Dallas VideoFest had lessened, the works in Boom Town were given the chance to scream this message out loud.
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As if anyone needs to be reminded of the temperature, the Aurora Picture Show has titled its screening of short films and videos “Houston Is So Hot!” Or maybe the…
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With its first unveiling in June of this year, the Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center launched its ARTboard program, putting up art billboards in the “spirit of keeping art accessible, approachable,…
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Bowdoin delivers a load of allusions, imagery, medieval references and heady constructs with minimal clues as to how they should be deciphered.
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Austin Sculptor Wins Design Award for Art Installation
by Paula Newtonby Paula Newton 1 commentMargo Sawyer has won the CoD+A (Collaboration of Design+Art) Award for best residential art installation (with project partners Lawrence W. Speck, architect, and Wendy Dunnam Tita, interior designer). The first…
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DMA Appoints New Assistant Curator of the Arts of the Americas
by Paula Newtonby Paula Newton 1 commentKimberly L. Jones has been appointed Assistant Curator of the Arts of the Americas at the Dallas Museum of Art, announced today by Director Maxwell L. Anderson. Dr. Jones will…
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The trajectory of my work for the past 25 years has been questioning the veracity of the photographic image. Could I make a fake photograph look totally real?
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Mystery of Nasher XChange Eighth Project to be Revealed
by Paula Newtonby Paula Newton 0 commentIn anticipation of the Nasher Sculpture Center’s exhibition of Nasher XChange, which is set to open in mid-October, the museum has been releasing details of each project one at a…
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You asked for it: our popular Thursday email outlining some of most see-worthy art event statewide, here presented in blog form, with bonuses!
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Recently-Discovered Underground Cavern-Cathedral and Possible Awesome Art Space to be Presented in 3-D!
by Paula Newtonby Paula Newton 0 commentThere have been a few incredible photos of what is now called the “Cistern” floating around this past year, but next week the Buffalo Bayou Partnership (BBP) and Architecture Center…
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Those who may suspect that the artists chosen for the 2013 Texas Biennial might just be flukes can check out two exhibitions this weekend to decide if past participants have…
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UT MFA graduate Adriana Corral talks about using her art to fight the silence surrounding acts of violence.