On April 10, Austin’s Gallery Shoal Creek will move into new quarters in the Flatbed Building at 2832 E. MLK Blvd. The gallery will keep its name and continue to…
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Among the many details of new Pope Francis I’s past life and attitudes that are being sifted today is his involvement in one of those art scandals that are meat…
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On Friday, March 15, The Art League of Houston will celebrate the life of Cholla Kepner with a memorial service from 6-7:30 p.m. Cholla was an instructor at the League…
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New Sol LeWitts in Austin Celebrated with Tortillas and Tours March 21.
by Bill Davenport 0 commentTwo new works by artist Sol LeWitt have been installed at the Bill & Melinda Gates Computer Science Complex and Dell Computer Science Hall at UT. Circle with Towers, at…
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CAM’s New Shows Keeps The Dialog Going- Thank you, CAM!
by Leslie Moody Castro 1 commentRecently I had a chance to talk with Nina Hassele, director of Contemporary Art Month (CAM), and CAM Board Member Leigh Baldwin; both told me all about CAM past and…
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The Galveston Artist Residency and Bill Davenport (that’s me!) are collecting all kinds of things found on beaches near Galveston into one room on April 19, for a regional show…
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Remüv Hate and Be Someone: Persistent Hopeful Graffiti Rebrands Houston
by Bill Davenport 14 commentsLast September, two enormously visible pieces of street art rebranded Houston as a more hopeful city, at least to users of the I-45 freeway through downtown, effectively everyone. Two phrases,…
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Picasso Black and White has all the ingredients of a blockbuster exhibition. The featured artworks are historically significant examples from the best known periods of the artist’s work installed chronologically.…
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A Rose Is A Rose, but San Antonio’s Blue Star Contemporary Art Center is now the Blue Star Contemporary Art Museum
by Bill Davenport 0 commentAfter 27 years, The Blue Star Contemporary Arts Center is going museum. The Blue Star Contemporary Art Museum‘s programming won’t change- the primary motive appears to be adding the fillip…
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Retroregionalism: Reaves Gallery Teams With Regional Museum For Weekend Texas Art Sale in Marathon
by Bill Davenport 0 commentThe San Angelo Museum of Fine Art is partnering with William Reaves Fine Art, a Houston gallery specializing in historical Texas art, to hold an art sale and fundraiser at…
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Martha Blackwelder, Leader of Museum District Expansion, To Leave Asia Society Texas Center
by Bill Davenport 0 commentAsia Society Texas Center reports that Martha Blackwelder has announced her plans to step down as Executive Director after overseeing six years of expansion. Blackwelder will be leaving her post…
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The Cody Ledvina Expierence: Pedagogical DVD: Lesson 1.1
by Cody Ledvinaby Cody Ledvina 1 commentGlasstire distance educator and motivational speaker Cody Ledvina tells it like it is in Lesson 1.1 of his Pedagogical DVD. Feel free to use this information for your own class. …
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Passion, or How You’re Responsible for What You See
by Meredith Jack 11 commentsI’d rather not point fingers at specific artists, but I am concerned that there is a lack in much of contemporary art of what I perceive as… Passion. A couple…
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Art-chitects Daniel Mihalyo and Annie Han of Lead Pencil Studio discuss their building-in-a-gallery project at UT’s Visual Arts Center’s Vaulted Gallery in a new promo video produced for Glasstire, below.…
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Endless Comment on Possible LACMA-MOCA Merger Fills Art News Void This Weekend
by Bill Davenport 0 commentWith newsy artworld tidbits slowing to their usual weekend trickle, the potential merger between the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and the critically acclaimed but financially unsound Los Angeles…
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Chingozine Shopping Party at Treasure City Thrift Promises Free Everything Tonight (Maybe?)
by Bill Davenport 0 commentPuro Chingon Collective has organized their first ever “Shopping Party” at Treasure City Thrift, 2142 E 7th St. in Austin. Boasting free caricatures by Chingozine artists, free gift with every…
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The Los Angeles County Museum of Art Bids to Take Over Los Angeles’ Imploding Museum of Contemporary Art
by Bill Davenport 0 commentPerhaps forming the Los Angeles County Museum of Contemporary Art, LACMOCA, and saving two letters!? Talk about merging the two institutions has bobbed to the surface before, most recently in…
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Carrie Schneider and Alex Tu: The Human Tour 2013
by Regina Aguby Regina Agu 0 comment“It is hoped and anticipated that this simple act of driving through different parts of the city will bring about a greater awareness to the challenges facing Houstonians and initiate…
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Set your DVR or make plans to watch the world television premiere of Art Car: The Movie. Co-directors Ford Gunter and Carlton Ahrens traveled across the country talking to artists…