It’s chilly and rainy in both Houston and Austin, but adventurous art lovers with thick socks and warm scarves will be sticking their cold noses into artists’ studios today. The…
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The work of casualists and provisionalists like Walker is not Jerry Salz's “Neo-Mannerism.” These artists are, if anything, neo-modernist. This crop of new, young work in Dallas is a throwback to Giacometti, Guston, and Rothko.
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Twelve-Year-Old El Paso Artist Steals the Show at Ceremony with First Lady
by Paula Newtonby Paula Newton 0 commentThe El Paso Creative Kids program was one of 12 national arts programs to receive the President’s Commission on the Arts and Humanities Youth Program Award at the White House…
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The University of North Texas and College of Visual Arts and Design (CVAD) is opening ArtSpace Dallas, a gallery that will showcase works of CVAD’s students, faculty and renowned alumni,…
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The current show at the MFAH's Glassell School isn't all Political Economy 101.
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Thanksgiving Saved by Houston Artists, the Mayor’s Office, and Skateboarding Vegetables!
by Paula Newtonby Paula Newton 3 commentsJust this past August, it looked like Houston would have no Thanksgiving Day Parade for the first time in over six decades. But the city, some new corporate sponsorship, a…
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Austin Curator with Gallery to Become Artist with Apartment
by Paula Newtonby Paula Newton 0 commentAustin’s apartment gallery, Red Space, has announced that it will be closing. Focusing on emerging and experimental artists, Red Space has hosted a variety of installation-oriented exhibitions since artist/curator Caitlin…
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The inaugural post in our new series highlighting art outside the art scene illuminates the 75 year old circus mural that inspired the Toys R Us giraffe, hidden under the ceiling of a bar in Midtown Houston.
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There’s a new gallery opening on the eclectic strip of Houston’s Main Street between Midtown and Montrose. The location is close enough to the Museum District and the other Main…
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On Tuesday, architect Renzo Piano visited Fort Worth to check out the Kimbell Art Museum’s new Piano Pavilion, scheduled to open on November 27. According to KERA News, Piano walked…
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Ed Cooper died unexpectedly early this week after an accidental fall in his home. He was 61. A wealth manager with LPL Financial by day, Cooper was an enthusiastic and…
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There is now less than a week to come up with the most brilliant name for the soon-to-be-built café in the Menil Collection’s “neighborhood of art.” For those who would…
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The original “Leipzig School” was a group of artists behind the Iron Curtain, isolated from western trends. These five "New Leipzig School" artists are their students.
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Charitable Deductions Under Fire; Museum Alliance Joins Fight
by Paula Newtonby Paula Newton 0 commentIn a refocused effort to reduce the federal budget deficit, legislators in both parties have apparently proposed changes to the charitable tax deduction, which some say could cost nonprofits $9…
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Playboy Marfa, which was quickly installed this summer just outside of Marfa and almost as quickly received removal orders from Texas Department of Transportation (TxDot), will be moving down the…
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Robyn O’Neil vs. Vernon Fisher at Talley Dunn Gallery
by Michael Frank Blair 0 commentA good old-fashioned compare and contrast. This show marks a drastic change in O’Neil’s work.
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The Linda Pace Foundation's new executive director talks to Glasstire about LPF's exhibition program, their collections, and their building plans.
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Last week, Peruvian actor and environmental activist Richard Torres married a tree in Buenos Aires, Argentina, reports the Huffington Post. As part of Torres’s attempt to spread environmental awareness across…
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Dallas Homework Assignment: Advance Human Knowledge and Well-Being
by Paula Newtonby Paula Newton 0 commentThere is a new group for Dallas folks who would like to get a bit art smarter in a friendly setting: art as social wormhole. Billed as an “artificial M.F.A.”…
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Fischer makes his way though the massive Kelly retrospective and ends on a transcendent note. No more New York until spring, we promise!