The Amon Carter Museum of American Art in Fort Worth has announced the acquisition of a major, full-length painting by John Singer Sargent (1856–1925). The work, titled Edwin Booth from…
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The Act of Drinking Beer With Friends is the Highest Form of Art, Tonight!
by Glasstireby Glasstire 0 commentFirst generation conceptual artist Tom Marioni talks about relational aesthetics, beer as America's sacramental wine, and the cyclical nature of fame in our latest video.
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Katy’s Contemporary Arts Museum to Open Early! Sculpture Garden and Gun Museum on the Way
by Paula Newtonby Paula Newton 9 commentsThe Katy Contemporary Arts Museum (KCAM) will open this Sunday, months ahead of its original planned date. The 60-year-old former lumber company building in downtown Katy will host a group…
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There’s Hope! Shepard Fairey to Join Austin’s SXSW Eco 2013
by Paula Newtonby Paula Newton 0 commentStreet artist and graphic designer Shepard Fairey has been announced as the final keynote speaker at Austin’s SXSW Eco 2013 to take place in early October. Citizen-spurred initiatives are being…
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Artist Wants to Turn Ugly History into Fountain of Education
by Paula Newtonby Paula Newton 1 commentThe Dallas County Commissioners Court tabled a vote yesterday on funding to turn a County Records building water fountain into an art installation. If county commissioners approve the funding in time…
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For all of its muted simplicity, Glass’ Am I still Ill, isn’t really quiet, just as the bright Safe Room itself, flooded with natural light and painted a pure and clarifying white, isn’t really pristine.
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Local News Reports on “So-Called ‘Public Art’” Projects in San Antonio
by Paula Newtonby Paula Newton 3 commentsSan Antonio’s City Council will decide on Thursday whether to approve three new bus shelters on the West Side, reports Robert Price of KAAB Fox News 29. Few details of…
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Not-to-miss shows for the second week of the fall art season.
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Texas Biennial to Justify Its Existence in Public Discussion
by Paula Newtonby Paula Newton 0 commentTo find answers about what the Texas Biennial 2013 is, who the curators were, when and where the openings and other events will be, the Biennial web site has all…
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Burlesque fans, historians, and practitioners will find much to wax nostalgic about in these vintage pictures, but they only succeed as art when reflected in the intense psychological mirror of the works by Allen and Walton.
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Researchers Discover that Exposure to Bad Art Just Makes Things Worse
by Paula Newtonby Paula Newton 1 commentThere is a well-accepted psychological phenomenon called the “mere exposure effect,” sometimes called the “familiarity principle,” which suggests that repeated exposure to a stimulus enhances people’s attitudes towards it. University…
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As the dog days wane, Glasstire contributors eye the coming artworld onslaught: fill your gas tank, charge your phone and bring plenty of drinking water.
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The results are in! The Humane Society of the United States has announced the winners of its art contest. Six amateur chimpanzee artists, all retired performers or research subjects, were…
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No alcohol, and no shoe-throwing: eighteen sweaty people listened as Geoff Hippenstiel talked teaching at the first Narrative Process at Alabama Song.
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Victim of Alleged Police Beating Gives Press Conference at Houston Art Show TONIGHT!
by Bill Davenport 1 commentRandall Kallinen, flamboyant civil-rights attorney and part-time gallerist, is combining his two worlds: he’s holding a press conference tonight with the victim of an alleged police beating at his office/gallery,…
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Not So Bueno: Houston East End Public Art Project Irritates Some Spanglish-Speaking Grammar Sticklers
by Paula Newtonby Paula Newton 1 commentAs part of a grant-funded revitalization project, the Greater East End Management District has commissioned functional art installation projects with words in English, Spanish or some combination of the two…
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Nasher Reveals Final XChange Project and Site, With Some Unintended Irony
by Paula Newtonby Paula Newton 2 commentsThe Nasher Sculpture Center has revealed the plans for the final project to be included in its Nasher XChange exhibition to open mid-October in celebration of the Nasher’s tenth anniversary.…
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In 1962, only a few years after the founding of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the NASA Art Program was launched “in an effort to present NASA’s discoveries…
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The Auto Part Sculptures of Mayor Johnny Anders
by Jay Wehnertby Jay Wehnert 2 commentsIn the small West Texas town of Stamford, artist Johnny Anders has been able to successfully bridge the sometimes conflictual worlds of art and institutional bureaucracy. He does so by being the mayor.
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MFAH Snags Art Institute CFO in Time for Expansion Project
by Paula Newtonby Paula Newton 0 commentThe Museum of Fine Arts, Houston has found a replacement for recently retired Associate Director Gwen Goffe. Eric O. Anyah has been lured away from the Art Institute of Chicago and…