Former New York gallerist Carolyn Ramo has been named as the new head of Artadia, “the fund for art and dialog” as of July 24. The fund, founded by philanthropist…
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Noting the “almost half dozen features” published in the NY Times about Marfa in the past three years, NPR‘s Neda Ulaby joins the scrum, outlining the tiny town’s makeover as…
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Robotic space probe Curiosity landed safely on the surface of Mars after enduring a successufully dramatized landing sequence, dubbed “seven minutes of terror” by a publicity-conscious NASA, where it will…
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Deborah Velders, Deputy Director of the New Asia Society Texas Center is leaving Houston to take over as director of the Mobile Museum of Art in Alabama. She will begin…
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This piece, just to the right of the door (I always work counterclockwise) was the first thing I looked at at the London Open at the Whitechapel Gallery, and the…
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Bryan Miller launches his new series, Glass Satire, with scenes from Richard Serra at the Menil.
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A few weeks ago I had the pleasure of sitting with artist Christina Sukhgian Houle who is in Mexico City for six weeks as part of the SOMA summer artist…
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Notes from Gotham: What I saw in NYC Galleries
by Lucia Simekby Lucia Simek 1 commentI had 24 hours in NY last month and spent most of it going in and out of the enormous, heavy glass doors of Chelsea galleries (and the confusingly center-hinged…
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After 35 years of service to Houston’s MECA, beloved supporter and communications mananger Emily Zermeno is retiring. MECA is inviting all friends and colleagues of Emily Zermeno to celebrate 35…
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For Part I, click here. Although Christov-Bakargiev’s concepts cohere at the Fridericianum, the most memorable Documenta site is just up the hill at the Hauptbahnhof. There, amidst massive spaces that…
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Dallas painter and SMU professor Bill Komodore has died. He was born in Athens, Greece in 1932, and moved to the United States and received his formal education at Tulane…
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Four San Antonio artists will be chosen by a jury of art professionals (TBA) to work at the Künstlerhaus Bethanien in Berlin for three-month residencies between July 2013 and June…
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“Big Bend” by Jack Ridley at Photographs Do Not Bend
by Christina Patoski 4 commentsIn the not so distant past, being a photographer required more skills than being able to point and shoot. Beginning in the early 19th century, portrait photographers grappled with metal…
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Leonardo as Salvator Mundi: Star Power AND Solidity Can the DMA Have it All, For A Price?
by Bill Davenport 1 commentArt in America reports that the Dallas Museum of art is considering the purchase of a painting newly attributed to Leonardo Da Vinci for an estimated $200 million, and actually…
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My (partial) Experience of Design District Gallery Day
by Lucia Simekby Lucia Simek 2 commentsThis past weekend CADD hosted another effort to get people into galleries, called Design District Gallery Day. I did not, I’ll admit, spend the day participating in Gallery Day, though…
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Curator, writer, and onetime Glasstire editor Rachel Cook is returning to Houston with a n MA from the Center for Curatorial Studies at Bard College as the newly created Assistant…
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Every five years, the German town of Kassel is transformed into Documenta, a sprawling, intellectual exhibition considered a must-see by curators, collectors, and critics the world around. This year, I…
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The Lubbock Avalanche-Journal reports that Sky Drill, by Austin artist Brent Baggett will be installed August 2 by the roadside where Spur 327 meets the westbound frontage road off South…
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Formula One Racing Brings Glittering Crowds To Austin, Artists’ Plans to Cash In Lagging
by Bill Davenport 1 commentAustin’s funky college-town ambiance will be shattered by the (distant) screams of Formula One racing in November. 300,000 visitors are expected for the US Grand Prix on the weekend of…
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The Fort Worth Modern is celebrating ten years in its fancy Tadao Ando building by acquiring some big, fancy new art: Wall Drawing #50A, 1970, by Sol Lewitt consists of…