Last Tuesday night, Kiki Smith headlined the 2013 UNT Nasher Lecture Series to an adoring sold-out crowd that was hushed, reverent, and wearing mostly black. Working primarily in printmaking…
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The Socialized Contemporary Artists Bureau (S.C.A.B.) sounds a bit bureaucratic, but this is part of the ironic mirror play and table turning that undergirds this group of artists. By 2012,…
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Sensory Substitution, Devices, Perception, Alternative Displays, Bone Conduction Hearing, Parametric Sound, Tactile Visual Displays, HipHop, Gastronomy, Echolocation, Accessibility, Hardware, Physiology, Bionics, Tongue Display Unit, Electrode Vibrotactile Stimulation These are the…
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Lynn Barber lives in Rapid City, South Dakota. She has degrees in microbiology and law, and intermittently works as a patent attorney. She enjoys playing the hammer dulcimer and the…
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Lauren Kelley creates animated videos that often feature Barbies altered by clay and confectioner’s sugar and that evoke a complex commentary on race, youth and desire. Kelley’s works also engage…
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Draped in camouflage, bunting, or shroud, war’s singular product is death. In face after face of WAR/PHOTOGRAPHY: Images of Armed Conflict and Its Aftermath at the Museum of Fine Arts,…
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Austin hosted its second International Film Festival Summit December 3 – 5, bringing together film and music festival organizers and industry folks from coast to coast. Staff from Sundance, The…
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In October, the Nasher Sculpture Center installed a meandering serpentine sculpture by the Irish-born, London-based artist Eva Rothschild for its current Sightings exhibition, a series which focuses on the work…
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A few weeks ago, I did a quick survey of what a copyright is and how to get one. But recent reactions to a news report expand what one has…
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The Perot Museum of Nature and Science has an exterior that looks like one of the collection’s incredible mineral crystals. Conjunctive cubes intersect each other and rest on an undulating…
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How can good people appreciate despicable behavior? What can it seriously tell us about the values we hold? These questions are repeatedly addressed and challenged by artists and filmmakers, to…
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The Glasstire Drawing Project presents Chapter 2 of Michael Bise’s “Life On the List,” an autobiographical comic about life on the heart transplant list. For Chapter 1, click here. CHAPTER…
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Para leer este artículo en español, por favor vaya aquí. To read this article in Spanish, please go here. “Walking, in particular drifting, or strolling, is already – with the speed…
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Author’s Disclaimer: As a practicing sculptor I spend a fair amount of time involved in what can only be described as “donkey work” and while I have to pay attention…
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Cody Ledvina visits the studio of Seth Alverson. Sort of.
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Forget iPhone 5. Instead of buying the latest Apple gadget, I’ve added Magritte VI to my credit card bill. Nothing Apple sells stirs my covetousness like a book on Magritte–and…
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Cody Ledvina launches his new made-for-Glasstire video show, “Cody Ledvina: Expierence.” Ledvina promises viewers a dazzling array of content: Texas art exhibitions, performance, concerts, lectures, studio visits, art fights, Q&As,…
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Saturday, 4 pm Lawndale Artist in Residence Domokos Benczedi (right) is asked to lower the volume on his unscheduled art fair performance by fair director Jeffrey Wainhouse. – B.D.…
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Well y’all, we made it. While the episodes were sometimes painful to watch, I have thoroughly enjoyed recapping them for you! So let’s talk about the SEASON FINALE. The Gallery…
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Glasstire Virtual Studio Visit: Chad Maydwell
by Glasstireby GlasstireChad Maydwell‘s “music visualization” video Rêverie – Claude Debussy was one of the standouts in the 2012 Lawndale Big Show. Here’s his newest stop motion animation, Stardust – Fats Waller. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLhXLEV34Tw…