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Glasstire's Fall Preview

An experiment with "New American Talent"

Better Big than Never

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Glasstire's Fall Preview - 08/27/08
The weather's still unrelivedly hot, but school is back in session, Atlantic hurricanes are being assigned names near the middle of the alphabet, and Glasstire's Fall Preview comes out this weekend, so it must be the end of summer. What gods and monsters will the reviving art season bring? Place your bets . . . - Bill Davenport

Island of misfit toys - 08/27/08
The University of Texas has scored 28 modern sculptures to strew about it's Austin Campus as part of their new Landmarks public art program. The idea is that these works, on long-term loan from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, will "create an art historical fo... read more » - Bill Davenport

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Songs for Praise for the Heart Beyond Cure at Art Palace
The argument seems to be some sort of granola hipster-ish vision of forest spirit-worship as antidote for a bad case of urban mall-ification. - Ivan Lozano

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Houston Artletter
Better Big than Never
I saw show weeks ago, when it first opened, so I can't remember some of the artist's names. I'm sure you'll supply them via a comment. It's not laziness, it's crowdsourcing. - Bill Davenport

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Glass Meets Road
Dallas Days 2-3
Dragon Street needs trees, CADD is rocking out and Celia Eberle should get a museum show. - Rainey Knudson

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An experiment with "New American Talent"
Arthouse’s NAT survey is known for its new discoveries. - Angella Emmett

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Punkish and Puckish: An Interview with Tim Noble and Sue Webster
Dicks and digits bring forth new life for self-portraiture. - Charissa N. Terranova

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Contemporary Art Month in San Antonio
In a 24-hour period, I saw—by the grace of caffeine and chain-smoked Marlboros—roughly 21 shows in 13 spaces, many of them solid. - Laura Lark

Events >

TonyBones The Public Trust August 9 - September 6, 2008	Maki Hajikano: Accumulation-In... The Cole Art Center at The Old Opera House August 8 - September 12, 2008
Richards2: Nola Richards & Ryd... The Louise Hopkins Underwood Center For The Arts August 1 - September 13, 2008	Cut the cord! From up here eve... Okay Mountain August 16 - September 20, 2008
Transcendental Smoothie: Magsa... Lawndale Art Center August 22 - September 27, 2008	Contemporary Prints from the P... El Paso Museum of Art August 3, 2008 - March 12, 2009

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Roberta Smith says Jeff Koons revived public art. Which artist do you think did?

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