![Crossing his fingers that the DMA soap bubble won't pop!](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/glasstire/20130117040552im_/http://glasstire.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/Leonardo-150x150.jpg)
DMA Leonardo Bid Rejected, But Let’s All Think About the Art of the Possible At the DMA Anyway
Michael Granberry reports in the Dallas Morning News that the DMA isn’t going to get the expensive Leonardo after all; (insert sigh, with relief, or disappointment, depending.) WHAT NOW?- it’s clear that the museum has, potentially, access to several tens of millions of dollars to acquire art, if donors think it’s worth it. Certainly enough, [...]
![Louie Palu (Washington, D.C.)
US Marine Lcpl. Patrick "Sweetums" Stanborough, age 21, Garmsir, Helmand, Afghanistan. Patrick is from Carmel NY and he has also done a tour of Iraq in addition to this tour. 2008
From the series Afghanistan: Garmsir Marines
Pigment print
20 x 24 inches
Courtesy of the artist and ZUMA Press (San Clemente, CA)](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/glasstire/20130117040552im_/http://glasstire.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/zlL4d6aG7osqjx3EZMIaDUdnqnkvWo8GVP95bHMWglE-150x150.jpg)
“Soldier, at Ease” at the Houston Center for Photography
Soldier, At Ease, at the Houston Center for Photography, runs concurrently with the extensive WAR/PHOTOGRAPHY exhibition at the Museum of Fine Arts. Both exhibitions include works by Tim Hetherington, Louie Palu and Erin Trieb. WAR/PHOTOGRAPHY focuses on an exploration of the role of photography in documenting various aspects of conflict, including the periods between fighting. Soldier, [...]
![Fernando Romero with Mexic-Arte Museum maquette at the Guggenheim.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/glasstire/20130117040552im_/http://glasstire.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/romero-150x150.jpg)
Inevitable Starchitecture: Romero’s Mexic-Arte Museum Maquette at the Guggenheim
The proposed big wheel/Aztec calendar design for a new Mexic-Arte Museum building on congress Ave. in Austin by Fernando Romero was part of the architect’s “You are the Context” exhibition and book launch held at the Guggenheim Museum on Dec. 12. Though widely criticised as stereotypically ethnic (with the Aztec calendar projection), too expensive, or [...]
![Mexic-Arte Founder Sylvia Orozco receives Mask Collection from Mr. Carmine De Vivi during a recent visit to New Mexico.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/glasstire/20130117040552im_/http://glasstire.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/de-vivi-150x150.jpg)
De Vivi Mask Collection Donated to Mexic-Arte, on display in January
In other Mexi-Arte news, the museum has received the 300 piece Patricia and Carmine De Vivi Mexican Mask Collection. Mr. De Vivi began his visits to indigenous villages in the 1950′s and collected the masks used in rituals and dances. The De Vivis, who live in New Mexico selected Mexic-Arte Museum as the permanent home [...]
![Cover of the 1958 issue of Escuela del Sur, Montevideo](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/glasstire/20130117040552im_/http://glasstire.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/ttg-150x150.jpg)
Beyond Constructed Dialogues
Constructivism in Latin America provided fertile ground for a plethora of different movements, proposals and ideas from the 1930s onward as seen in Constructed Dialogues: Concrete, Geometric, and Kinetic Art from the Latin American Art Collection, currently on view at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (only until January 6, 2013). The rich traditions of [...]