Dear Young DFW Whippersnapper Artists
The new normal should be anything but. Time to fuck shit up. Dear Young DFW Whippersnapper Artists, Whatever the last “up” economy may have taught you, in your teen years, about what art is, how it should look in an art fair booth or ad in Artforum, how it’s valued, how famous you can [...]
Laura Lark Loves You #3: Something About Mary
Questions? Comments? Opinions? Send them to Laura Lark Loves You: lauralark@glasstire.com (or leave your message below) Mary asks, If you could describe and suggest a daily routine (things to read, do, act, etc) what would you suggest? Also, what type of resources (advice) would you suggest in trying to figure out how to market [...]
Olympic Update From London: Minute Texas Art Connection Unearthed
Ex-Houston artist Duncan Ganley will be taking part in the televised Olympic opening ceremony. Although all details of the elaborate show, months in the planning, are subject to a strict omerta, it has been revealed that Ganley will be one of many people wearing hats, to the left of the giant bell, after the simulated [...]
Should Texas Museums Have Artist Board Members?
Noting the flap over the departure of the artist-members of LA MOCA’s board of directors, D Magazine‘s Peter Simek asks if the Dallas museums ought to consider getting some. Simek points out that audience-centric museums need not suck, using Nicholas Serota’s Tate Modern as an example, and crediting Serota’s use of input from contemporary artists [...]
Pecos Rock Art Decoded: SHUMLA School’s Boyd Sees Shamanic Stories
Texas anthropologist Carolyn Boyd, founder of t SHUMLA (Studying Human Use of Materials, Land, and Art), an education and research center in Comstock, Texas, has put forward a detailed interpretation of some of the enigmatic rock art of the Pecos region in West Texas by comparing it with modern day Huichol and Yaqui legends. While [...]