Cuauhtemoc Medina Wins Menil’s 2012 Walter Hopps Award For Curatorial Achievement
Josef Helfenstein, Director of the Menil Collection, announced Friday that independent curator Cuauhtémoc Medina has been chosen as the sixth recipient of the biennial Walter Hopps Award for Curatorial Achievement. Established in 2001 in honor of Menil Founding Director Walter Hopps (1932–2005), the award recognizes curators in early to mid-career who have made significant contributions [...]
“Silence” at the Menil Collection
The Program Will Begin Shortly… Silence is Toby Kamps’ first major exhibition at The Menil Collection since becoming curator of modern and contemporary art two years ago. You should not miss it. It’s been too long since you visited the Chapel anyway. But silence can be hard to find. We arrive at the Rothko Chapel [...]
Laura Lark Loves You #2: Quake That Thing; California Uber Artists; Where’s a Man to Go?
Questions? Comments? Ideas? Send them to: lauralark@glasstire.com (or leave your message below) Dear Readers, Welcome back to Laura Lark Loves You! Please excuse the lack of an umlaut in the word “uber”–if anyone knows how to do that kind of stuff here, please don’t hesitate to contact me. 1. James Turrell, The Art World’s Original [...]
Brushed with Greatness: Mark Flood in NY Times, Beyoncé in Menil
Everyone’s favorite Houston art provocateur appeared in the NY Times, interviewed by Randy Kennedy: artist Mark Flood stuck up for Houston, the willful rich, and the American way, but declined the title of “sacred monster.” Meanwhile, back at the bayou, Menil Curator Toby Kamps and PR guy Vance Muse gave Beyoncé Knowles a special private [...]
A better world is a small thing to ask for: Danny Lyon at the Menil
You need to go see Danny Lyon’s brilliant photographs while they’re up at the Menil. The words that follow contain praise, but also doubt, disappointment and resentment. Should my feelings become obscured by muddled expression, please return to the first sentence. I was immediately disappointed upon entering the small gallery that houses This World Is [...]
Married But Two Years, the Art Guys Plant Spouse in Menil Lawn, Alive Yet!
In a ceremony officiated by National Book Critics Circle Winner Lawrence Weschler, Director of the New York Institute for the Humanities, the Art Guys will officially dedicate the tree from their 2009 piece “Art Guys Marry a Plant” at 10:30 a.m., Saturday, November 19th in Menil Park in Houston. The piece, originally created for No [...]
Regionalism in the 21st Century: a panel discussion
On Saturday, May 7th, 2011, Glasstire and the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth presented a panel in celebration of our 10th anniversary. “Regionalism in the 21st Century” featured Robert Storr, dean of the Yale University School of Art and curator of the 2007 Venice Biennale; David Pagel, Los Angeles Times art critic and associate [...]
Glasstire turns 10!
This year, Glasstire turns 10, making it one of the oldest (and best) art websites in the country. We’re celebrating with a star-studded panel discussion at the Fort Worth Modern Art Museum featuring Robert Storr, David Pagel, Toby Kamps, Michael Galbreth and Christina Rees discussing what regionalism means to the art world of the 21st [...]
Glasstire regionalism report
To mark our 10th anniversary, Glasstire is bringing a star-studded group of thinkers to the region to think about regionalism next Saturday. Robert Storr, dean of the Yale University School of Art and curator of the 2007 Venice Biennale; David Pagel, Los Angeles Times art critic and associate professor of art at Claremont Graduate University; [...]
The Ten List: Crazy-Brilliant Art Ideas
The history of contemporary art is filled with countless outrageous and provocative ideas. Think of Nikki de St. Phalle building walk-in wombs, Chris Burden taking a bullet in Shoot and Keith Boadwee making action paintings using his sphincter. These are only a few examples of “out there” projects that simultaneously propel contemporary art forward and [...]