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By Bill Davenport on October 25, 2012
Tom Luce,the lawyer asked by Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings to act as mediator between the Nasher Sculpture Center and the Museum tower in their tug of was over the ongoing glare problem, has resigned after public remarks made Tuesday October 23 by representatives of the Dallas Fire & Police Pension System, dismissing a suggested “louver” [...]
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By GT contributors on September 6, 2012
Glasstire contributors offer up their picks for Fall 2012! AUSTIN Emily Roysdon: Pause Pose Discompose Visual Arts Center September 21 – December 8, 2012 Super smart curator and art historian Andy Campbell invited New York- and Stockholm-based artist Emily Roysdon to take over the VAC’s Vaulted Gallery for the fall semester. I first heard of Roysdon in [...]
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By Bill Davenport on August 29, 2012
The glare controversy between the Nasher Sculpture Center and the neighboring Museum Tower in Dallas goes on and on. Meetings between the parties have been productive- solutions to the problem have been discussed in a “collegial and professional” manner, but they’re two different solutions: The Dallas Police and Fire Pension System, owner of the Museum [...]
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By Christina Rees on July 16, 2012
I really don’t understand the brouhaha over this Museum Tower thing. All I see are opportunities. Perhaps the lawyers on both sides lack vision. Lawyers, arbitrators, city council members. Not Jeremy Strick, or the press, of course. Clearly, the Tower and its creators are at fault. That’s well established. But Nasher’s hands are tied, and [...]
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By Bill Davenport on April 23, 2012
The ongoing confrontation between Dallas’ Nasher Sculpture Center and the new Museum Tower next door continues to flood the Dallas press with ink, some of it must-read material: Tim Rogers has an especially detailed and well-researched background of the problem in How Arrogance And Greed Made Museum Tower a Threat to The Heart of Dallas [...]
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By Christina Patoski on September 1, 2011
Ever since the mid-1970s, I’ve traveled to Houston whenever it was time for a good art fix. Back then, there were just a handful of fine art galleries to visit. The Museum of Fine Arts was a long way from becoming one of the largest museums in the United States. And the Contemporary Arts Museum [...]
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By Christina Patoski on July 21, 2011
If great cities are measured by their cultural institutions, Fort Worth is extraordinary. Its Cultural District is compact, pedestrian-friendly and internationally famous for the five renowned museums lined up right next to each other. Designed by a stellar roster of blue chip architects, including Pritzker Prize winners Philip Johnson and Tadao Ando, each building has [...]
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By Lucia Simek on July 17, 2011
After studying and practicing architecture in the 80s and 90s, working in the clothing industry and studying business management, Adam Silverman couldn’t ignore his deep leanings toward ceramics anymore, a hobby he’d practiced since high school. By 2002, it was time to go all in. Silverman threw off all of his other hats to become [...]
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