![Jacob Kirkegaard, "AION," 2006 Video and sound installation (DVD, 50 minutes) Dimensions variable, format 4:3](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/glasstire/20130118051142im_/http://glasstire.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Kirkegaard_Aion-640x480-150x150.jpg)
“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 [...]
![Stephen Vitiello](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/glasstire/20130118051142im_/http://glasstire.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/SV_headshot2012-150x150.jpg)
Interview with Stephen Vitiello
Stephen Vitiello is a sound artist who teaches at Virginia Commonwealth University. He has exhibited around the world and collaborated with artists such as Pauline Oliveros, Tony Oursler, Julie Mehretu, Scanner, Nam June Paik and Steve Roden. Vitiellio’s first Texas solo exhibition was at Texas Gallery and the gallery has also produced the 2001 17:48 [...]
![Orange Show, 1979, Jeff McKissack, 2402 Munger St., Gulf Freeway. Created single-handedly by a retired postman, the Orange Show is one of the most famous folk art sites in America. Jeff McKissack began building his homage to the orange in 1956, using scrap materials and found objects. In 1979, he declared his "show" finished and opened his private fantasyland to the public.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/glasstire/20130118051142im_/http://glasstire.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/014.-Orange-Show-150x150.jpg)
Texas Art Travel: Houston
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 [...]
![Multimedia retrofit: peripatetic singers Cantare in MFAH galleries, MURAL at Rothko Chapel](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/glasstire/20130118051142im_/http://glasstire.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/titian-2-150x150.jpg)
Multimedia retrofit: peripatetic singers Cantare in MFAH galleries, MURAL at Rothko Chapel
In a twist on the upsurge of multimedia approaches in contemporary art, the Houston Museum of Fine arts is retrofitting the classics to work together to create a new gallery going experience: the walking concert. On each of two nights, August 6 and 7, a crowd of up to 100 will stroll through the MFAH’s [...]