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Kusama is Coming to Marfa
Image: Yayoi Kusama and Donald Judd in Japan in 1978 © Judd Foundation. This month, on Ocobter 26 at 7:30PM, the Marfa branch of the Judd Foundation will present three experimental films by artist...
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Top Five: October 19, 2017
Rainey Knudson and Christina Rees on death row last suppers, how to stage a massive video show, and sex in Fort Worth. 1. Truth: 24 frames per second Dallas Museum of Art October 22 – January 28,...
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Top Five: October 26, 2017
Christina Rees and Brandon Zech on two artists who go into outer space to find perspective on Earth, an artist who whose decadence is emotional, and paintings that render the flesh abstract. 1....
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Día de los Muertos Takes Over Texas
Starting this weekend, multiple art spaces across Texas are hosting exhibitions and special events celebrating the Mexican holiday Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead). While this year’s holiday...
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Top Five: November 2, 2017
Christina Rees and Brandon Zech on an artist’s troubled childhood, what makes a real painter, and opera’s art invasion. 1. For Hire: Contemporary Sign Painting in America Houston Center for...
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Glasstire’s Data Mining Project, Part IV: The Artists
In 2016, for our 15th anniversary, Glasstire delved into our archives with a data mining project. We asked professional data miner Diego Garcia-Olano to comb through our vast archive of 21,000 events...
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Top Five: November 9, 2017
Rainey Knudson and Brandon Zech on an unapologetic art critic, some disgusting and edgy drawings, and a new museum opening in the Panhandle. 1. Big Art in Small Town Contemporary Art Museum...
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Ballroom Marfa Names Laura Copelin as Executive Director
Laura Copelin. Photo: Emma Rogers Ballroom Marfa has announced that its Interim Director, Laura Copelin, has been appointed as the organization’s new Executive Director. Copelin was hired by the...
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Top Five: November 16, 2017 with Eric Jarvis
Rainey Knudson and guest host Eric Jarvis on the Do-Not-Miss show of the winter, Matt Lauer-based art, and Mac versus Windows. 1. HOME—So Different, So Appealing Museum of Fine Arts, Houston...
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Top Five: November 23, 2017
Christina Rees and Brandon Zech on art that hides outdoors, a group show in Brownsville, and a new art lending library. 1. Seeing the Unseen Brownsville Museum of Fine Arts November 11 – January 28,...
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Marfa May Start Slapping Its Art Tourists with Parking Fines and Towing
City officials in Marfa have floated a proposed ordinance to define, re-zone, and police parking around town, which includes fines and towing and/or car booting, and many locals and regular visitors...
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Top Five: November 30, 2017
Christina Rees and Brandon Zech on the cross-pollination of art collectives, an eccentric collector’s decadence, and a major museum show that borrows from Houston locals. 1. Matt Messinger: Argus...
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Serpent Rain + Water Body at Ballroom Marfa
Water is life. The statement served a rallying cry at Standing Rock during the massive protests against the Dakota Access Pipeline. Yet, according to the legal statutes regulating water law in Texas,...
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Tierra. Sangre. Oro. at Ballroom Marfa
Rafa Esparza Right now, if someone asked you about an art show in Texas you hadn’t seen and you reflexively answered that it was likely about the border, you would be right most of the time. This is as...
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Top Five: December 7, 2017
Christina Rees and Brandon Zech on cross-pollinating art collectives, the Lizard Cult, and art you can buy for Christmas. 1. Jeremy DePrez: Mindfold Texas Gallery (Houston) December 7 – January 13,...
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A Brief Argument for Uncool Places
Christina Rees and Neil Fauerso chat about the creative potential and appeal of living and making work in unlikely towns and places. Christina Rees: Let me make sure we’re on the same page about this....
View ArticleGlasstire’s Favorite Museum Gift Stores, 2017
Shops included in the video: The Houston Museum Of Natural Science Museum Store The Menil Collection’s bookstore, Houston The Asher Gallery at the Houston Center for Contemporary Craft The...
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Top Five: December 14, 2017
Brandon Zech and Rainey Knusdon on two old-timey artists, the reinterpretation of history, and the convergence of art and political activism. 1. Ellen Tanner: Fables, Families and Myths Art Museum...
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F.C.C. Votes to Repeal Net Neutrality
(Image: Tom Brenner / The New York Times) Earlier this week, the US government’s Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted to repeal net neutrality. Passed in 2015 under the Obama administration,...
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Top Five: Holiday Edition 2017
In this holiday edition of Glasstire’s Top Five, Christina Rees and Rainey Knudson share tips on the best shows to take your various friends and family members to over the Christmas break. For...
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