Discovery Green & Houston First Commission work by Dallas Collective
This week, Discovery Green and Houston First Corporation announced that they have commissioned a site-specific work by Dallas artist collective The Color Condition (Sunny Sliger and Marianne Newsom)....Read More
Installation Art Gone Wrong: Creepy Realtor Headshot Edition
Earlier this week, Abilene residents noticed unusual decoration on a man’s backyard shed, reports BigCountryHomepage. Tacked up in a salon-style, detective crazy wall fashion on the...Read More
City of Houston Wants Artists for its New Residency
The City of Houston has launched an artist residency program. It’s seeking three artists for this round, “…a new, 16-week community-impact artist residency will pair Houston artists...Read More
Glasstire Top Five: July 20, 2017
Christina Rees and Brandon Zech on art you can drink from, art you can sink into, and a museum of toilet seats.
Another Costume Contest at the DMA: This One is Lady Gaga
Two weeks ago the Dallas Museum of Art hosted a Guinness Record costume contest for the most people dressed like Frida Kahlo. It was a...Read More
“Don’t pretend that you’re not proud of your work.”
Art is the Highest Form of Hope & Other Quotes by Artists is a collection of punchy and pithy quotes by big-name artists. It’s a Phaidon...Read More
Christina Rees Wins $50,000 Rabkin Prize for Arts Writers
Today, The Dorothea and Leo Rabkin Foundation announced that Christina Rees, Glasstire’s Editor-in-Chief, has been awarded the new Rabkin Prize for Arts Journalism. For its inaugural...Read More
Austin’s Blanton Museum Launches Music Residency Program
Austin’s Blanton Museum of Art recently announced that they are starting a new residency offering emerging artists the opportunity to create a sound-based artwork to be...Read More
Hobby Lobby Pays $3 Million Fine & Forfeits Artifacts Smuggled Out of Iraq
On Wednesday of last week, the United States filed a civil complaint against arts and crafts giant Hobby Lobby, claiming that they, via the United Arab Emirates...Read More
$200,000 Selfie Accident
Ad Reinhardt memorably said “sculpture is something you bump into when you back up to look at a painting.” In the case of the exhibition...Read More
Fall in Love with These Photographs of Goats & Pigs
American photographer Kevin Horan has taken what may be the most mysteriously beautiful photographs of pigs and goats we’ve ever seen. In a recent article on...Read More
Top Five: July 13, 2017
Christina Rees and Rainey Knudson on a show too important to be called a summer show, emerging Latinx artists in Austin, and skewering a sacred cow.
Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth Chief Curator Michael Auping Retires
This morning Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth’s director Marla Price announced the retirement this summer of Chief Curator Michael Auping. Auping has been with the...Read More
Dallas Gallery Day Returns This Saturday
This Saturday, July 15, from noon to 6 p.m. is the 6th installment of Dallas Gallery Day. This year there are 30 galleries participating, including...Read More
This and That: Wubble Ball & the MFAH
“This and That” is an occasional series of paired observations. -Ed. Today: Playing with Light ************* No matter how original, innovative or...Read More
It’s That Time of Year: QFest is Back
The 21st installment of QFest, Houston’s international city-wide LGBTQ film festival, runs from Thursday July 27 through Monday July 31. Artistic director Kristian Salinas does...Read More
Project Row Houses Announces Summer Studios Residents
Houston’s Project Row Houses (PRH) recently announced the recipients of its 2017 Summer Studios residency. The program, which is structured around a six-week-long residency, brings in college...Read More
Dallas’ Aurora Announces Curators and Its Impending Move
The Dallas-based biennial show of art, light, and sound called AURORA will have its fifth installment in 2018, and it has grown so much since its debut...Read More
Art Dirt 7: McMansion Hell, Dressing Up Like Frida Kahlo, Piss Christ Protest
"One of the protest signs said 'When Did Blasphemy Become Art?' and I just had to have a chuckle."
SFMOMA Wants to Text You Art
Since 1935, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art has been collecting and displaying works created by artists of our time. Like many museums with wide-reaching...Read More
