Podcast

William Sarradet and Brandon Zech discuss the rise of NFTs as online avatars, digital projects by Tom Sachs and Damien Hirst, and advertising's infiltration into the metaverse. 

Christina Rees and Brandon Zech discuss the effects that time has on our likes, dislikes, and perception about art.

Imagine you suddenly had a chunk of free time with no responsibilities. What would you finally have the chance to do?

Christina Rees and Brandon Zech discuss Kusama's pumpkin that recently fell victim to a typhoon, experiential underwater sculpture parks, and the relationship between climate change and art.

William Sarradet talks with Christopher Blay about his tenure as Glasstire's News Editor, the trends he's seen in Texas art, and how being an artist impacts the way he approaches writing and curating.

Christina Rees and Brandon Zech discuss the optics and the reality of Hunter Biden's quest to be an artist.

“For me, collage is based on collision. And I think that collision is indebted to the chance encounter.”

“I became this artist who fell in love with being patient, taking little steps — little steps — towards the big goal at the end.” 

Christina Rees and William Sarradet discuss some favorite LGBTQ offerings of the past month and beyond. Also: art they expect to see in museums and galleries going forward.

Christina Rees and Brandon Zech discuss how the recent cultural swing toward honesty and sincerity has affected comedy, art, and music.

“All roads lead to Houston! All roads lead to Houston in Black art.”

Christina Rees and Brandon Zech discuss their most anticipated summer shows across the state, a jungle gym-like installation in Houston, and the optics behind Op art.

Christina Rees and Brandon Zech discuss the things about the art world we don’t miss, the things we do miss, and how to pace yourself when venturing back out.

Christina Rees and Brandon Zech discuss the proliferation of private museums in the U.S.

“I don’t know if it’s some kind of weird time warp or something, but I feel like I run into different versions of myself at different stages.” 

William Sarradet and Brandon Zech discuss how art meme accounts have taken over Instagram.

“I moved to Seattle! And the thing about Seattle is that it is the emerald city, in an evergreen state. And so you can't be there and not focus on plant life.”

Christina Rees and Brandon Zech on the ongoing debate about museums deaccessioning objects from their permanent collections. 

“We see this monolithic idea of what the world thinks is Blackness, but we know that the Black experience is whatever the Black person has. That’s the Black experience. And that’s the individual experience.”

“I wonder if artists are being commissioned to beautify cities in a way that ignores the time that we live in.”