This week: die laughing in Houston, bombs and border crossings in El Paso, and a new space opens in Fort Worth.

"I wanted this work to be enveloped in Mexican and American pop culture." 

Established in 2015, the Nasher Prize is a contemporary sculpture award dedicated to excellence as well as current ideas in sculpture.

The grantees will be selected by a three-person jury panel who will look for innovative, experimental, public-facing visual art projects.

Some of these works will find their home around the organization's $8.7 million campus project, which is underway and slated for completion in August 2022.

"I was looking for a way to enter into a century-long fight that encompassed thousands of locations, women and people."

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. 

There are three new Cultural Districts in Texas: The Fair Park Cultural District in Dallas, the Laredo Cultural District in Laredo, and the Westside Cultural District in San Antonio.

This year’s Texas Biennial, titled "A New Landscape, A Possible Horizon," is now on view across five sites in San Antonio and Houston.

"I’ve long been impressed with Lawndale’s risk taking, which I’m looking forward to continuing."

Christina Rees and Brandon Zech walk you through the Texas shows they’re most excited about seeing this fall art season.

There is an absolute serenity, but things are happening.

The eight-week residency culminates in a two-month exhibition of new work at Artpace. 

The Fund addresses the impact of the pandemic, the recent winter storm, and other economic hardships on individual artists in Bexar County.

"KBART is a low-power FM radio station filled with voices from the community, ranging from age 9 to 92."

Menchaca keeps expanding their vision and method.

The works featured in this exhibition range from China and India to present day Nepal, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Cambodia, Korea, and Japan.

Tyler Museum of Art curator Caleb Bell will take over Glasstire’s Instagram page while visiting the Texas Biennial in San Antonio.

"Christo and Jeanne-Claude have always made clear that their artworks in progress be continued after their deaths."

This week: paintings in the Panhandle, art comes to Lockhart, and the Texas Biennial commences.