The art apocalypse continues apace. The Contemporary Austin has commissioned six well-known artists to create bespoke…ahem… paddleboards to be auctioned off at the non-profit’s fundraising art dinner on May 9.…
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Christina Rees
Christina Rees
Christina Rees was the Senior Texas Editor at Glasstire from 2014-2017, and Editor-in-Chief at Glasstire from 2017-2021. In the past, she's served as an editor at The Met and D Magazine, as the full-time art columnist at the Dallas Observer, and has contributed art, film, and music criticism to the Village Voice, the Dallas Morning News, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, and other publications. Rees was the owner and director of Road Agent gallery in Dallas for three years before serving as curator of Fort Worth Contemporary Arts from 2009 to 2013. Prior to joining Glasstire as an editor in July 2014, she was a frequent Glasstire contributor, and continues to write for other publications such as BLAU and Artdesk. Rees is a recent recipient of the inaugural Rabkin Prize, a national $50k award for outstanding arts writing. She’s currently based in Dallas.
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The Museum of Fine Arts Houston is approaching the end of its tenth annual series “Movies Houstonians Love.” Prominent Houstonians introduce each screening and expand on their affection for the movie,…
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Glasstire is looking for arts writers in Texas! Any level of experience or geographic location is welcome. To apply, please submit one UNEDITED piece of your writing from the…
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… here’s one: Steve Earle is slated to play at the Crowley Theater on June 14. The great singer-songwriter (and soundtrack composer/actor/Renaissance man) Earle recently released his newest album Terraplane, and like his…
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There’s a lot of good geek buzz around this: Artist and new-media pioneer Evan Meaney is scheduled to make appearances in Dallas and Denton the week after next, with a screening of…
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Think of it like tax day; as long as your intention is postmarked by April 15th, you’re doing all right. Blue Star Contemporary in San Antonio is continuing its partnership…
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The giant rotating red Pegasus sign at the top of the Magnolia Hotel in downtown Dallas is the second one to fly in that spot; the first one, installed in…
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The ever-interesting international art star Janine Antoni is coming to the University of Texas at Arlington on April 27 to give a public lecture (and to lead an MFA workshop).…
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This is a truly international fair. I don’t mind the low ceilings at all anymore.
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Ah, the ever-shortening nostalgia cycle. No sooner have we gotten a big 1980s museum show out of our Texas blood and now here comes the touring exhibition, Come As You Are:…
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As we head into the primary art week in DFW anchored by the Dallas Art Fair, let us direct your attention to some local and national write-ups/musings on the season that…
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Up until two years ago, the national Joan Mitchell Foundation‘s primary grant for emerging artists was through its MFA Grant Program. In recognition of the homogeneity within such programs, the foundation has…
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BREAKING: A crane has fallen over on the Dallas Museum of Art. One person has been taken to the hospital. More to come. Photo By Taylor McGannSTORY: http://on.wfaa.com/1FpX4kg…
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Exciting news. Today the Nasher Sculpture Center in Dallas held a press event to announce its new International Nasher Prize for Sculpture. Each year it will present the award to “a living…
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Fifteen-year-old non-profit outfit Slideluck, which started in Seattle and is now based in NYC, is a combo art slideshow/potluck dinner that franchises its concept to cities all over the world. It’s essentially…
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I’m 80% sure that Dallas is still not an art destination and doesn’t deserve the frequency with which it appears in the travel sections of other cities’ magazines and newspapers.
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Fort Worth artist Devon Nowlin has posted a “REWARD/MISSING DOG” sign on social media requesting the return of (or information leading to the return of) a small artwork that was…
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The newest addition to Texas Tech’s public art collection in Lubbock isn’t a recent commission (most big artworks on college campuses are new when acquired); in an uncommon move…
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Houston already knows this, so this is for the rest of the art-loving, trainspotting Texans that keep tabs on such things: Last Sunday a museum goer at the Menil Collection…
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After eight years as Executive Director at Lawndale Art Center in Houston, Christine West has announced her resignation, effective May 8. West says she is leaving “to pursue independent projects…