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This week: an artist returns to Dallas, a gallery reopens in Austin, and an Englishman paints Presidio.

"When I was a kid, a clown picked me up and I cried."

"The black bird, a transformative creature, is a symbol of mystery, change and death, also long held as a messenger."

The exhibition is a love letter to Wilke's hometown, defined by its distinctive haunts and habitués. 

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

"Harris thinks of herself as an explorer on an excavation site where she hopes to recover, identify and interpret her findings."

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

You can see some of John Forse’s other comics by visiting his Glasstire author page.

This week: big juried shows in DFW, a new landmark for UT Austin's Landmarks, and Artpace heats up in San Antonio.

Today: Stars

"This is the second congregation of Heppner's multiple expressions in his distinct visual canon."

“I try to create a piece of work that can be the piece of work of others. It's not done. People will finish whatever I'm trying to share with them.”

Installations by Letitia Huckaby, Sandy Skoglund, Jennifer Steinkamp, Martine Gutierrez, and Yayoi Kusama offer a cross-generational female perspective spanning 60 years. 

"There is not one singular narrative for any place or 'community' — each person carries a perspective that can be honored if met with humility."

It was the aloneness of travel — the solitary spaces of the West — that catalyzed O’Keeffe’s most intensive periods of artistic and personal growth.

At this strange moment in history, Hills Snyder asks members of our creative community: What is at the top of your mind? What is in the bottom of your heart?

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

Glasstire’s 20th Anniversary Auction will begin on July 10th at 9 AM CST and will close on July 17th at 9 PM CST.

This week: A goodbye in San Antonio, a reopening in Austin, and an anniversary in Dallas.

Today: slashes and scars