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That our built environments should be ephemeral only serves to remind us of our own transience.   

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.

At the DMA, Julian Charrière is dealing in a rare material: Arctic ice.

A few words about the artist's newest work on view at the Nasher Sculpture Center.

Brandon Zech and Christina Rees on some San Antonio artists in Austin, ten artists going for broke with TV news footage in Dallas, and a must-see solo exhibition opening this weekend in Houston. 

This year, the Art Car Experience was held at The Orange Show World Headquarters in Houston, and Glasstire was there.

This is the Pop Art of Brownsville, Texas — an enigmatic, idiosyncratic place few understand, but where many live.

Artists include RF Alvarez, Jesse Amado, Jennifer Ling Datchuk, Jenelle Esparza, Barbara Miñarro, Cecilia Paredes, Ethel Shipton, and Carlos Rosales-Silva.

"The solo exhibition is a culmination of Rea’s lifetime of exposure to firearms and the questions surrounding guns’ political and ethical issues."

Martin's elaborate mixed-media technique of painting, printmaking, and sewing creates layers of complex portraiture that demands closer viewing.

This is the gallery’s first solo showing of the Denton-based artist, though her neon and kinetic installations have been widely exhibited in the region and beyond. 

The Mexican and Latinx art collector Juan Sandoval bequeaths an independent El Paso bookstore with a sprawling book collection.

Architectural designer Thomas Rinaldi found exploring historical patents to be a way of unpacking how innovation follows certain trends and design impetuses over time.

Christopher Blay and guest host Tommy Ralph Pace, Executive Director of The Orange Show in Houston, discuss an artist who combines porcelain and weaving, an artist drawing lines between geometry and knitting, and the return of Art Cars!

Today: Flower stickers

"There's nothing about Texas that’s a quick read."

"Martin's work deals with reconstructing the identity of Black women by piecing together the signs, symbols, and language found in what could be called everyday life from slavery through modern times."

"This piece presents a timeline with 54 embroidered handkerchiefs detailing the artist’s daily interaction with cancer, which she names Kevin."

"Through sculpture and photographs printed at 1:1 scale, Florentin explores the relationship between object and image."

What happens to the character of these small towns as our city-folk manifest the desire to expand, and as our art centers become more and more decentralized because of it?