Op Ed

Matthew Bourbon remembers Vernon Fisher.

Matthew Bourbon writes about an artwork by Merlin James, which was recently on view with Kerlin Gallery at the Dallas Art Fair.

Caleb Bell recalls his recent visit to Lumiere, a mobile tintype portrait studio in Austin.

Deana Craighead reflects upon her first year as Curator of Art at the Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum in Canyon, Texas.

Gonna find out who's naughty and nice.

William Sarradet recounts his favorite moments from 2022 that didn't make it to publication.

John Forse imagines Norman Rockwell's iconic "Freedom from Want" as a victim of the recent food-inspired climate change protests.

Hannah Dean habla de cómo saber si te quieren estafar y robar tu arte (o tu dinero).

Philadelphia based artist and writer Ricky Yanas reviews "Border is a Weapon," a group exhibition about the U.S.-Mexico border.

“Caminar, en particular andar sin rumbo o dar un paseo, ya es—con la cultura de la velocidad de nuestros tiempos—un tipo de resistencia… un método bastante inmediato para desenvolver las historias.”

A comic by Houston-based artist John Forse.

Tiny Target, thanks for the memories.

Bad-faith readings of other people’s intentions are built into their thinking.

This is my last week here, and I will miss it.

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

An art world doesn't even exist unless there are artists working at many levels of exposure and experience.

Keep the party, lose the war.

War is hell, as artists are always here to remind us.

What separates a great movie from a great TV series? Anything? I believe something does.

With the racial reckoning that seems to be emerging, artists are doing their part, as they always have, being the polished mirror in which society must look, and hopefully find the truth staring back.