Op Ed

"What should we be doing with all these time in isolation? What should we not be doing? What are we actually doing?"

We do what we do at Glasstire because we believe that art is a critical part of life. Our staff eats, breathes, and sleeps art, and that isn’t going to stop just because we can’t go to museums.

You can see some of John Forse’s other comics by visiting his Glasstire author page. Some of the artist’s past comics have poked at themes of small town living, the absurdities and contractions in the art world, Hurricane…

Artists are responsive, and survivors, and will make art. For the sake of our own wellbeing and humanity, we need to see that art. Glasstire can and does show it.

500X's lease termination comes on the heels of its recent provocative group exhibition “Queer Me Now,” which was ordered shut down by the landlords shortly after opening.

As Gil Scott-Heron put it in 1976, it's “partial deification of partial accomplishments, over partial periods of time.”

Today, let’s celebrate art's penchant for the longing heart.

Art is great, but so is nature, and food, and movies, and books.

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

During the opening, I saw no posted warning to the graphic nature of the content in the show.

Young, impressionable artists are being asked to articulate their work when they aren’t and shouldn’t be ready.

As George Orwell wrote, "To see what is in front of one's nose needs a constant struggle." 

No matter the evils and compression (literally and metaphorically) of social media upon art, I use Instagram a lot.

To explain what distinguishes the Trump aesthetic from the old far-right American style, let’s take a look at MAGA’s nexus of aesthetic accoutrements. 

The President wants to ruin your summer. Don't let him.

Because I’m such an interesting person, this review has no thesis, and your mind should still be blown.

I attended CineMarfa back in May. It was my second year to attend the tiny annual film festival held in its namesake town, and I’m so impressed with the instincts…

Existence is confusing and painful and people like to try out a lot of things to bear it. Extreme times can lead to some fascinating art!

El momento para hacerlo ha llegado. Somos el 45% de la población.

The time for this has come. We are 45% of the population.