Op Ed

Christmas tree-related art — actual art — can be hard to find.

Can a cake be art, or more succinctly, what is art?  

The class warfare rhetoric among activist art types is hard to take seriously because it’s so often hypocritical.

"The relentless stress of working unstable and underpaid jobs is not ennobling or creatively inspiring. I don’t think it builds character. I think it kills your soul."

Walking into an established gallery is like walking into the house of a nuclear family where the parents are still together and the kids make decent grades.

We knew newspapers and even magazines were a goner, eventually, but it didn’t sink in what that meant.

Rainey Knudson and Christina Rees discuss their experience and impressions walking through a big group show installed in repurposed rice silos.

As a non-native Texan based in DFW, this was my first visit to Waco and both the conference and city exceeded my expectations.

Perhaps we in Texas can learn from Germany in this dark time.

"I still think it's the best way to really see all that Marfa has to offer."

'Fair Park Lagoon' by Patricia Johanson is one of the most important artworks in Dallas. Its fate is tied to the fate of the Park.

"If you are dumb and without talent going in you'll still be that way coming out. "

We love this city, which, as it turns out, means we love each other.

I think there’s talent everywhere that we don't get to see, and I think that there are artists who are truly deserving and fascinating who we don’t discover.

Christina Rees and Michael Bise discuss why drawing is (still) so crucial for artists.

It’s surprising how many people I know haven’t been there.

No artist ever woke up one morning and spontaneously said, “I sure wish I could decorate an electrical box!”

Don’t get me wrong: I’m grateful to see Ai Weiwei's work here in Texas, but its symbolic leverage is skewed here.