Op Ed

What was problematic about the art world in 2014 is still a problem, but the larger and deteriorating political environment changes the shape and source of the alarm.

This artist hasn't adjusted to the fact that now we can see how his art is made, and it’s ugly.

Our second Civil War would be fought over the removal of monuments to the first Civil War.

The summer months loom before Texas artists like a threat.

What happens when, as a critic or artist, you believe the culture and the tradition from which a practice emerges is criminal, or even evil?

Good artists can inadvertently unsell themselves by attempting the confident and polished ‘performance’ when they would have been better off grunting for an hour.

The devaluation of individuality, competition and markets is totalitarianism.

Livestreaming can be inherently political in this day and age because our bodies are the most political subject of all.

People who don’t know anything about painting should sit down, shut up, and listen to the the artists and critics who have given their lives to understanding painting.

If painting's “very definition is in crisis,” I wanted to get to the bottom of it.

Don’t get bitter, get prepared.

So how am I going to regain my faith in art and the art world in 2017?

The artist-critic can become a reviled creature to himself and the artists he writes about.

This is a fight for everything that makes life worth living.

What I refer to when I use “twisted” is art that casually, bracingly depicts the depravity and cruelty of existence with wryness, elegance and awe.

Glasstire staff and contributors share which Texas-based art made their personal best lists for 2016.

With large-scale immersive experiences, the devil is in the details—you don’t want to be jarred out of your festival bliss by the myriad things that either don’t work or are victims of organizational neglect.

We don’t value what is good—we value (and are more enthralled by) what seems ‘real.’

Like all ghouls, the fascist figure doesn’t just appear; we summon him.

The battle lines are being incorrectly understood in our personalized Facebook echo chambers: the fight is not between political “progressives” and political “conservatives.”