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"This thing all of a sudden became this intense obsession of doing something. I just hit it hard and fast and wanted it."

There should be a certain degree of murkiness from which an artist thinks and makes.

Photographer Sarah Wilson artfully frames grandfather’s paleontological finds in a growing body of work.

Glasstire's William Sarradet takes in The Other Art Fair's debut in Dallas, and speaks to some artist from Texas and beyond who have chosen to show their work there. 

Christina Rees and Christopher Blay on a comprehensive video series in Houston, two UNT artist-professors making things happen, and what really counts after the apocalypse.

"My goal was to pick an orchestra of works that provide an international, intergenerational, and intersectional exchange of artists who are working to redefine the constructs of performance art and identity." 

Both of these shows speak to the slippery and amorphous nature of systems, how they replicate and cannibalize their opposition.

In this Art Dirt podcast, Brandon Zech and Christina Rees talk about how nonprofit art spaces contribute to Texas' art ecosystem.

Some thoughts on two shows I caught during a recent visit to SMU's campus.

Disparte adopts the grid as an artistic convention while simultaneously disavowing it.

Christina Rees and Brandon Zech on a long-awaited Houston show, a must-see show in Brownsville, and the debut of a doomsday dream machine in Fort Worth.

In taking up the ancient problem of representing the vitality of time in an unchanging medium, with three distinct solutions, these three artists seem to be voting for hope, for a life of meaning beyond the current atmosphere of death spiral. 

These young artists are driven by the realities of a broken social contract, and they work for a better way to find social and political understanding through creative navigation.

Texas-based visual artists have fallen under the songsters’ spells, making works that channel their power and allure.

The Amon Carter: "The hang aims to be elegant, dynamic and thought provoking, and as a result our artwork is singing in ways it has never done before."

All three current Artpace resident exhibitions in San Antonio address freedom and constriction of the individual, nature, and culture.

Christina Rees, Christopher Blay, and Brandon Zech on the exhibitions they’re most looking forward to this season.

"When I first encountered performance I felt the power and impact that it can create."

For both Reuter and Rockport, the show is a kind of homecoming —  a way to honor and engage with an already tight-knit community that endured a painful and life-altering event.

In this Art Dirt podcast, Brandon Zech and Christina Rees talk about how art criticism functions today.